Michael Crabtree and Dolphins Unable to Come to Terms

[Hayden Fox]

Crabtree is in Oakland today and is said to be close to signing a 1 year deal with the Raiders worth around 4.3 to 4.5 million.

Got linkage?

 

[russianbear]

I'm gonna assume he probably knows he's strictly in a "prove-it" category of contract, and figures Philbin on the hot seat doesn't guarantee him good odds to stay past this year if Joe gets canned, let alone Miami's increasingly-tighter cap situation.

Meanwhile he's already used to being in cali with the niners. Might as well take more cash from nearby Oakland, chance of Del Rio gettin fired after a bad year has to be much lower, and they have way more cap money to burn.

I'm going to assume that cash amount was roughly 100% of the decision maker for him to go to Oakland.

 

[broccoli rob]

Good hopefully they won't go WR in round 1 if they sign him.

and hopefully Minnesota doesn't go WR round 1 after trading for Wallace. If Parker drops to us, we are going to have one scary offense for years to come. Our QB, WRs, and RB are all so young. Parker, Stills, Landry fit Tannehills skill set perfectly. All we need on offense after that is some help on the OL.

love this report from roto today

Half of CBS Sports' draft analysts have Louisville WR DeVante Parker headed to Miami at No. 14 overall in mock drafts.
This fit is becoming one of the most popular Round 1 predictions in mock draft circles. It makes all the sense in the world: With Jarvis Landry a great slot option and Kenny Stills taking the top off of defenses, Miami only needs to find a true No. 1 WR to instantly have one of the league's most promising units. Dane Brugler and Frank Cooney both see Parker as that guy, ESPN's Mel Kiper has said Parker fits the team better than any other prospect, and Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald recently reported that the Dolphins will consider Parker and Breshad Perriman at No. 14. Of course, smoke screens are common this time of the year. Rob Rang mocks the team Dorial Green-Beckham of Oklahoma. Apr 6 - 4:42 PM

and this one from yesterday

ESPN's Kevin Weidl compares Louisville WR DeVante Parker to A.J. Green.
"Green was a more polished route-runner and a tad bit quicker transitioning out of breaks coming out of Georgia," Weidl wrote. "However, both have long, slender and flexible frames with excellent range tracking throws, and also have the body control and leaping ability to win in contested situations." Meanwhile, based on numbers, Sharon Katz of the Stats & Information Group compares Parker to Michael Floyd, A.J. Green and Martavis Bryant. "Parker is tall (slightly under 6-3) and lean (209 pounds) with long arms and average hands; his build is most similar to Bryant's, but his athleticism most closely resembles that of Floyd and Green," she wrote. "He has good straight-line speed (4.45 40), which is within 0.05 seconds of all three players listed above, and above-average leaping ability for his size."

 

[iambanned]

What's frustrating is that he will eventually settle for 3 mil OR LESS but not from us.

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I want Jennings more than Crabtree anyway, though I think a Marques Colston big-body guy is what we need the most and we can get that guy late cuz he doesn't need to have run a great 40 time.

 

[Fins_of_Fury]

Sick of all this Crab talk...

 

[dlockz]

I'm going to assume that cash amount was roughly 100% of the decision maker for him to go to Oakland.

Just like most players. Suh is a dolphin because we paid him more than anybody else.