Adam Schefter just reported on ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown that there hasn’t been much progress between the 49ers and first-round pick Michael Crabtree on a contract and that “signs” are that he’ll re-enter the draft in 2010.
Schefter reports that there’s “every expectation” that Crabtree will sit out this season. The Niners still want to sign him and still think he can help this year, but neither side is willing to budge at all in negotiations, which makes a resolution less likely by the day.
That contradicts reports earlier in the week that Crabtree’s resolve was weakening, but may lend some credence to the notion that the 49ers will investigate potential tampering with Crabtree from teams letting him know that they’ll pay him what he wants if they get a chance to select him next April.