In an interview with Sirius XM radio, perhaps the best running back ever to play the game had some choice words for San Francisco 49ers holdout Michael Crabtree: Your holdout is dumb and you should grow up and “get your butt into camp.” Brown went on to say a player’s legacy is measured by his play, not the amount of money he makes. Wise words from a wise man, but considering the Crabtree camp’s perspective, they no doubt fell on deaf ears. Only a player with a mile-wide streak of arrogance would think a year-long holdout will benefit his career.

Memo to Crabtree and his handlers — your client isn’t the next coming of John Elway.

Sure, a team like the Raiders or the Chiefs could take a chance on a wide receiver who’s been inactive for over a year, but with players like Dez Bryant, Arrelious Benn, and Brandon LaFell and the probability they will enter the draft, it’s hard to see Crabtree being as highly thought of in 2010. Sure, he’ll probably get drafted, maybe even highly depending on how the Dallas Cowboys finish, but a year off without work, while the aforementioned college players improve their stock, the idea of Crabtree dropping into the lower rounds isn’t that far-fetched.

And if that happens, the year-long exercise in grandstanding will have been all for nothing. Let’s face it, if Crabtree thinks idea of being drafted after and being paid less than Darrius Heyward-Bey is insulting, how is he going to feel about being a second or perhaps third round pick? Will he sit out another year to make another failed point about how great he’s supposed to be treated?

Tags: Jim Brown, Michael Crabtree, NFL Draft, Not Smart, San Francisco 49ers

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