plaxico will be reinstated by the nfl by 2011. >>> and michael crabtree now in the middle of a dispute with the 49ers who drafted him and the jets. san francisco contending that the jets had tampered with heir negotiations to sign crabtree, and have filed formal charges against the jets with the nfl. so what is happening now in this case. let's bring in the professor, espn.com senior writer john clayton. the giants with the lance briggs situation with chicago, what more can you tell us about their charges with the jets? >> well, this is more like a message to michael to tell him if you're waiting for another team next year, it's not going to work. the jets, certainly, it's hard to prove that they tampered or didn't tamper. but also, too, what's going to be hard is michael crabtree trying to believe that this is a message that he's going to at least look into. the jets are 2-0, and the position in the draft is 21st which is lower than 10th and does it make any impact? no. conversations are still nothing. there's no conversations that's going to lead to any kind of a deal. still in the e

the san francisco 49ers have accused them of tampering, yes, with michael crabtree. the niners believe the jets contacted crabtree's agent, eugene parker, to let him know they'd be interested in trading for his rights or in drafting him in 2010 with a better salary than the 49ers are currently offering. rex ryan was on "sportscenter" earlier today. >> we'll let the league, you know, go through that and handle that, but you know, i think it's ridiculous. but we'll let the league figure that out. john: well, teams can be fined money or docked draft picks if found guilty of tampering. adam schefter joins us now. adam, how serious are these allegations? >> john, the league always looks at allegations of tampering in a serious way. you'll remember back in 2006, the new england patriots accused the new york jets of tampering with wide receiver deion branch. the league looked into the matter and eventually absolved the jets of any wrongdoing, but now there is yet another accusation, this time involving michael crabtree and whether or not the jets were involved there. the lea

a couple of weeks ago, deion sanders, who's close with michael crabtree, raised the point that there a couple of teams out there who were willing to pay crabtree whatever he wanted, whatever that is. and so when that happens, that raises the 49ers' curiosity level. they can't have some people out there saying to michael crabtree, we'll pay you a certain amount of money, which is more than the 49ers are offering, because then it compromises their chances of signing michael crabtree. that's why the tampering charges were filed as a precaution against another team offering michael crabtree more money than the 49ers are offering him right now. john: all right, extra point time, adam. we saw a little sideline brawl, titans and texans. what's the league's take on this right now? >> the league does not like these things. and i think that later this week, andre johnson, the texans' wide receiver, and the titans' cornerback cortland finnegan and the titans' defensive lineman will all be hearing from the league. it won't surprise me if they get a fedex envelope in the mail on thursday or frida

deion sanders says michael crabtree has teams that will pay him his money. the reason why he is interesting is because he is represented by eugene parker who represents crabtree. usually it is hard to get a conviction. it is hard for the nfl to prove this. they can examine the jets phone logs and see phone calls from eugene parker but dustin keller is represented by parker. you never know what the content of those conversations are. i think you will see an investigation. unlikely you will get a conviction. if they did find something wrong you can dock draft picks or be fined severely. >> chris mortenson a lot more as our program continues. as we roll on with peyton manning on the verge of breaking johnny unitas' old record. that is just moments away. after a huge win at ohio state, a major meltdown for u.s.c. plus -- >> showdown by gang green i will show you why it all went wrong for tom brady against the jets. >> how will the dolphins defend peyton manning and the best play fake in football? play fake in football? i will tell you what miami has three wides t

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. >> michael crabtree, neither crab nor tree. neither pro nor collegian. just hanging out. and he's the focus of an nfl investigation. niners saying the jets tampered with him. jets saying they didn't. what do you make of this mess, flash zphi >> i think the 49ers are realizing they do need michael crabtree. i know it's not a cool thing to say. they realize they're going to be pretty good this year. they need a receiver. they're -- their leading receiver is i cornerback bruce. they're like 25th in passing. they need a receiver there. this guy could help him later in the year. >> i thought you'd say since they've won two without him, no. >> let's have amnesia about crabtree. maybe trade him, get a number one pick for him. he is a distraction. he didn't go to o.t.a.'s, his team plates are upset. i like this team. they might win the division. seventh ranked defense in the nfl. frank gore is running out of his mind. they have glenn coffey in the back. rushing and defense. >> at this point i think crabtree needs the 49ers or the jets, or the broncos or neigh because he's taking

the 49ers accused the jets of tampering with michael crabtree. your thoughts? not going to sign him anyway. floyd mayweather scored a unanimous decision over juan manuel marquez. i guess drinking his own urine didn't work for marquez. >> works for me. that's how i got this show and radio back. greg paulus and syracuse beat northwestern. nice job by your boys. >> we had them on the last drive. the quarterback had a great game except for the last interessential. the twins took two of three from the tigers. was it enough? >> no, but they get four more games with the tigers at detroit next week. last one. herschel walker has signed a contract to become an m.m.a. fighter. good idea? >> world class athlete, tony. but doesn't have a mean bone in his body. i don't like this. >> we're out of time. we'll try to do better the next time. i'm tony kornheiser. >> and i'm michael wilbon. same time tomorrow, you [captioning made possible by espn, inc.] >> golic, put the food

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seconds to go, down by one, bram harrell, michael crabtree in the end zone, one second left. person in the country who thinks crabtree made a mistake. if he turns back in and is tackled, the game is over. >> craig: two defensive backs feel the same way. >> mike: mitchell led the charge again. >> craig: ken o'keefe, the offensive coordinator is trying to figure out how to be conservative but enough off the edge that he can keep the football. two first-down calls, running the football and play action pass. he's probably well aware arizona has speed in the secondary and pretty good in coverage. >> mike: fourth point lead you don't want to go in the shell, do you? >> craig: absolutely not but you don't want to do what you did in the first quarter and pick six either. >> mike: stanzi after the play action fake trying to set up the screen. they want to get kyle kalla way the right tackle. but cam nelson had other ideas. nelson was out there to make the tackle. >> craig: there's a blitz where that ball was thrown too. if the tackle is missed, he would have mowed him down. blitz comi

. >> by the way, note to to michael crabtree, how are you enjoying this now? part of a 2-0 team and have about $15 million in your pocket president >> oh, come on! >> a lot of the greats on the sidelines tonight. all the niners there that you remember at the hall of fame. finesse or not. >> love that team. love that team. you know that. >> me too. >> we helped build it! >> coach walsh and i really wrote quite a playbook, didn't we? texans and titans. this was going to be a blowout as predicted. down 21-7. matt schaub to andre johnson. where's the coverage? where's the pressure? tied 24-24. kerry colonies -- collins to chris johnson. you think he's fast? he could go all the way. one of those. 91 yards. three t.d.'s. fan -- ran for 197. he caught 87 yards more but it doesn't matter because the ravens -- excuse me, the fumble by kerry collins as the texans lead the titans 34-31. recovered for the texans. collins can't believe it. up 21-7 on the houston team looking like it was in big trouble. apparently not. the texans went 10-0 last year before their first loss.

watching texas beat texas tech last night made me wonder, where's michael crabtree these days?rs are wondering the same thing. >> i'm mike lupica of the "new york daily news." it's practically a national holiday for the cartel known as the b.c.s., because utah and b.y.u. got knocked out of title consideration on the same saturday. >> and i'm jeff mcgregor from "espn the magazine." i game two pounds overweight this morning. mike lupica docked me, just like floyd mayweather jr. >> are the cowboys ready for their supersized closeup? the house that jerry jones built officially hopes for business tonight. but are the glory days still far behind? the patriots didn't look like their super bowl teams of old until the final few minutes of monday night. they just looked old. now they take on the new and improved new york jets. [captioning made possible by espn, inc.] >> good morning and welcome to another edition of "the sports reporters." gentlemen, the new cowboys stadium may have an nfl record-setting crowd of more than 104,000 people tonight when injury i jones' new media room offici

now it's not, texas and tech ag, i don't know, graham harrell to michael crabtree, does that seem to i seem to remember that last season. they'll do it again tonight. talk about up next. (hissssssssssss!) enterprise... hi, i'm at the repair shop. i need to rent a car. enterprise will arrange to pick you up... this is great! ...drive you to our place, and get you on your way. pick enterprise. we'll pick you up. >>> what to watch for? the florida state seminoles will look to fall to 1-2 as they look to byu tonight 7:00 eastern. florida state leads the all-time series 2-0 but teams haven't met since 2000. byu by the way has won 18 straight at home. >> second down now. deep strike. got the big man. and touchdown with a second to go. this is 28 yards. the fans have stormed the field. they're going to have to clear the field here. >> i spoke to colt mccoy this week. he says he still cringes when he watches that play. one play and national championship so close, but so far away. these two teams hook up again tonight. in austin, a place texas tech has not fared well, robert. what do we expec

jed york wants to have a face tow face meeting with holdout michael crabtree.ners first round pick. tenth overall. he has yet to sign. we will talk about crabtree in just a minute. as we will will with the rest of the nfc west. week won niners beat the cardinals, seahawks shut out the rams. we're joined by nfc west blogger mike sando. and mike, let's start with crabtree. what is going on with him and theon niners? >> you know, it seems like a lot of posturing lately. remember deion sanders last week was trying to talk about how there was a market for crabtree, you know, indicating that maybe they should try to move him which trading dread line has passed and i think it's really unrealistic crabtree and his agent are going to agree to a sitdown meeting with the 49ers team president. we have the same weighting game crabtree has until move november to sign before he loses this season. i think something gets done by then. we just don't know when. >> if he doesn't sign by november, then what happens? >> well, heno doesn't get credit for his rookie season, becomes in