david wells, his cousin and advisor tells our joe schad he believes the niners have made an offer but not acceptable. >> niners coach mike singletary weighs in. >> i really want our coaches and everybody here to be focused on what's here. michael crabtree -- that's his career, and he's got people around him that he's counting on to make decisions for him, and i can't worry about that, and i really mean it. michael crabtree right now is at the back of my mind. when he comes in, it will be an exciting day. i would love to get him in. when everything works itself out, he will be here, but until that time, i can't waste any time, not one moment looking around wondering, "i wonder if he's coming in today." no, we've got to continue to work here and get these guys going. >> crabtree's advisor uses darrius heyward-bey as a measuring stick for what he thinks he should get. based on deals that other rookie wideouts signed crabtree is in the ball park for a five-year deal worth between $16-30 million. cleveland's donte' stallworth was suspended indefinitely by the league for killing mario reyes

david wells, his cousin and advisor tells our joe schad he believes the niners have made an offer but not acceptable. >> niners coach mike singletary weighs in. >> i really want our coaches and everybody here to be focused on what's here. michael crabtree -- that's his career, and he's got people around him that he's counting on to make decisions for him, and i can't worry about that, and i really mean it. michael crabtree right now is at the back of my mind. when he comes in, it will be an exciting day. i would love to get him in. when everything works itself out, he will be here, but until that time, i can't waste any time, not one moment looking around wondering, "i wonder if he's coming in today." no, we've got to continue to work here and get these guys going. >> crabtree's advisor uses darrius heyward-bey as a measuring stick for what he thinks he should get. based on deals that other rookie wideouts signed crabtree is in the ball park for a five-year deal worth between $16-30 million. cleveland's donte' stallworth was suspended indefinitely by the league for killing mario reyes

. >> niners rookie wide receiver michael crabtree is prepared to sit out the entire season and reenter the nfl draft next year. david wells, crabtree's cousin and advisor tells our joe schad he believes the niners have made an offer, but it's not acceptable. wells says michael just wants fair market value. >> i really want our coaches and everybody here to be focused on what's here. michael crabtree, you know, that's his career. and he's got to, you know, he's got people around him that he's counting on to make decisions for him. and you know, i can't worry about that. and i really mean it. michael crabtree right now is at the back of my mind. when he comes in, it will be an exciting day. would love to get him in when everything works itself out, he'll be here. but until that time, i can't waste any time not one moment looking around wondering i wonder if he's coming in today. no. we've got to continue to bork here and get these guys going. >> cleveland's donte stalworth was suspended indefinitely by the league for killing mario reyes while driving drunk in miami. the wide receiver rea

s the niners have no comment.thanks, welcome into nfl live. trey wingo. here with herm edwards and matt mill on. okay. so we have an advisor and a cousin of michael crabtree saying they're prepared to sit out the season and reenter the draft in 2010. if they don't get what they want from the niners? your thoughts on what we're hearing? >> right now it's just rhetoric. here's the most important thing. who is doing the talking? it's not michael crabtree, not his agent. it's somebody on the periphery, that is the first part. the second part is all the guys around him aren't signed either. that's not an easy thing to do. they talked the person who said this said they wanted fair market value. the market has not been determined. so generally what's going to happen? they're afraid to jump into the pool first. those things happen. i think eugene parker has been around it a while. he's a good agent. he understands what he's doing. he knows why he's doing it. and so this thing will work itself out. s but he needs to get hi

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neil: you know, michael, when i see nancy pelosi, do the forty- niners and the giants, into their stadiums astroturf? -- do their stadiums have astroturf? >> no, not currently. the buffalo bills use our astroturf, and we just closed one. the new york giants use a product of a competitor's, and the 49 years use something else -- the 49ers use something else. neil: you judge the quality of your played by real grass, real mud, real dirt, and that is the real stuff. it is kind of like what these guys are doing. it is not the real thing. how do you answer that this >> well, synthetic turf -- how do you answer that? >> well, synthetic turf, at the high-end, in division 1 a and professional football, -- in division 1, and in professional football, it is very important to allow athletes to get more play and be safe. that is the drive behind synthetic surfaces. neil: when you ever want to wrap these politicians in astroturf? >> no, that is not my job. my job is to develop state-of- the-art products and, you know, be in a scenario where we are providing great service for the industry. neil: you are

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the niners receiving core took another hit to its depth chart with the loss of brandon jones for eightall fracture in his right shoulder. he was hurt diving for pass thursday in practice. coach mike singletary said jones will not need surgery on the shoulder. >> i told you highlights were coming up on the bridgestone. that's tiger woods. he started on the back nine on the par five 16th. even par. woods for birdie. dude got in the way, but it went in. tiger improves to minus one. here's woods on the par four eighth hole. his second shot from the rough. and that is sweet. woods went on the birdie eight to move to two under par. on the ninth hole, tiger's final of the round for birdie. misses it just to the left. woods knows he missed a big opportunity. he finished with an even par 70. he's at two under for the tournament. phil mickelson entered his second round six shots back. here's phil, his second shot on the par five second hole. and we follow along with lefty. that's pretty good. that set up an eagle opportunity for mickelson. phil drains it. mickelson's eagle drops him to two under

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well the niners may have something to say about that.whole system of how the nfl treats its draft picks. good luck to michael crabtree but i'm not sure he's going to succeed on this one. >> this may set up a tricky precedent going forward. what do you think? how much is he asking for and is he going to get it? >> asking for anything above $23.5 million guaranteed. this world of -- >> come on. >> layoffs, that's gutsy by the way. i think he better concentrate on catching passes and figure out later on. >> hey, listen this news could break on twitter of all things, nfl not crazy about the players twittering all the time. what's the problem here? >> well, the problem is, the first amendment comes up again protecting trade secrets in the work place and such and just like autographs way back when and yelling to fans and cell phones, you have to be able to draw the line. the nfl has 700,000 hits from its athletes on their twitter pages. terrell owens over 111,000 of them. teams like the dolphins and bills and patriots have legitimate places an

with quarterback questions of its own in the browns, they debut at home in week three against the ninerspack in week four. all eyes will be on favre when he heads back to green bay in week eight. and late in the season, the vikes are in chicago for a monday night. >> today at philadelphia eagles practice, quarterback michael vick was under center, running the scout team offense. and running back ryan westbrook was in the back field. just how much could their roles depart from that scen they're he yo come regular season? sal paolantonio tells us how vick's arrival, and that of mccoy might change or diminish westbrook's contribution on the field this coming season. >> these are pivotal days for brian westbrook who is battling back from ankle surgery. and if the eagles run michael vick in the wildcat offense? he'll most likely wind up in the back field with westbrook, who could get fewer opportunities to touch the football. can this work? >> i don't know where he's going to fit as a pat or in this offense. coach reid does his job to figure that out. >> the eagles drafted mccoy in the second

i'm a niners fan. >> that never gets old, does it? got that r and the v in the wrong places.a. he will be playing for the rival of the packers, the team that made him who he is, he will be playing against them. fred has sports. >> thank you and good morning. i don't know. maybe he had his fingers crossed when he swore he would never play in the nfl again, just weeks after saying he would stay retired, brett farve signed a two year $25 million deal to play for the vikings. he will likely play friday night against the chiefs. it makes the vikings the team to beat in the nfc north. >> everyone i talked to, former players, coaches, people in general said if you were to go back, this is a perfect fit. it really is. >> baseball. rodriguez, pudge heading back to the rangers. the 14 time all-star started with them. he will serve as the rangers backup catcher. could have used him last night against the twins. minnesota's joe mauer showing his power. and giving a lead with a two-run blast. twins came from five runs down and beat the rangers 9-6. >>> red sox, david ortiz not in the star