Larry Fitzgerald Ran a 4.63 40

It’ll be interesting to see what he does. His team, his coach, his players. I think he has proven to be “random” enough in the draft that there is really no telling what to expect. He does seem to get a hard on for players that produce in college and Crabtree has certainly done that.

And we can see how well that turned out.

but you guys have convinced me, Oher, Sanchez, Curry, Jenkins, Crabtree, I’m fine with all of them.

your conclusion here confuses me:

Again, I don’t know if Crabtree is the right pick. But if the lesson from last year’s post season was that you create a pass rush to win, isn’t this year’s that an elite, Fitzgerald-esque receiver will trump all?

This is Fitzgerald’s first season on a winning team. I watched that game and saw Warner solidifying his place in the Hall of Fame. When I look at what has changed in Arizona, I see Warner and Whisenhunt. More importantly though, I don’t think any one player makes a team a contender and I think it would be a mistake to draft a top wide receiver just because that’s been a key to Arizona’s success.

I think if Seattle knew it was drafting Larry Fitzgerald, Crabtree would be a lock, but plenty of slow but productive receivers have fizzled in the pros. Seattle should do its best to identify the best risk/reward and draft that player. It certainly could be Crabtree.

Al Davis can’t resist the temptation and trades Oakland’s first and second round picks to us for Crabtree. That gives us 3 picks in the top 40, and we draft Robinson, Moore, and whoever we feel is BPA with the first pick.

I was curious about how Crabtee’s physical traits compared with other NFL WRs. PFP 08 has a nice article called Wide Receivers: Size Matters (pg.466). They note body mass index, among other things as somewhat of an indicator toward NFL success.

If Crabtree is 6’3", 213 (height=75 )his BMI would be 26.6. There were no WRs listed with the same BMI. Some WRs were similar in height and BMI: Braylon Edwards (74.7 height, 27.1 BMI), Roy Williams (74.4, 26.8). This doesn’t account for speed. Another guy to look at is Dwayne Bowe, who doesn’t have the speed of Edwards but almost the height of Crabtree. Bowe is thicker, though (74.2, 28.2).

Although it’s fun to think about Crabtree becoming the next Fitzgerald there are factors we don’t yet know about him. What will be his playing weight? Will he weigh in at the same 213lbs for the combine? What will he run and, more importantly, at what weight?

Fitzgerald (74.7, 28.5) had/has a much thicker frame. Will Crabtree’s BMI in contrast to his speed have an effect on where he is drafted, I wonder? I think that with the lack of elite speed and lack of bulk compared to Fitz, Andre Johnson (74.0, 28.5), etc. that it’s fair to wonder if Crabtree’s ‘physicality’ will translate to the NFL, thus helping him become an elite WR. He lacks the size/speed combo of other elite wideouts, not just the speed. He lacks the size of the physical, yet slower, Bowe. One thing that can’t be measured are his hands.

So, as interesting as the size speed combo is, it doesn’t necessarily tell the whole story on what type of body these guys have.

It could be said that Fitz and Crabtree share their 3 most defining traits: great hands, amazing body control and top notch character, work ethic and drive. bq.

That, in and of itself, is exciting!

This would never happen since we’re in the same divison, BUT
if Arizona offered Boldin for the #4 pick, and we renegotiated Boldin’s contract to be comparable to a top WR or a #4 pick (about the same I’m assuming), would you do it?
I think I would, even if Crabtree were the next Jerry Rice, there’s a chance he’s not, and Boldin is a top 4 WR in my mind (along with Fitz, AJohnson, and CaJohnson).

says he is “up to the task” of covering Fitz.

Good luck Ike. Might wanna try some of those patented Steeler cheap shots to slow him down.