Is Crabtree the Problem in San Francisco?

When hall-of-fame linebacker Mike Singletary took the head-coaching job of the San Francisco 49ers last year, he made one thing clear: he was looking for winners.

“I want winners. I want people that want to win,” Singletary said.

When All-American Texas Tech wide receiver Michael Crabtree surprisingly fell to 10th to San Francisco in the 2009 NFL draft, he made one thing clear too; he was looking to get paid like the guys taken ahead of him.

That resulted in a six-month holdout that lasted through training camp, through the preseason and a quarter of the way into the games that seriously mattered.

Despite showy theatrics such as sending tight end Vernon Davis to the showers in the middle of a game against the Seattle Seahawks and dropping his pant...

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