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The Denver Broncos went 6-10 on the season and finished third in the AFC West Division. Their lack of offense was apparent all season long. Starting quarterback Case Keenum played all 16 games for the team, throwing for 3,890 yards with 18 touchdowns and 15 interceptions. His completion percentage sat at 62.3 percent and his […]

The Green Bay Packers have a busy offseason ahead of them if they hope to enjoy a resurgence in 2019, and it appears Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Michael Crabtree could be on their radar. There is no question that Green Bay has some improvements to make on offense. Aaron Nagler of Cheesehead TV indicated that […]

The Baltimore Ravens have informed veteran wide receiver Michael Crabtree today that the team is releasing him, according to a report by ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Ravens informed veteran WR Michael Crabtree that he is being released today, per source. — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 25, 2019 No official statement has been made by the team […]

Every one of Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Michael Crabtree’s necklaces can now let out a huge sigh of relief. According to Los Angeles Rams cornerback Aqib Talib, his discord with Crabtree is now over, per team insider Myles Simmons. Practice just finished and we just head from CB Aqib Talib. Nothing at all happened with […]

Aqib Talib and Michael Crabtree have a checkered history. Both players aren’t exactly fond of one another due to their two on-the-field incidents while battling it out as AFC West division rivals with the Oakland Raiders and Denver Broncos. In an ironic twist, both players are different teams this year and were forced to go […]

One of the most notable moments of the 2017 NFL season came during a heated scuffle between Denver Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib and Oakland Raiders wide receiver Michael Crabtree. It’s the second time in as many meetings that the two have gotten into it with one another. Although both players have found new homes this […]

After being released by the Oakland Raiders, veteran wide receiver Michael Crabtree’s future in the NFL was uncertain. That uncertainty didn’t last long with the Baltimore Ravens jumping at the opportunity to offer the 30-year-old a three-year deal to be their new go-to receiver. Crabtree promptly signed the long-term deal with the Ravens and already […]

Michael Crabtree had high expectations coming into the league and was drafted to be a number one wide receiver. He has had high success in this league but really hasn’t spent much of his career in that role. He usually has played the role as a number two or number three receiver, and although he has […]

One of the areas on the roster that the Baltimore Ravens decided to shake up this NFL offseason was at the wide receiver position with several new faces in the fray. This was headlined by the signing of former Oakland Raiders wideout Michael Crabtree on a three-year, $21 million deal. It hasn’t taken long for Crabtree […]

Aqib Talib and Michael Crabtree are two of the better players at their respective positions, but over the last couple years, the duo became known more for something other than football. Most recently, their epic brawl in 2017 resulted in Talib ripping a gold chain off Crabtree’s neck. With both switching teams in the offseason, it […]

One of the many changes that the Oakland Raiders underwent this offseason was deciding to part ways with veteran wide receiver Michael Crabtree. This came just two years in this his four-year, $34 million deal with the team. In response to that move, the Raiders decided to ink former Pro Bowl wide receiver Jordy Nelson, […]

Earlier this week, veteran wide receiver Michael Crabtree was released from the Oakland Raiders after just two seasons with the team. It didn’t take long for him to find a new home in the NFL after agreeing to a three-year, $21 million deal with the Baltimore Ravens on Friday afternoon. However, there has been some […]

On Thursday, the Oakland Raiders released veteran wide receiver Michael Crabtree to pave the way for the team to bring in Jordy Nelson. Crabtree didn’t stay a free agent for long with the wideout finding a new home in the NFL on Friday. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Crabtree has agreed to terms with the […]

In direct correlation to the Oakland Raiders signing former Pro Bowl wide receiver Jordy Nelson, Michael Crabtree now finds himself on the open market. It has put him among the best available players at his position in free agency that could quickly result in plenty of interest across the league. According to Adam Schefter of […]

According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Oakland Raiders have released wide receiver Michael Crabtree. As a result, Schefter notes that there’s a “high probability” Jordy Nelson signs with the franchise (update: former receiver James Jones reports that Oakland has indeed signed Nelson). Head coach Jon Gruden and general manager Reggie McKenzie both stated earlier this […]

The futures of Oakland Raiders veterans Marshawn Lynch and Michael Crabtree have been under some doubt this offseason. There have been reports that both might find their way out of the team. However, new Raiders head coach Jon Gruden has talked up the prospect of working with both. Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie also recently proclaimed […]

Following the conclusion of the 2017 season, there had been the growing expectation that the Oakland Raiders would be parting ways with veteran wide receiver Michael Crabtree. His departure was expected to be part of a few sweeping moves to shake things up in the offseason. However, there hadn’t been much dialogue concerning this possibility over […]

The future of Oakland Raiders wide receiver Michael Crabtree remains unclear. There’s continued speculation Crabtree may have played his last game for the Raiders following a year which reportedly did not go smoothly on and off the field for him in Oakland. However, Jon Gruden’s recent comment about Crabtree in an interview with the Mercury […]

The Oakland Raiders are going through some drastic changes with Jon Gruden now at the helm for his second stint as head coach in the Bay Area. Gruden has already made some moves to signal the culture change in Oakland with David Amerson being the latest player to be released. Along with Amerson, Gruden may […]

“There is no doubt that the Oakland Raiders will finish the 2017 NFL season as one of its most disappointing teams. As a result, the Raiders have already shifted gears toward the offseason with rumors swirling of a potential return from former head coach Jon Gruden. Oakland has plenty of questions regarding its future. However, it does […]

Oakland Raiders wide receiver Michael Crabtree is furious and confused with an official’s decision to remove him from the team’s game against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. Crabtree said after the game that just before the team’s last offensive snap he was told he needed to leave the field for a concussion evaluation. This resulted […]

Several weeks of tinkering with rosters, combing for waiver wire pickups, and concocting trades finally paid off for all of you who’ve clinched a fantasy football playoff spot. Still, there’s plenty of work left for playoff-bound team owners before taking home the title. The waiver wire can be your friend. For those who’ve been officially […]

Wide receiver Amari Cooper won’t be on the field for the Oakland Raiders this coming Sunday, no thanks to a concussion and ankle injury he sustained back in Week 12’s 21-14 win over the Denver Broncos. Cooper left the Broncos game in the first half and didn’t return, and he would need more than a […]

Oakland Raiders wide receiver Amari Cooper’s status for this coming Sunday’s game against the New York Giants remains cloudy. According to Michael Gehlken of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Cooper wasn’t able to join his teammates in practice Wednesday, suggesting that the Alabama product is still recovering from a concussion and an ankle injury he sustained […]

Earlier, it was reported that both Oakland Raiders wide receiver Michael Crabtree and Denver Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib were handed a two-game suspension each by the NFL as penalties for their involvement in an on-field fight that broke out during a game last Sunday. The two players appealed for their suspensions to be reduced and […]

The Michael Crabtree chain snatching incident is the gift that keeps giving. Well, at least in terms relative to making us entertained. Oakland Raiders head coach Jack Del Rio, however, isn’t as pumped as the rest of us about the entire ordeal. Jack Del Rio turned to the mean streets of Twitter to voice his […]

The AFC West showdown featuring the Oakland Raiders and Denver Broncos was expected to be intense given the animosity between these two teams. Needless to say, it did not take long for the tensions to boil over between wide receiver Michael Crabtree and cornerback Aqib Talib. The two engaged in a series of fisticuffs which […]

If you have paid even the slightest bit of attention to the Denver Broncos and Oakland Raiders over the past year or so, it’s fairly obvious that Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib and Raiders wide receiver Michael Crabtree do not like each other. On Sunday afternoon during the first quarter of the Raiders 21-14 victory over […]

This story isn’t going to go away anytime soon. Get used to it. That story? The one involving the Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders, Aqib Talib, Michael Crabtree and now cornerback Chris Harris. In what has been well documented by now, Talib once again attempted to snatch the chain hanging from Crabtree’s neck. This, naturally, led […]

The fireworks came early during Sunday’s matchup between the Denver Broncos and the Oakland Raiders, though we’re not talking about offense here. During the Oakland’s second possession of the contest, Raiders wide receiver Michael Crabtree and Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib renewed their on-field animosity by engaging in an altercation that resulted into the two getting […]

For the most part, Thursday Night Football games are duds. The teams in these mid-week primetime showdowns play on a short week, which usually translates to mediocre performances on the field. However, the past couple of TNF games have been pretty darn exciting. One week after Marcus Mariota led his Tennessee Titans to a win […]

The Oakland Raiders have lost two straight games. The once-promising team led by young stars Derek Carr and Khalil Mack has struggled thus far with injuries also starting to take a toll. Last week, the team was without arguably their best offensive player with wide receiver Michael Crabtree dealing with a chest injury. It appears […]

Michael Crabtree used to have a much-publicized rivalry with Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman back when the Oakland Raiders wide receiver was still with the San Francisco 49ers. Crabtree may have just found another adversary in the form of Washington Redskins corner Josh Norman. Following the Redskins’ convincing 27-10 win at home over Oakland on […]

The Oakland Raiders’ offense is humming this season, and it’s not lost on Washington Redskins cornerback that one of the big reasons for that is Raiders quarterback Derek Carr. Norman and the Redskins are in the midst of planning on how to contain the Raiders’ offense in the leadup to this Sunday’s meeting between the […]