Every receiver wants to be the next Jerry Rice. Every fan wants their team's receiver to be the next Jerry Rice - especially 49ers fans. We all wanted JJ Stokes to be the man, then Terrell Owens, then Brandon Lloyd, then Josh Morgan, now Michael Crabtree. I have to say I respect what Crabtree did last season on the football field. To be a productive rookie receiver is a very difficult thing to do; especially on an offense that is all about the run. Jerry Rice though was not a player to hold out; and he was not one to be injured or miss games either. I do not hold Creature's absence against him - we can only assume it to be legitimate at this point; but that is just it, even a legitimate injury would not have held back Rice.
Talent aside, Jerry Rice was Jerry Rice because he worked harder, and kept his body healthier than any other receiver, maybe player, ever. I cannot sit here, and say that Crabtree feels no pain, or that he should push through it. I cannot say that, because I do not know what he is going through. What I can say though is that Jerry Rice would find a way to play, he would find a way to practice, and he certainly was not about missing training camp or missing preseason games.
Crabtree may turn out to be a great receiver, but another Jerry Rice? It is just not something that is going to happen when you miss play time, miss practice time, and miss the chance to get on the same page as your teammates. Again all of that may be very legitimate, but it does not make you the next Jerry Rice. He can still be good, great even, but he cannot be the next Jerry Rice.
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New Home for 49ers?
San Francisco 49er football fans have been patiently waiting for a new stadium for years but despite plenty of promises, there's still no firm plan in place. While their current home at Candlestick Park may hold lots of great memories (they've been playing their since 1971, making it the oldest current NFL stadium that hasn't undergone major renovations), it's been showing its age for decades.
The first serious attempt to build a new 49ers stadium kicked off in 1997, when San Francisco voters approved a plan to build a new $100 million stadium and attached shopping mall at Candlestick Point. Despite voter approval and grant money, the plan never got off the ground when the company in charge of building it was unable to move forward with the project. For years after the team and city of San Francisco would periodically try to put another proposal together but with no success.
It wasn't until nearly ten years later in 2006 when another serious stab was made at building a new 49ers stadium. Spurred on by plans to try to get the 2016 Summer Olympics to be awarded to the city of San Francisco, a new stadium plan was hatched, with the stadium serving as the centerpiece of the Summer Olympics bid.
As always, though, problems immediately developed, with the city and the team disagreeing as to where the new stadium should be located. Unable to come to a mutually agreeable location, in late 2006 the team announced that it was scouting out a new stadium location in Santa Clara, about 40 miles south of San Francisco. This announcement had pretty drastic consequences, as it caused the city to abandon its Olympic dreams and led to many devoted fans threatening to turn against the team they'd supported for so many years.
Despite upset fans, the team is still pursuing talks with Santa Clara officials in 2009, with the city council agreeing to preliminary terms to build the new 49ers stadium there, with a public vote on the matter coming soon. If the 49ers do build their stadium in Santa Clara, they claim they'll still be called the San Francisco 49ers.
Will the team make the move and finally get a new stadium? If you're the betting type and play casino game online, odds are they'll eventually get a brand new home, and it's looking more and more likely like it'll be in Santa Clara instead of San Francisco.
New Home for 49ers?
San Francisco 49er football fans have been patiently waiting for a new stadium for years but despite plenty of promises, there's still no firm plan in place. While their current home at Candlestick Park may hold lots of great memories (they've been playing their since 1971, making it the oldest current NFL stadium that hasn't undergone major renovations), it's been showing its age for decades.
The first serious attempt to build a new 49ers stadium kicked off in 1997, when San Francisco voters approved a plan to build a new $100 million stadium and attached shopping mall at Candlestick Point. Despite voter approval and grant money, the plan never got off the ground when the company in charge of building it was unable to move forward with the project. For years after the team and city of San Francisco would periodically try to put another proposal together but with no success.
It wasn't until nearly ten years later in 2006 when another serious stab was made at building a new 49ers stadium. Spurred on by plans to try to get the 2016 Summer Olympics to be awarded to the city of San Francisco, a new stadium plan was hatched, with the stadium serving as the centerpiece of the Summer Olympics bid.
As always, though, problems immediately developed, with the city and the team disagreeing as to where the new stadium should be located. Unable to come to a mutually agreeable location, in late 2006 the team announced that it was scouting out a new stadium location in Santa Clara, about 40 miles south of San Francisco. This announcement had pretty drastic consequences, as it caused the city to abandon its Olympic dreams and led to many devoted fans threatening to turn against the team they'd supported for so many years.
Despite upset fans, the team is still pursuing talks with Santa Clara officials in 2009, with the city council agreeing to preliminary terms to build the new 49ers stadium there, with a public vote on the matter coming soon. If the 49ers do build their stadium in Santa Clara, they claim they'll still be called the San Francisco 49ers.
Will the team make the move and finally get a new stadium? If you're the betting type and play casino game online, odds are they'll eventually get a brand new home, and it's looking more and more likely like it'll be in Santa Clara instead of San Francisco.
