Michael Crabtree has plied his trade in the Bay Area since 2009, so Northern California fans have had a close-up view of him for a long time. And in his final days with the 49ers last season, he was labeled something of a malcontent, a receiver whose best days were probably behind him.
Don’t tell the Raiders that.
“The person you describe, I’ve never seen,” quarterback Derek Carr said. “I guarantee if you took a poll of our top five favorite teammates, he’d be up there. Everyone loves him. People gravitate toward him because he’s funny.