Mel Kiper’s Wrong: Michael Crabtree Won’t Be a First Rounder

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Published: September 18, 2009

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... words should be haunting Michael Crabtree right now.

If Mel Kiper, or Crabtree's deadbeat cousin, or Eugene Parker, or any other delusional dreamers think that he has a snowball's chance of becoming a top 10 pick in the 2010 NFL Draft...all they need to do is remember the quote above.

Let's revisit the year 1998, shall we?

There was no doubting Randy Moss's talent. In fact, he had many parallels to Crabtree.

Like Michael Crabtree, he was a top Heisman candidate—Moss finished in fourth place. Also like Crabtree, Moss came from a school that wasn't exactly a perennial BCS contender (Marshall). Finally, Moss had a "full of myself" reputation that was highlighted when he worse sunglasses to the Heisman ceremony.

And like Michael Crabtree, Randy Moss was supposed to be a top pick.

Many analysts expected Moss to join the Cowboys, who held the No. 8 pick in the draft. Even that would have been a slide down the draft board. His talent was cl...

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