The greatest wide receiver of all time had some advice Sunday for the player who insists he was the greatest wide receiver in the April draft: It's high time you signed your contract. "This guy's way behind, way behind," Jerry Rice said of Michael Crabtree. "I'm talking the speed of the game, everything. If they brought him in right now, I don't think he's going to be ready to play." Crabtree, meanwhile, missed his second regular-season game Sunday when the 49ers defeated Seattle 23-10. The 49ers have offered the No. 10 overall draft pick a five-year contract worth roughly $20 million overall with $16 million guaranteed. Crabtree reportedly is seeking a contract better than that of No. 7 pick Darrius Heyward-Bey, who signed a five-year deal with $23.5 million guaranteed with the Raiders. The 49ers are considering lowering their offer. "There's no way I would have held out during the regular season," Rice said. "I was like, 'Just get it done so I can get back in there with my team and try to win football games and make this team a better team.' " His sense of what is holding up Crabtree's deal? "I think the thing is right now he has maybe too many people in his ear," Rice said.
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