Crabtree out at the Combine

While conducting medical examinations on Two-Time Biletnikoff Winner Michael Crabtree,

doctors found the beginning stages of a small stress fracture in his foot. Here's what I don't get- How the Hell could this effect his draft status. These draft gurus who are saying that this stress fracture might keep him out of the top ten picks have to be smoking crack.
ESPN.COM States:

INDIANAPOLIS -- Knowing the importance of giving NFL teams a 40-yard dash time,
Texas Tech wide receiver Michael Crabtree has decided to delay foot surgery
until after his March 26 workout.

Crabtree, according to a source, has
the beginning stages of a stress fracture in his left foot that will require a
screw to be surgically inserted to stabilize that area of the foot. He will put
off the surgery until after his pro timing day in March.

"I don't know
where that report came from," Crabtree told The Dallas Morning News, regarding
indications early Saturday afternoon that he would have surgery promptly and
miss the March workout. "It has been there for about a year and it's never
caused me any pain. I can play with it the rest of my life. It won't stop me
from running. I'm going to run."

The fracture was discovered during a
bone scan conducted Friday during the NFL Combine in Indianapolis. The scan
revealed a slight crack in the fifth metatarsal bone in his left foot.

"It's not a career-ending injury or anything like that," Bears coach
Lovie Smith said. "He's a good football player, and he's got plenty of time to
get well."

NFL officials would not immediately confirm details of the
injury or the surgery, though coaches were told about it during Saturday's first
drills. The fracture is so slight he could opt not to have surgery, but there's
the possibility the crack would get worse if he doesn't get the screw not been
inserted. Recovery time is expected to be 6-10 weeks.

All of the roughly
330 players at the combine spend their first day getting measured and going
through medical checks. Those with additional questions are often sent to a
nearby hospital for further examination.

Crabtree had been considered
the top wide receiver in the 2009 draft.

Take it from me: From here on in with this Michael Crabtree issue, you could measure up whether or not someone really knows what they are talking about, and whether or not that person is an idiot with this simple question " Is this stress fracture going to effect where Crabtree goes in the draft?"

For the pundits that say yes, put them on the idiot side of the room, and keep them there for the rest of your life. Anything that that person tries to tell you from the media perspective is wrong, forever. He can never be trusted again with anything.

For the pundits that say it won't effect his draft ranking, they know what they are talking about. No GM is his right mind is going to pass on Crabtree because of this. It's not a torn ACL or kidney disease, it's a minor stress fracture. And Crabtree is one of the best WR prospects to come out of college in the last ten years.

The kid was a high school quarterback three years ago. Did you hear that, three years ago he had never played the position of wide receiver. Now he's one of the best prospects in a decade. How much more upside on a player do you need. There are very few players that have run better, crisper, cleaner routes than Crabtree. He breaks out of his cut and catches the ball with his hands almost better than anyone out there. But, and I have been saying this ad nauseum, his real value, the part of his game that is so impressive is how he get separation at the goal line and inside the red zone. He does this better than anyone I have ever seen.

Now I know what you are going to say, in the system he played in, TTECH spread out the receivers inside the redzone and Crabtree was able to have one on one coverage. Bu the same thing applies in the No Fun League. He is going to be covered in the red zone by a single cornerback. And there is not a cover corner in the NFL can that can hang with him inside the Ten Yard Line.

So to sum up everything. This stress fracture is actually the best thing to happen to Crabtree since he.... His draft status could only go down if he went to the combine and accidentally ran a 4.6 (never would happen) or dropped a couple of passes that were thrown his way (not likely). By having the excuse of a stress fracture, he doesn't have to risk any of that.

The GM that was going to take him with the second, third or fourth pick is still going to do it, regardless of what these "idiot draft gurus" tell you. You heard it from me, your pal the Nudge.