Michael Crabtree News

The San Francisco 49ers ran away with the NFC West in 2011, becoming the first NFL team to clinch its division before finishing a distant five games ahead of the second-place Arizona Cardinals.

With the 49ers greatly bolstering their receiving corps, who do you think will lead the team in receptions in 2012? Here are the candidates: WR Randy Moss : If one look at an off-season workout is any indication, Alex Smith likes throwing to Moss, and while Moss is considered a big play specialist, he's also been productive throughout his career.

Last week, 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh got some tongues wagging when he stated that Michael Crabtree had the best hands of any wide receiver Coach Harbaugh had been around.

We continue our 2011 season recap at Niners Nation with a dynamite Week 6 match up between the San Francisco 49ers and Detroit Lions .

The San Francisco 49ers have signed legend Randy Moss to bolster their limited receiving options.

San Francisco's starting quarterback Alex Smith spoke to the media this week and had some encouraging things to say about his team.

In the offseason, the 49ers have picked up a pass-catching trio that includes a future Hall of Famer , a Super Bowl hero and a first-round draft pick .

A.J. Jenkins said he planned on going for a dip after practice today. Why? Because that's what Randy Moss routinely does after practice.

We've gotten practice videos, but limited comments from Coach Harbaugh and many of the players.

On paper -- or to be more specific, the depth chart -- things look bleak for Kyle Williams' future with the San Francisco 49ers .

Colin Kaepernick - Kaepernick is likely to stay as the main backup in his second year in the system.

Andy Lee is responsible for every 49ers punt -- and holding for every field-goal and point-after attempt -- since 2004.

The 49ers opened up practice to the media today, making players and Coach Harbaugh available for some Q&A sessions.

In our Week 5 recap of the 49ers vs. Buccaneers, it's important to note that Ricky Jean-Francois starting was starting at nose tackle.

Since 2007, Andy Lee leads the NFL in gross average , ranks second in net average and ranks third in punts downed inside the 20-yard line .

Somewhere behind the cranes and the hard hats and piles of dirt, Moss is working out with the 49ers, but since reporters are usually kept away from practice and Moss has had no interaction with the media since a late night conference call in March, his presence is mostly an article of faith.

Television shows from "Good Morning America" to Jim Rome and radio stations from midtown Manhattan to downtown San Francisco were clamoring to get the 49ers wide receiver on air to ask one burning question: How was he dealing with the two botched punt returns that cost his team a trip to the Super Bowl? Williams turned down nearly every media ... (more)

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Kyle Williams walked out of San Francisco 49ers headquarters Tuesday ready to talk about - and move past - the most miserable moment of his career.

Rookie camps have been unkind to some NFL prospects who were highly touted coming out of the draft.

SANTA CLARA – When Jim Harbaugh said on KNBR last week that wide receiver Michael Crabtree has the "best hands I've ever seen," it was hard not to think back to last offseason when the 49ers coach said Alex Smith was a "very accurate passer." Or when Harbaugh said Smith was an "elite" quarterback.