49ers LB Lawson threatens to leave if not getting new contract

The San Francisco 49ers star linebacker Manny Lawson is now attempting to attract some attention from the team as he wants a new contract as the reason for him to stay with the team. He even threatened that he would leave for another team if the 49ers keep silent on the contract issue.



The outside linebacker showed up for a mandatory minicamp on Thursday after missing the 49ers voluntary workouts. He says he needed a change in scenery and that he is in the best shape of his life. He claimed that he had received a few calls from other teams for possible cooperation. The Minnesota Vikings were among the teams and Lawson said he would like to play with a quarterback wearing No. 4 Brett Favre jersey under a contract matches his capability better.

Lawson was picked by the 49ers in 2006 as a first-round draft pick and he is currently in the last year of his five-year, $7.5 million contract and remains the lowest-paid outside linebacker in the team with a base salary of $630,000. No wonder he was so unhappy and wanted a scenery change.

49ers ended loss streak by beating Bears 10-6

The San Francisco 49ers Coach Mike Singletary proved what he said before the game by beating the team he played for as a player. The 49ers beat the Chicago Bears 10-6 on Thursday night.


Bears starting quarterback Jay Cutler threw a career-high five interceptions in the game and his last one came in the end zone on the game’s final play, while running back in No. 21 49ers jersey, Frank Gore ran for 104 yards and a touchdown, and quarterback Alex Smith won the first of his eight starts since Week 2 in 2007.

It was wide receiver Michael Crabtree who picked off Cutler’s final attempt in the end zone as time expired, sealing 49ers’ first win since Oct. 4 and ending a three-game losing streak.

Cutler apologized in his postgame news conference, not wearing his Bears jersey, for his bad performance in the game. It was the second time he threw four or more interceptions this season and he has had an NFL-worst record of throwing 17 interceptions totally.

49ers planned to use rookie WR Crabtree at Houston

Since signing the sixe-year contract with the San Francisco 49ers, rookie wide receiver Michael Crabtree has been giving satisfying performance. And the team has planned to let the rookie have his NFL debut wearing 49ers jersey in his home state Houston on Oct. 25.


Coach Mike Singletary has said he expected Crabtree to be ready by next Weekend and Crabtree did not fail him. Singletary said Wednesday that he was pleased with the progress Crabtree has made so far in practices.

“Oh, he will play,” Singletary said. “Michael’s doing fine. He’s working his tail off. I think every day he gets out here and every rep that he takes, it makes him that much better. … It’s just a matter of us taking every step with every second, every minute to get him up to speed and ready to go.”

Offensive coordinator Jimmy Raye also confirmed that he would use Crabtree as a slot receiver on third downs against the Texans. And after spending Sunday’s 45-10 home loss to Atlanta on the sideline watching, the 22-year-old Crabtree was excited to make his first play merely 2 1/2 weeks after being signed by the team.