Crabtree's work continues in bye week

Crabtree will spend Thursday, Friday and Saturday working with coordinator Jimmy Raye, receivers coach Jerry Sullivan, as well as Wendell Davis, a former teammate of Singletary with the Bears whom the 49ers had as a training camp intern coach. Also, Alex Smith will be the only 49ers quarterback to remain in town, and he'll throw some passes to Crabtree. Running back Frank Gore, who will get treatment on his ankle, will also be around to lend assistance. "Every day he gets out here and every rep that he takes, makes him just that much better," Singletary said. "He's been studying his tail off, and it shows out here. He doesn't have a whole lot of questions on the field. He's running the right routes and doing the right things. It's just a matter of taking every step with every second, every minute, to get him up to speed." * * * Crabtree answered some questions at his locker today for the first time since his press conference la...