Michael Crabtree

The 49ers are holding a reunion of the 2012 Super Bowl team, but not all the stars will be in attendance.

After visiting with the Raiders on Wednesday, it’s been reported that veteran wide receiver Jordy Nelson is expected to sign with Oakland.

Oakland Raiders’ wide receiver Michael Crabtree might have lost his chain, but he just won his suspension appeal.

Oakland Raiders wide receiver Michael Crabtree was suspended by the NFL for two games without pay on Monday, following his involvement in a brawl during the Raiders-Broncos game on Sunday, in which he threw punches at Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib (who has also been suspended two games), after Talib ripped off his chain for the second time in as many years.

First, Michael Crabtree had his chain snatched. Now, it’s his paycheck.

Michael Crabtree knew Aqib Talib was coming after his chain. And Crabtree still couldn’t stop him.

Though Michael Crabtree was healthy and suited up for the team’s showdown with the Denver Broncos, Crabtree didn’t even last through the team’s first drive on Sunday, earning an ejection after brawling with cornerback Aqib Talib.

For the second time in a calendar year, Broncos’ cornerback Aqib Talib and Raiders’ wide receiver Michael Crabtree went at each other, and on both occasions, Talib wound up snatching Crabtree’s chain off of his neck.

Beast Mode? More like Peace Mode. When Sunday’s game at the Oakland Coliseum took a chaotic turn, there was only one man who could ease the tensions: Marshawn Lynch.

Michael Crabtree and Aqib Talib have a history. And on Sunday, that history got much uglier.