In about 10 minutes on the play clock, the 49ers notched three scores -- a 31-yard touchdown reception by Michael Crabtree, a 6-yard touchdown run by Frank Gore and a 34-yard field goal by David Akers -- to tighten a once-daunting gap and make the score 28-23 at the end of the third quarter.
Once Kaepernick passed to Crabtree for a 31-yard touchdown, there was a hint something could happen.
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Investigator Timothy Crabtree, a former Army special agent, reviewed the agency's salary claims and found that full-time employees could identify only 6 of 28 temps named.
In fact, if it weren't for a fumble by Michael Crabtree inches from the goal line, San Francisco's margin of victory could even have been greater.
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The San Francisco 49ers fear they will lose star wide receiver Michael Crabtree to a torn Achilles tendon suffered in off-season workouts Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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The 49ers scored their first touchdown when Michael Crabtree scored on a 31-yard touchdown throw from Colin Kaepernick.
Still, Atlanta maintained its slim advantage -- in part thanks to a missed field goal and a fumble by the 49ers Michael Crabtree just inches from the end zone -- into the fourth quarter.
Crabtree, 25, had a breakout year last season.
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It also leaves responders with an uneasy feeling they're keeping a secret from the victim's loved ones, Crabtree said.
If the Ravens set the edge and blunt Davis, Kaepernick is going to have to win with Crabtree and Moss, or Gore is going to need to have a BIG rushing day.
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Crabtree's injury is problematic since wide receiver isn't a strong point for the San Francisco offense, which still has question marks over whether quarterback Colin Kaepernick can repeat his heroics from the second half of last year.
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Crabtree first ran across the issue following the Virginia Tech shooting, in which a lone gunman, a student, killed 32 people.
"Michael Crabtree has been interviewed with his lawyer present and has cooperated in this investigation, " a San Francisco police statement said.
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