Posted By: ninermaniac (06/06/2008 9:27:52 PM)
Comment: its the OTA's though hopefully he will be ready to be a star reciever.

Posted By: gopal (05/06/2008 2:02:24 PM)
Comment: Truthfully, I would listen to trade offers for anybody on this team not named Gore or Willis. That being said, I hope Arnaz makes it back and gets into the groove as soon as possible.

Posted By: Marc - NJ49er (05/06/2008 1:40:03 AM)
Comment: Truthfully, I'd listen to trade offers for Arnaz. With young draftees and FA additions to the group he may be at peak levels for trade interest now. Not sure Lito Sheppard would be on par for a head up deal, but Philly could use Arnaz and I wouldn't mind a Draft pick in the Rd 3-4 range.

Posted By: Matt (04/06/2008 9:13:32 PM)
Comment: Oneniner- what are you trying to say? Last year battle had 50rec/600yards(led wr team) and 06 he had 59 rec(led wr team) and 686 yrds(2nd on team) and all this as a #2 in the system. Were you trying to imply that using the term "reliable" was down playing his impact or were you trying to say that it was overplaying it and its a misnomer? Please enlighten. Battles been both the most reliable and the best all around wr on the team for the last 3 years, all things considered.

Posted By: Wilson (04/06/2008 5:35:25 PM)
Comment: Could have been illness or family conflict. Could have been extra time to get illegal substances out of his system. Could have been contract issues but that would have been really dumb. We won't know unless somebody tells us. Let's hope it was innocent and he has a great year.

Posted By: gopal (04/06/2008 5:13:02 PM)
Comment: I hope he comes back and resumes his activities in the starting WR corps. I like saying "Razzle-Dazzle-Arnaz-Battle!!!", when he makes big play.

Posted By: TRex (04/06/2008 1:22:23 PM)
Comment: As for the last comment, how can a player be "reliable" if he misses six games. Slow news day? We find out the team is going after Barry Sims AND Arnaz Battle says he's going to be at camp next week. It might be a slow news day on other sites, but not on this one. Thank you Matt.

Posted By: oneniner (04/06/2008 1:10:46 PM)
Comment: Hey Matt ..i am not sure why you keep pointing out he was most reliable WR the past 2 season......he was reliable in 2005...comparing his numbers with Lloyd ( who was always inconsistent), if he had not missed 6 games their stats would have been pretty much been the same....Battle-2005 SF G10 Rec32 YRDS363 AVG11.3 TD3 ....Lloyd-2005 SF G16 Rec48 YRDS733 AVG15.3 TD5......in 2004 his second season though he played 14 games he only had 8rec 143YRDS AVG17.9 but he led or was reliable in punt returns...2004 SF PR31 YRDS266 AVG8.6 TD1 KR13 YRDS257 AVG19.8 .......i know this is much to do about nothing......this comment is a result of a slow day with no much niner news....

Posted By: ERIK (04/06/2008 12:55:11 PM)
Comment: Great news that being said i believe hes better than Furrey the former db

Posted By: Kev (04/06/2008 12:46:32 PM)
Comment: Glad he's coming back. Matt, did you ever sense he was frustrated? Another blog (nineragua.blogspot.com) reported the 9ers receivers have more yards for other teams than any receiver group in the league. Do you think he's tired the team adding veterans?

Posted By: ev9er (04/06/2008 12:24:05 PM)
Comment: Good to hear! I really believe that he will do well under the Martz system. Thanks Matt!!

Posted By: proenhance (04/06/2008 12:02:39 PM)
Comment: I was hoping that Battle was holding out and we were gonna trade him... I would like to see Lelie or Jason Hill out there at #3 instead of Battle...

Posted By: DMC (04/06/2008 11:49:05 AM)
Comment: Thanks Matt. Good news.

Posted By: Justin Garand (04/06/2008 11:46:19 AM)
Comment: Good to hear everything is alright with him. Glad he decided to inform the coaches and everything. We need ya Battle!