After appearing to finally be on the verge of acquiring a veteran wide receiver during the 2015 Offseason, the Oakland Raiders are once again looking like they will be stuck with using the draft for wideout talent as their latest target left the Bay Area without a contract.

Former Niners wideout Michael Crabtree came to Oakland earlier this week hoping that the Raiders would be the team to cough up a reported $4.5 million salary expectation, but on Wednesday evening it has been confirmed the 27 year old will be continuing his offseason tour where the veteran has been unable to find a buyer for his services at the price he has set for himself.

Team insider Vic Tafur confirmed the news that Crabtree exited the city without signing with the Raiders, a development that seemed likely once the early week trip extended into late on Wednesday with no updates reporting that things were progressing between the two sides.

Lake Tahoe is beautiful this time of year … Kid asked me to check in on Michael Crabtree’s visit with #Raiders. He left without a contract — Vic Tafur (@VicTafur) April 8, 2015

Crabtree even visiting in Oakland brought up controversy as the wideout still has plenty of critics in Raider Nation over how he handled being passed on by Al Davis in the draft, a moment that has always had the player in poor standing with fans of the team who were angered by his reaction to Darius Heyward-Bey going before him in the first round. Fans who weren’t easy to forgive being angered that the team would even consider signing him despite his accomplishments with the 49ers and the lack of other options at wideout via free agency in early April.

Because of that a large segment of Raiders fans won’t be overly dismayed at another wideout being passed on, or passing on the team this offseason. Still it is yet another worrying sign that the wide receiver position won’t see any improvements by way of proven talent in the league, general manager Reggie McKenzie likely having his hand forced to draft one or two prospects to bolster the position. Upside and less cap money making it a viable option, but with middling talent on the depth chart coming back next year it would have been wise for the team to make a purchase on one veteran this spring. Even if it was a divisive name in Crabtree.