Biggest Surprise: Michael Crabtree returned 鈥?and to his talented old self to defy even coach Jim Harbaugh's expectations 鈥?for the final five regular-season games after the Niners' top 2012 wideout recovered from May surgery for a torn right Achilles tendon.
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