Vernon Davis

Originally posted by JiksJuicy:

Nice! This gives me a reason to unfriend his stupid fb page. It's always kind of annoyed me, but I never cared enough to hit unfriend since he was a Niner.

Do it. Teach him a lesson.

Originally posted by Morgan49:

Originally posted by NorthBay49er:

Originally posted by slowriot:

Best of luck Vernon. Thanks for the memories.

I'll always remember this

I was at that game. So exciting. What a great game.
I hope he beats the s**t out of the Seapukes in the super bowl at Levi's with Denver. Wouldn't that be SWEET?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Forreal. Since we ain't making the playoffs and Denver is in the afc I think imma be rooting for them this year. Would be nice to see Vernon get a ring. Makes sense since I don't like really any other NFC team besides Atlanta and even then I barely like them.

Originally posted by Niners99:
VD was soft. He never dove for a pass once. He never went up to contend for a ball. He ran bad routes, and had hands of stone.

He relied purely on his speed and athletisizm. Now that hes older, and those things are diminishing, hes finished.

The fact that we got anything is a plus.

Overall he had a nice Niner career, but hes been gone for 2 years now. Hes just not on the roster anymore this time.

This.
The guys been stealing money for years.

Good luck to Vernon Davis. Thank you for the memories. Always a Niner.

Good luck VD.

Originally posted by judodono:

Originally posted by StOnEy333:

Originally posted by 5thSFG:

We gave him away.... Admittedly I know little about these kinds of dealings, but this doesn't seem to help us at all.

Unless someone could explain how this is beneficial to us, I feel like baalke got bullied into trading him for nothing based on our mismanagement on offense, instead of his potential, knowing damn well he's going to see a big spike in performance in denvers scheme

Can we legitimately get VDs equal in talent for what we traded him for? Nope

He puts out little to no effort every week that he can actually get on the field. He was leaving in Free Agency at the end of the year. We got something instead of nothing for him. It's not like he was helping us at all this year.

VD is terrible. A shadow of his former self is an understatement.

While I have ZERO confidence in Baalke to do something useful with a 6th round pick.. at least we got something back for Vernon and that's shocking.

I'm hoping the new GM can do something w that pick

Needs to get that sand out of his vagina if he wants to stay with Broncos.

Originally posted by Niners99:
VD was soft. He never dove for a pass once. He never went up to contend for a ball. He ran bad routes, and had hands of stone.

He relied purely on his speed and athletisizm. Now that hes older, and those things are diminishing, hes finished.

The fact that we got anything is a plus.

Overall he had a nice Niner career, but hes been gone for 2 years now. Hes just not on the roster anymore this time.

Let's get real folks. He did NOT have a "nice career".

He had a "best TE in San Francisco 49ers history career".

He needed to go. But let's not downplay his amazingness.

Vernon Davis will be placed in the Niners HOF.

Originally posted by 5thSFG:

Originally posted by Marvin49:
Um....huh?

You have a 10 year vet TE with declining physical skills and hasn't produced in 2 years. He was going to be a 49er for 8 more games. That's it.

"Equal Talent!?!" What on earth are you talking about? OF COURSE they won't get equal talent. He's only under contract for the rest of the year.

Put another way, what does Vernon give us this year? They aren't going to the playoffs. At seasons end, he's gone. For nothing.

Baalke got a pick for something that in the bigger scheme costs them nothing. They got something for a resource that didn't and would never help them again.

That's called smart.

Seems like valid points you made, even with your unnecessarily strong tone.

Looking at it from the other side, elway just got a great player for a 2017 6th round pick? From that angle, I think we could have got more than we did for VD. I'm probably not as smart as you though

I know my Denver buddies are laughing their tails off right now.

EDIT: whether or not we should have traded him is not my issue, but you knew that. What we got for him is laughable.... Like giving a sports car away because you didn't know how to drive it

Don't take the strong tone personally...just frustrated by people who don't see the big picture. Not aimed at you personally.

Difference between us isn't smarts...its just experience watching this stuff play out.

What we got for him is NORMAL. Anquan Boldin was AQUIRED by the 49ers two years go for...wait for it...a 6th round pick. You can't separate the skill level of the player from the situation surrounding the trade. They are connected. Not realizing that sets you up for disappointment and anger because you aren't seeing the big picture.

As for Denver...yeah...they got a player for 8 games who is far past his prime, will have to learn an entirely new offense, and can leave in 3 or 4 months and go wherever he wants. Why would they ever give up a high pick for that?

If there is a team willing to give ANYTHING for Vernon, why wouldn't they? What do they have to gain by keeping him?

Loved VD as a 49er. Thanks Vernon for 8 GREAT years you gave the 49ers. Good Luck in Denver now you have a shot at a Ring. Go get it.

Originally posted by Marvin49:
Don't take the strong tone personally...just frustrated by people who don't see the big picture. Not aimed at you personally.

Difference between us isn't smarts...its just experience watching this stuff play out.

What we got for him is NORMAL. Anquan Boldin was AQUIRED by the 49ers two years go for...wait for it...a 6th round pick. You can't separate the skill level of the player from the situation surrounding the trade. They are connected.

Marvin, you really could be the 49ers GM. I like and respect ALL YOUR POSTS. I look forward to them.

Sorry VD, it was just really time to GO!!

From the moment you caught your 1st pass (vs Cards) for a TD, to the one where Kaep threw a lobb to you and let the ball land on your back w/o trying to make a play, WHO WOULD NOT MISS YOU!!

Good luck with Manning and hope that you get a RING!!!

Bye LaVern

At least he'll make the playoffs

This really needs to be an appreciation thread. The dude is the greatest TE in 49ers history. And it's not even close.

Thank you for everything, Vernon.