In hindsight, was Vernon Davis worth the 6th Overall in 2006?

Originally posted by TD49ers:
I never said bust. The question was whether he was worth a 6th overall pick.

Yes. / Thread

Originally posted by TD49ers:

Originally posted by TheGore49er:
Ya, he's only the all time leader for 49er TEs in yards, receptions, TDs. what a bust

I never said bust. The question was whether he was worth a 6th overall pick.

be patient w/Gore...

Originally posted by TD49ers:

Originally posted by TD49ers:

Originally posted by TheGore49er:
Ya, he's only the all time leader for 49er TEs in yards, receptions, TDs. what a bust

I never said bust. The question was whether he was worth a 6th overall pick.

Originally posted by TD49ers:

Originally posted by TheGore49er:
Ya, he's only the all time leader for 49er TEs in yards, receptions, TDs. what a bust

I never said bust. The question was whether he was worth a 6th overall pick.

Oh ya .......and you dont draft a TE that high unless he is elite. Davis did not have that kind of career. His route running was sloppy and had hands of stone. He had a physical prescence that should have allow him to physically dominate with the ball in his hands but he did not use it.

Did he have a good career yes. Did he meet or exceed the draft position and his potential....Nope.

In regards to Singletary, the berating on the sidelines may have saved his career because before that he was garbage.

Who should the 49ers have drafted that year since the all-time leader at TE isn't worth the pick? Ngata? Sure I could see that. But considering we just drafted a QB at number one overall the previous year and didn't have much on offense (Gore deservedly took the starting job from Barlow but NO ONE had any idea what he was going to do in 2006- heck, some people wanted us to draft Reggie Bush!), how can you possibly justify not taking Davis? I get the whole you expect the guy to be elite. Unfortunately, Davis played in the era of Gates and then Gronk. Still had a good career. It's not like they missed out on an elite talent in that draft.

Coincidentally, Alex Smith didn't look like much post-Norv/pre-Harbaugh until he started going to Davis.

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
Who should the 49ers have drafted that year since the all-time leader at TE isn't worth the pick? Ngata? Sure I could see that. But considering we just drafted a QB at number one overall the previous year and didn't have much on offense (Gore deservedly took the starting job from Barlow but NO ONE had any idea what he was going to do in 2006- heck, some people wanted us to draft Reggie Bush!), how can you possibly justify not taking Davis? I get the whole you expect the guy to be elite. Unfortunately, Davis played in the era of Gates and then Gronk. Still had a good career. It's not like they missed out on an elite talent in that draft.

Coincidentally, Alex Smith didn't look like much post-Norv/pre-Harbaugh until he started going to Davis.

Again, question was is he worth the 6th pick overall.

If you want to look at who we should have drafted, there are hindsight 2006 drafts online.

I will make my point further, Davis had many physical attributes to be successful but did not seem to have it between the ears. It took a humilating event on national TV to change his path towards even coming close to his potential. Think about that for a minute.
That tells me he did not have the maturity, focus or drive coming out of the draft and for most of his 14 yr career. We basically got 3 good years out of him. In my mind not worth a 6th pick overall.

I struggle with idea that such a good blocking TE who is phyically a match up nightmare produces a modest at best career.

I wanted Micheal Huff in that draft lol

Even though his potential seemed to be capped by clumsiness and brick hands, the answer has to be yes he was worth it. He was one of the best TE in the league for a handful of years.

Originally posted by TD49ers:

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
Who should the 49ers have drafted that year since the all-time leader at TE isn't worth the pick? Ngata? Sure I could see that. But considering we just drafted a QB at number one overall the previous year and didn't have much on offense (Gore deservedly took the starting job from Barlow but NO ONE had any idea what he was going to do in 2006- heck, some people wanted us to draft Reggie Bush!), how can you possibly justify not taking Davis? I get the whole you expect the guy to be elite. Unfortunately, Davis played in the era of Gates and then Gronk. Still had a good career. It's not like they missed out on an elite talent in that draft.

Coincidentally, Alex Smith didn't look like much post-Norv/pre-Harbaugh until he started going to Davis.

Again, question was is he worth the 6th pick overall.

If you want to look at who we should have drafted, there are hindsight 2006 drafts online.

I will make my point further, Davis had many physical attributes to be successful but did not seem to have it between the ears. It took a humilating event on national TV to change his path towards even coming close to his potential. Think about that for a minute.
That tells me he did not have the maturity, focus or drive coming out of the draft and for most of his 14 yr career. We basically got 3 good years out of him. In my mind not worth a 6th pick overall.

The question is was he worth the 6th overall, as you stated. I said yes and gave my reasons. You gave yours. Now, who should they have taken if he wasn't worth the 6th? Because if you can't name a player, the kind of means he was worth the 6th

Originally posted by TD49ers:
I struggle with idea that such a good blocking TE who is phyically a match up nightmare produces a modest at best career.

Set the TD record for a TE one year. Modest. Got it.

Yes at the time and in hindsight.

It's too bad he left Earth when Kam Chancellor ran into him and he never came back

Yes. Rodgers and Brady would've loved him on their teams and I bet he would've had a better career with either one...

I just feel like the niners did not utilize him early on. With all the coach firings, OC's being hired every season. No one knew how to use him until Harbaugh came into the picture.

So really, I feel like we wasted his good years.

VD was pretty great when we actually got the ball to him. Great blocker too btw.

But ever since he got knocked against Kam Chancelor, he played scared imo.

From 2009-2013 Vernon was one of the leagues elite TEs , if you wanna blame anyone for him not having HOF numbers blame those non-creative offenses and incompetent QBs he had to deal with in his prime.

So dumb

Originally posted by KittleMeThis:
I just feel like the niners did not utilize him early on. With all the coach firings, OC's being hired every season. No one knew how to use him until Harbaugh came into the picture.

So really, I feel like we wasted his good years.

VD was pretty great when we actually got the ball to him. Great blocker too btw.

But ever since he got knocked against Kam Chancelor, he played scared imo.

Last sentence says it all; wasn't the same after being destroyed by Kam.