Vernon Davis

[RashanGary]

I do worry that Vernon Davis is getting overrated. I've read some teams don't have him that high. His blocking is not up to par yet, he's a little short, and he didn't come close to being an All-American. You wonder why the production fell short in college with this guy.

You wonder if having a below average college QB contributed to that.

There are players like Randy Moss, Steve Smith ect...who play better in the NFL because they have good QB's throwing to them. But he did have a great season. In a 12 game season he had almost 900 yds. Not too many college WR's break the 1000 yd mark

[HarveyWallbangers]

You don't like Sam Hollenbach?


871 is very good for a TE, but a shitload of college wideouts had 1000 yards. Davis ranked 45th in the country in receiving yards.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/sortables?stat=rec&sort=recyds&season=3&year=2005&group=80

You'd think somebody this unstoppable would have broken the mold. Randy Moss had over 1600 receiving yards and 25 TDs his senior year at Marshall.

[RashanGary]

Point taken....


I was too lazy to research but I'll include that point in my future assessment

[Partial]

I like Hawk too but I've seen Davis play and I know he's an amazing pass catcher. Even if he couldn't block he's still one of the best recievers in the game but throw in the fact that he's a good blocker and you have one of the NFLs most complete players at any position.

The people who get paid to scout players disagree. Directly from profootball weekly -

(Maryland TE) Vernon Davis is not dumb when you are talking to him — he just does not have a good base of football knowledge or really understand how to convert routes. … There’s a big difference between scouting and looking at numbers (production, height, weight and speed). Davis may have better numbers than (Jeremy) Shockey and (Kellen) Winslow (Jr.), but he is not nearly as refined of a pass catcher as either were coming out. Go back and watch Davis and show me one catch he makes where he does not have to stop to bring in the ball. No one can deny his physical ability, but he’s got a lot of work cut out for him.”