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Bounce-back season in store for Vernon Davis?
Coming off career-worst season
By: Doug Orth | Jun 15 2015, 5:30 pm
| Vernon Davis had the worst season of his career last year, one in which he missed two games due to injury and caught only two touchdown passes - both in Week 1. The downfield catches that had been the staple of his career all but vanished as well. After averaging more than 16 yards a catch in 2013, he averaged a career-low 9.4 yards per reception last year. "Whenever I'd run, like, my deep over routes there was a safety sitting over there already," Davis said. "It was just game planning and nothing really ever opened up. But I wasn't really ever a factor in the offense last year. ... The first game, yeah. But the second game, the tight ends (weren't) really involved as a whole." (Sacramento Bee)
FFToday's Take: Tony Sparano will be tasked with the job of getting more out of Davis & Co. this year. He fits the Niners' hopes for a stern, old-line position coach like Carolina assistant Pete Hoener, who coached the tight ends in San Francisco from 2005-10 and is the man Davis has long credited for shaping him into a well-rounded player, but their request to interview him was blocked. San Francisco's desire to go downfield more often this year should mean a bounce-back season for Davis, who could easily return to fantasy TE1 status.
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