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If The Niners need another good receiver (see the Houshmandzadeh posts) and if Vernon Davis is being under/misused at TE, why don't we use him in a receiver role?  He is "blazing fast" and "freakish"ly athletic.   Would there be any league restrictions on this?  Is there some kind of a personality issue with the coaches or management that I do not know about?  Get another good blocking TE, and unleash the BEAST!  Just make him a receiver! 

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Then we only have 2/3’s of a receiver..

"We'd like to think that tickets will be hard to come by." Bill Walsh

by TripTheNinja on Oct 9, 2008 9:26 PM PDT reply actions  

Receivers have to… I don’t know, receive the ball?

by Cruithear on Oct 9, 2008 9:52 PM PDT reply actions  

Sorry, they haven't been showing the games here in Alaska

So he’s been dropping the ball. Damn, get a sports psychologist and hypnotize him, or something. I’d bet that upping his reps catching the ball in practice would work, especially combined with some behavior modification techniques. I have a feeling that our coaches are letting the niners be a finesse (read: prima donna) team, when they should be promoting basic, hard-nosed football skills.

by kinglouie33 on Oct 9, 2008 10:12 PM PDT reply actions  

Hypnotize him? Behavior Modification?

If I could photoshop Vernon Davis’s face into this, I would.

You do realize that you’re talking crazy talk?

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Oct 9, 2008 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think

that’s beyond my capabilities. Or I might be able to do it but it would take a week. No I don’t think I could do it.

Still defending Rich Aurilia, and the Niners' classic unis

by wjackalope on Oct 10, 2008 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions  

practice

He’s been working with O’Sullivan after practice to get the chemistry down. Maybe it’s a mental thing.

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by David Fucillo on Oct 10, 2008 12:37 AM PDT up reply actions  

Crazy, maybe...

OK, it’s crazy, but damn, something has to work!

by kinglouie33 on Oct 9, 2008 10:19 PM PDT reply actions  

Just make him a tackle

Then no need for that 3rd part of the game.

by DesertFox on Oct 9, 2008 11:03 PM PDT reply actions  

...

I would split him out every once in a while and have him crack block the outside linebacker…could open up some room for Gore to bounce it outside once he gets to the 2nd level

I think I pulled my swagger muscle...

by BawLa on Oct 9, 2008 11:15 PM PDT reply actions  

Now that should piss VD off

Move him to receiver, and then ask him to block some more.

by DesertFox on Oct 10, 2008 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions  

There was a big article in the Chronicle on it this morning. I only skimmed it, and I’m in a hurry to get out of the house right now so I don’t really have anything useful to say, but it was a long write-up.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Oct 10, 2008 7:12 AM PDT reply actions  

here it is

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/09/SP9513EC1K.DTL

not a lot in there we don’t already know

Still defending Rich Aurilia, and the Niners' classic unis

by wjackalope on Oct 10, 2008 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions  

lifetime49erfan Fan Post

I’m moving his thoughts into this thread since it’s directly related to the topic:

I don’t understand???

Vernon Davis is one of the most talented players to be drafted into the National Football in years.

Why not make him a RUNNING BACK?????

LOOK AT Brandon Jacobs OF THE NY GIANTS???

6’4

264

AND NOT NEAR THE SPEED AND TALENT THAT VERNON DAVIS HAS

GET WHAT U PAID FOR

RUN BACK KICKS?

FILL IN RUNNING BACK

WIDE RECEIVER

PUNT RETURNS

COMMON SENSE SAYS WAKE UP NOLAN YOUR TIME IS RUNNING OUT

USE YOUR RESOURCES!!!!!

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by David Fucillo on Oct 10, 2008 10:47 AM PDT reply actions  

1st!

I’m more offended by his failures as a receiver than I am by JT’s sacks/interceptions.

by sam23 on Oct 12, 2008 2:31 AM PDT up reply actions  

SLOT

The 49ers WILL PUT VERNON DAVIS IN A WIDE RECEIVER’S SLOT besides using him mainly as a TE, the 49ers will at times line him up as a WR. When it happens, come back to my comment for an afterthought.

"We Have a God who delights in impossibilities."

by 16to80endzone on Oct 12, 2008 10:47 AM PDT reply actions  

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