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Vernon Davis Carries A "Murse"

Dashiell Bennett — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:00:46 EDT

That's a "man purse" for those who are confused. However, the 49ers tight end only carries it to a "beach, pool party or outdoor event." So pants optional activities = bring your murse. Got it. [Honey Magazine]

There's A Reason For Vernon Davis's Schoolgirl Smile

mjdeadspin — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 16:28:58 EDT

There's been a lot of those "first round draft pick signs a contract" stories in the past couple of days; the kinds of stories you only care about if they involve someone on your team, or if the negotiations get particularly ugly. But one such deal did stand out yesterday. Former Maryland TE Vernon Davis signed his rookie deal with the San Francisco 49ers, and immediately became the highest paid tight end in the league.

He'll make more than Jeremy Shockey, more than Tony Gonzalez, more than Antonio Gates, more even than tight end/freedom fighter Kellen Winslow. It does make the 49ers look a little silly (though no siller than the Alex Smith pick is making them look), but on this one, they really didn't have a choice. If you draft a guy 6th overall, you're going to have to pay him somewhere in between what the #5 pick and the #7 pick make. And that just happens to be more than any other tight end in the league makes.

You may argue that it's foolish to draft a TE that high when you're going to have to automatically make him the highest-paid TE in the league, before he even catches one Alex Smith wobbler. But I didn't hear any of the draft guys on TV making that argument at the time he was drafted.

49ers reportedly make Davis highest-paid TE [MSNBC]

Trail Of Tears To San Francisco

mjdeadspin — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 14:07:07 EDT

In a heavy bit of foreshadowing, ESPN's got a shot of Vernon Davis crying his eyes out before he was even selected. I guess he's about as happy of any of us would be if we had to play for the 49ers.

MDS, talk to use about Vernon.

6. San Francisco: Vernon Davis, TE, Maryland

Matt Leinart, the quarterback the San Francisco 49ers likely would have taken last year had Leinart entered the draft, was still on the board for the 49ers this year. They must really, really hate the fact that they took Alex Smith right about now. Instead they took Davis, who bench pressed more than most linemen and ran faster than most receivers at the combine. He is such a great athlete that if he were a baseball player everyone would accuse him of using steroids.