re: What is Vernon Davis' deal?

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Targets generally equates to getting open. Why in the world is Vernon Davis not getting open?

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Well, per ESPN he's gotten 5 targets in the last 3 games combined (NO, STL, MIA). Are you insinuating that his lack of targets is mostly a result of this inability to get open?

Does he suck that bad that after bending the Saints over last year, it's now his fault that he couldn't get a single target on an even worse defense? Inability to get open has never been an perceived deficiency in his game, maybe you're on to something no one else has ever noticed before.

There's numerous reasons VD hasn't been getting targets. Crabtree has also come along lately and Manningham has been getting more involved as the season's progressed. In terms of dispersion of balls, we're as varied as an offense like the Saints but with half the volume of throws. He's not getting a ton of opportunities, and the notion that it's mostly because he can't physically get open (with the exception of when he's being doubled) is quite frankly ridiculous.