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So far in 2009, the Green Bay Packers have managed to keep opposing tight ends from having a major impact on gameday.
But that task gets perhaps as difficult as it's been all season on Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers and Vernon Davis.
Davis, a fourth-year athletic freak whose 6-foot-3, 250-pound listing doesn't do him justice, is a player that Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers calls not only the fastest tight end in the NFL, but maybe the fastest pass-catcher in the 49ers' offensive arsenal.
This year Davis is having the kind of breakout season the 49ers envisioned when they drafted him with the No. 6 overall pick back in 2006. After two decent though unspectacular seasons, and then a rocky start last year under new coach Mike Singletary, Davis is now leading San Francisco with 45 receptions for 493 yards (11.0 avg.) and seven touchdowns.
He combines a ruggedness in traffic over the middle with breakaway speed on vertical routes, all ..
Source: Packers.com