Sparano’s Mission: Get Vernon Davis Back in the Offense
Vernon Davis is one of the NFL's best tight ends.He has speed like a wide receiver, has good size at 6-foot-3 and 250 pounds and has been highly productive over a nine-year career with the 49ers. He's also been praised for his blocking skills for the run-first Niners the past four seasons under head coach Jim Harbaugh.In 2013, Davis tied a career high with 13 touchdown catches and also had 52 receptions overall for 850 yards, tying a career high for yards per catch (16.3).But in 2014, Davis almost vanished as a receiver. His catches fell by 50 percent, to 26, the lowest total since his rookie season. He also averaged just 9.4 yards per catch, his lowest mark ever.Now, Tony Sparano has been hired to help make Davis, 31, part of the 49ers' passing attack again.Sparano, the former interim head coach of the Raiders last season, agreed this week to become part of the new staff of head coach Jim Tomsula. For most of his career, Sparano has worked with offensive lines. But he's also been a tight ends coach with Washington, Jacksonville and Dallas. At Dallas, in fact, he was the first coach of Cowboys standout Jason Witten in 2003 and 2004, when Witten had 35 and 87 receptions his first...
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