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Vernon Davis suffers a right knee sprain

Sep 23, 2007 at 3:41 PM--


According to Matt Maiocco's Instant 49ers blog, San Francisco tight end Vernon Davis suffered a right knee sprain in the third quarter.

He suffered the injury during the now infamous momentum changing bad call that was ruled a non-catch by Davis. Instead of putting the 49ers into a 1st-and-goal situation at the Steelers 10-yard line, they were forced to kick a field goal.



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