Niners make No. 6 pick Davis highest-paid TE
 

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Wow, highest paid TE in the league before ever taking a snap. Anything wrong with this picture?

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beast.

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250 running the 40 at 4.3.... thats pretty beast

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Inflation.

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He's a bad ass, true, but this is crazy money.

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[quote=BigSKINBauer]beast.[/quote]

He probably will be, a 4.3 40 time for a guy his size is insane.

But the highest paid right out the box??

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Did anyone watch him while he was at CP???

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[quote=Mattyk72][URL="http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2532619"]ESPN.com - NFL - Niners make No. 6 pick Davis highest-paid tight end[/URL]

Wow, highest paid TE in the league before ever taking a snap. Anything wrong with this picture?[/quote]

As a student at UMD college park...i see nothing wrong with this...he was pretty much the whole reason why we did anything on offense...he will haev a great carreer and may be destined for the HOF...he is massive and can run quicker than most premier receivers.....i love me some VD!!! (the guy not the diseases)

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note to davey... try using the edit feature

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[quote=Hail2theskins]note to davey... try using the edit feature[/quote]

yea im sorry im at work...and my boss walked in and i freaked out and pressed something...so i didnt think it posted...so i just reposted...haha now i edited...i tried to be all quick and do it before anyone read it....o well

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[quote=DaveyFoSho]As a student at UMD college park...i see nothing wrong with this...he was pretty much the whole reason why we did anything on offense...he will haev a great carreer and may be destined for the HOF...he is massive and can run quicker than most premier receivers.....i love me some VD!!! (the guy not the diseases)[/quote]

Hold up just a second... Hall of Fame bound? It's a tad early to be throwing out predictions like that don't you think? Let's see the guy play first.

The NFL has had plenty of busts who were physical freaks.

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Robert McCune is quite freakish' and he lives only on our ST.

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haha atleast u admit he is a physical freak...lol i apologize for jumping the gun...but i am just used to watching him tear it up...but u are right that was just college....i guess we shall see!!

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[quote=Mattyk72][URL="http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2532619"]ESPN.com - NFL - Niners make No. 6 pick Davis highest-paid tight end[/URL]

Wow, highest paid TE in the league before ever taking a snap. Anything wrong with this picture?[/quote]

I agree it seems kind of screwey, but we have to remember that the salary cap limit jumped by nearly 20% this year from last year. Consequently the relative value of all contracts should have jumped the same amount.

Just about every contract we see signed by these guys will probably feel like "holy crap, how much is he getting???" It's just a product of the cap going up.

Besides, we all know that rookie salaries are dictated by what the picks in front and behind those players are getting. There's a bit of a rookie scale.

Does Vernon Davis deserve to be the highest paid TE? Hell no, which is exactly why guys like Gates, Gonzalez, Heath Miller, and Kellen Winslow will all get huge ass paydays when their contract comes due. All this does is raise the market value of a TE up from where it was last year, which makes sense since the cap went up.

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with 2 career catches, and losing 60 lbs in the offseason, i doubt kellen is getting a huge payday any time soon ;)

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Who else do the 49er's have on their team that they need to spend any decent amount of money on?

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He is the most sure bet in the draft...I suppose the deal is fair for the current market for top draft picks.

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im not sure it matters how good he is as long as alex smith is the quarterback

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[quote=saden1]He is the most sure bet in the draft...I suppose the deal is fair for the current market for top draft picks.[/quote]

i'm not sure i agree with that. he had good numbers, but his college production didn't match those numbers and he wasn't stellar on deep balls.

I don't think he'll be a bust or anything, but i think a guy like D'brick is an even safer bet.

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Now, i don't ever think a player coming into the league deserves that kind of respect. I was just joking around because he is a terp. He is going to be fantastic in my opinion and will compete for rookie of the year with God himself, bush. I just don't understand how he can get paid more than players like gates, shockey, witten, lj, and others. He is unproven and if he turns out to be nearly as good as gates then that would be amazing so getting paid more than top TEs doesn't make sense. The 9ers don't have many good players so i guess they want their best player happy.

A couple of my friends got to be on the field during a game last year and they said vernon is amazingly big. BEAST.

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Has such a storied franchise ever had a fall from grace this quickly, and badly? First Alex Smith and now overpaying an unproven rookie TIGHT END, and who is the coach that is going to bring them back to glory......the great Mike "bend don't break" Nolan.

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This guy is going to be phenomemal if they can find some one to throw him the ball.

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[QUOTE=offiss]This guy is going to be phenomemal if they can find some one to throw him the ball.[/QUOTE]


I love the fact that Dallas signed Witten before this deal came out!! Gates is going to ask for more money, so will crumpler, and so will Cooley.

This deal is nuts.

I will go on record as saying that this 4.3 speed doesn't last for more than one and a half seasons....

big fast guys in the NFL always seem to get hit flush and get worn down quickly, or get injured ala Bo Jackson, and to a lesser degree Terrell Davis.

I just think that there is just too must body to hit...

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Kellen winslows??? he is in the same boat as vernon davis.




[quote=Schneed10]I agree it seems kind of screwey, but we have to remember that the salary cap limit jumped by nearly 20% this year from last year. Consequently the relative value of all contracts should have jumped the same amount.

Just about every contract we see signed by these guys will probably feel like "holy crap, how much is he getting???" It's just a product of the cap going up.

Besides, we all know that rookie salaries are dictated by what the picks in front and behind those players are getting. There's a bit of a rookie scale.

Does Vernon Davis deserve to be the highest paid TE? Hell no, which is exactly why guys like Gates, Gonzalez, Heath Miller, and Kellen Winslow will all get huge ass paydays when their contract comes due. All this does is raise the market value of a TE up from where it was last year, which makes sense since the cap went up.[/quote]

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[QUOTE=number21isabadman]Kellen winslows??? he is in the same boat as vernon davis.[/QUOTE]


He reminds me more of big John Mackey with more speed, and will probably become more of a power TE end as his career progresses.

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offiss showing your age(john mackey)

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i love how he plays and everything but he is not proven as an nfl player and therefore shouldn't be the highest paid in the league. after this year or next year i believe he will be the best in the nfl and should be the highest paid

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[quote=number21isabadman]Kellen winslows??? he is in the same boat as vernon davis.[/quote]

Who the TE is wasn't my point. The point was rising tides raises all boats. This Vernon Davis deal simply reflects the increase in the salary cap. All TEs will see a good boost, and some TEs will soon blow this Vernon Davis contract right out of the water. Who that TE is, you can split hairs about that all you want. All I'm saying is that this deal seems crazy now, but when you consider the salary cap increases, it's not that out of whack.

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But if you want to argue Winslow vs Davis, what's the difference? They've both done exactly jack squat in the NFL. They were both selected with the 6th pick in the draft. At the time they were drafted, they were both anointed the second coming at TE. The only difference is that Winslow hurt himself by being a moron. But as for performance on the field, neither have done anything whatsoever to distinguish one from another.

Any statement suggesting one will be better than the other when all is said and done is nothing but pure speculation.

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[quote=5RINGS]I love the fact that Dallas signed Witten before this deal came out!! Gates is going to ask for more money, so will crumpler, and so will Cooley.[/quote]Cooley's rookie deal was for four years and he will get a big payday very soon. Because hes not going to be eligible for RFA, expect the redskins to give him a big money deal (barring a significant production dropoff) either later this year or next offseason.

He's been a good soldier despite outplaying his contract, and the front office will reward him accordingly. Probably won't sniff Davis money though.

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[quote=GTripp0012]Cooley's rookie deal was for four years and he will get a big payday very soon. Because hes not going to be eligible for RFA, expect the redskins to give him a big money deal (barring a significant production dropoff) either later this year or next offseason.

He's been a good soldier despite outplaying his contract, and the front office will reward him accordingly. Probably won't sniff Davis money though.[/quote]
they better resign him after this season because i dont want him to reach free agency...we better not lose him

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niners suberbowl bound baby! ;)
(yea right)