Often around this time of year, trade rumors fly in the National Football League as the trade deadline approaches, but rarely does anything happen. Occasionally, the New England Patriots will figure out how to steal a few useful player who was underutilized by his former team, but rarely is there a splash.
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“It’s a possibility; you know there’s nothing I can do about it”, said Davis, 31. I think he’s a great mix with the tight ends that we already have.
This season, Draughn played in five games with the Browns before being waived on October 20, 2015. By sending the tight end out of town, the team can better decipher whether it has the right man under center.
Owen Daniels has 17 catches to lead Broncos tight ends this year. Manning is known for utilizing tight ends.
The signing of Davis is just another move that indicates Elway’s sense of urgency while building a champion – there is no “next year”, or so it would seem. The 31-year-old is in the final year of his contract and set to be a free agent in 2016, so the trade is more of a rental for the Broncos. He twice had 13 touchdowns in a season, most recently in 2013.
Davis played 35 career games (17 starts) in three seasons at Maryland, where he totaled 83 receptions for 1,371 yards (16.5 avg.) with nine touchdowns.
Davis has spent his entire career with the 49ers since becoming a first-round pick in the 2006 NFL Draft. The head may be all over the place and thrown around like a burning pumpkin, but there’s enough legs provided by receivers like Demaryus Thomas, Emmanuel Sanders, and now, Vernon Davis, to keep it running. 49ers general manager Trent Baalke released a statement regarding the trade of Davis. That would help give Manning needed protection along with getting the struggling run game going again.
Switching teams in pro football isn’t as easy as it is in other sports, so there’s usually a scarcity of midseason moves, and even Sunday’s rash of injuries to key players served to quash talks rather than ignite talks. Most of his routes kept him much closer to the line of scrimmage, giving his quarterback an outlet for a quick throw to subdue the pass rush or a dump off option when nothing developed downfield.
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Brandon Marshall learned about his team’s big trade the way we all did – by watching TV.
