It's hard to have any optimism about drafting, let alone starting, Vernon Davis. He comes off a dismal 2014 season, and there's little reason to think 2015 will be any better. But say this for Davis: he often comes to play in Week 1.
Davis has played nine seasons in the league, and in those nine Week 1 games, he's caught at least 5 passes five times and caught 6 TDs. Doesn't seem to be the same player or part of the passing game he was in most of those years, but it's a noteworthy history. Five of those touchdowns have come in the last three years.
| VERNON DAVIS, WEEK 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | No | Yds | TD |
| 2006 | 5 | 37 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2008 | 3 | 51 | 0 |
| 2009 | 5 | 40 | 0 |
| 2010 | 8 | 73 | 0 |
| 2011 | 5 | 47 | 0 |
| 2012 | 3 | 43 | 1 |
| 2013 | 6 | 98 | 2 |
| 2014 | 4 | 44 | 2 |
--Andy Richardson