San Francisco 49ers trade tight end Vernon Davis to Denver Broncos
Tuesday 3 November 2015 10:42, UK
The Denver Broncos have acquired two-time Pro Bowl tight end Vernon Davis from the San Francisco 49ers.
Davis, 31, reportedly had a verbal confrontation with San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick in a team meeting earlier this season, and has just 18 catches for 194 yards and no touchdowns.
The 10-year-veteran has 441 career receptions for 5,640 yards and 55 touchdowns - all franchise records for a tight end. He twice had 13 touchdowns in a season, most recently in 2013. He has twice been named to the Pro Bowl.
Davis had spent his entire career with the 49ers, who selected him with the sixth overall pick in the 2006 draft.
"He'll be a valuable addition to our team w/his experience and leadership," Broncos GM John Elway tweeted.
The 49ers will get sixth-round picks in 2016 and 2017 and the Broncos get a seventh-round pick in 2016.
The Broncos (7-0) are coming off their biggest win of the year, a 29-10 dismantling of Green Bay in which tight ends Owen Daniels and Virgil Green combined for a season-best 105 yards receiving.
Before that, they managed just 123 yards as they had to mostly help a battered offensive line protect quarterback Peyton Manning.
