Dud No. 3 – Vernon Davis
If there was an appropriate representation of how the Broncos day went on Sunday, it was Vernon Davis after the catch.
On at least three different occasions, Davis made a catch only to reverse course or break sharp laterally, never to return to the point of initial gain.
Even the CBS announcers couldn’t help but pile on Davis, at one point asking if he needed a GPS.
That wasn’t his worst offense, though. On Denver’s penultimate drive, needing to at least move into field goal range for a chance to tie the game, Davis dropped a wide-open, fourth-down pass that would have given the Broncos a first down and all kinds of momentum.
It was the kind of play Davis was brought to Denver to make and he came up empty, literally, in one of the game’s biggest moments.
