Vernon Davis News

The question is: Who is the 49ers ' No. 1 receiver? The 49ers answer is: Who cares? "If everybody is making plays, then that's teamwork," Michael Crabtree said.

Now that he has taken over the unofficial role as the San Francisco 49ers' No. 1 wide receiver, rookie Michael Crabtree is searching for missing elements in his game.

Without a game to play last weekend, 49ers offensive coordinator Jimmy Raye switched on the Packers -Cowboys showdown from the comfort of his living room.

Back in his college days, Alex Smith used to get confused for Aaron Rodgers. ♦ Sign up for Green Bay Packers text alerts Few would mistake them now.

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GREEN BAY -- The verdict on whether the Green Bay Packers should have drafted A.J. Hawk or Vernon Davis with the fifth pick of the 2006 draft: Davis.

Mike Singletary talked to tight end Vernon Davis about his two false start penalties in last Thursday's win against Chicago.

With their season potentially hanging in the balance, the San Francisco 49ers were finally able to come out on the right side of a close game in last Thursday's narrow victory over the Chicago Bears .

The assignment: Shaun Hill was supposed to manage an offense driven by a powerful running game.

NFL.com reports that the San Francisco 49ers will sit wide receiver Isaac Bruce tonight.

San Francisco 49ers Michael Lewis grabs an interception in the end-zone against the Chicago Bears at the end of the fourth quarter at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, Calif.

The 49ers wasted a fresh approach that gained 358 yards, 25 first downs and nearly 34 minutes in time of possession by committing four turnovers.

As soon as Jay Cutler's fifth interception landed in Michael Lewis' hands and the clock ran out, Mike Singletary embraced his assistants with a huge sense of a relief.

Aubrayo Franklin was in the middle of one of his least favorite activities - talking about himself - when teammate Jeff Ulbrich interrupted.

As the season progresses the one thing that remains clear is that Jimmy Raye as a play caller and an offensive coordinator does not mix.

I was poking through the various game threads , and one of the discussion points that continued for yet another week concerned Vernon Davis and his penalties.

NFL Network just showed a clip of Bears defensive end Adewale Ogunleye approaching tight end Vernon Davis during pre-game warm-ups. The two exchange a few heated words before Bears center Olin Kreutz comes and restrains Ogunleye and brings him back to the Chicago side of the field.

San Francisco 49ers Michael Lewis , right, is congratulated by Josh Morgan after Lewis caught an interception in the end-zone against the Chicago Bears late in the fourth quarter at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, Calif.

Mike Singletary didn't exactly hand it to his old team. That didn't matter - Jay Cutler handed the desperate San Francisco 49ers a much-needed win.

TWO MONTHS ago he was the head man in charge of charisma, equal parts Football coach and religious figure.