49ers- Rams: Vernon Davis Ties Tight End TD Record | NFL Fantasy Football Rankings

This was by far the most boring of all games in the final week of the NFL and fantasy football season. For most of the game, both teams struggled to move the football but in the final quarter, the 49ers got it going.

Vernon Makes Big Play

Tight End Vernon Davis has had a fabulous season this year, and today he showed his speed down the field. On a third down play in the fourth quarter, Davis burned a corner with his speed and Alex Smith finally took a chance down the field.

To Smith’s credit, his first pass down the field went right into Davis’s hands and Davis caught the football in stride and went 73 yards for the score.

Last week I was at the 49ers-Lions game and Smith had many opportunities down the field against the Lions poor secondary. Smith really only tried to go down the field one time and on that play, he hit Michael Crabtree for a 50 yard play.

This week he not only hit Davis but on the next drive, he threw another pass down field to Crabtree for a nice 38 yard reception.

If Smith is going to be the 49ers starting quarterback next year he needs to throw the football down the field more often. Look for the 49ers to work on just that as offen