Vernon Davis hopes to play a role in Super Bowl with Broncos

Vernon Davis believes he has a better shot of winning the Super Bowl on Sunday than he did three years ago with the 49ers, who traded him to the Denver Broncos on November 2.

“We beat the champs twice”, Harris told reporters Monday at Super Bowl Opening Night.

Davis was able to return to San Francisco on his 32 birthday.

With the Broncos, Davis has been … wait, he’s still playing for the Broncos, right?

The Broncos quest for the Lombardi Trophy and their camaraderie has blown Davis away heading into Sunday s Super Bowl 50 against the Carolina Panthers at Levi s Stadium, the 49ers home field where Davis once roamed.

Um, Vernon, where have you been?

“As long as I can run a 4.3 or 4.4, I’m going to continue to play the game”, Davis said. One thing I ask guys to do when they’re on IR is stay involved with the team, don’t just remove themselves. I’m a patient guy.

Rouen and Williams are among four former Buffs who won Super Bowl rings with the Broncos in those games.

Again, this used to be Davis’ playground, the postseason, where he had 27 receptions for 700 yards and five TD catches for the 49ers, including the clutch game victor against the New Orleans Saints in the 2011 playoffs.

Instead, he has fallen to third on the depth chart and watched as Daniels, who has become a favorite target of Manning’s, catch two TD passes against the Patriots last week. We held them to 18 points. But it hasn’t panned out. “It’s so hard to get there, and such an accomplishment … and when you get to that week, it’s insane”. “Obviously, the play time’s been up and down, but he’s made some big catches for us”. That was a departure from the Broncos’ last trip to the Super Bowl when players on IR were left behind and didn’t meet up with their teammates until Thursday.

It s just all on my understanding of the playbook, Davis said.

Davis hasn’t caught a pass since December 20. After a seven-catch, 74-yard outing against the Raiders, Davis had only one catch in the final three regular-season games. Manning, 39, is basically a player-coach known for his hand movements and audibles at the line of scrimmage. You know, I lead the cheers. He has had tough stretches before when he didn’t get as many chances as he’d like. It just takes time.

The Patriots, of course, entered this season as the defending champs after beating the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX.

“I’m leaving on my own terms”, Davis said.