"After the 49ers' 36-32 playoff win Saturday, Vernon Davis took charge of the team's ritual celebration for the first time this season, bellowing, "Who's got it better than us?"

His teammates responded, "Noooo-body," just as they always do. The answer would be the same if someone asked: "Other than your tight end, which players in the NFL would accept abject, public humiliation from a head coach without bitterness or sullen anger?"

Davis looked almost exactly like Terrell Owens, vintage 1999, when he sobbed in the embrace of his coach Saturday, but he has an unusual temperament for a splashy NFL receiver. He lets negative emotions glance off him. He feels them. He simply doesn't dwell on them."