Is Anthony Davis a BUST?

Originally posted by Ohio49er:
Kwame Harris says Anthony Davis is a bust.

Gore had his best running years with Kwame playing--he just couldn't pass protect

Originally posted by Hopper:

Originally posted by maxsmart:

Singletary picked A. Davis. But Baalke did trade up to get him!
It's worrisome when your 7th rd pick (Person) looks better than the #1 pick

Person wasn't going up against Will Smith

True. I'm sure AD is better than Person. But AD looked bad, almost whiffed on Will Smith, was the #10 pick, and is not a rookie

The best 5 will start. I hope jim can figure out who they are and coach them up.

Originally posted by smashmouth51:
If you taped the game last night go back and watch Boone. He looked quick, athletic, fluid and did not quit. He played at least 2-3 quaters of solid football. His pass blocking was really good and his run blocking was sharp

hope he takes Davis' job. havent see anything stand out is AD's game besides all of his miscues - missed assignments and getting outworked.

Originally posted by sfninerfanMax:
Gore had his best running years with Kwame playing--he just couldn't pass protect

That's kind of a big thing for a starting tackle in the NFL to be able to do, wouldn't you think?

Originally posted by backontop:

Originally posted by itlynstalyn:

How is this funny? Sims has out performed Staley 2 years in a row. Boone can't be any worse than Davis.


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Sims is a turnstile, were you not watching two years ago when he gave up 8.5 sacks in 9 games?

The only way he's "outperformed" Staley is because he's been injured. Staley >>>>>>> Sims and it's not even close.

And you don't bench a second year player because he had a rough rookie season adapting to the NFL. Alex Boone is DEFINITELY not better. If he was, Harbaugh would be giving him the bulk of the reps over Davis.

Was at fan fest today.

This guy just struggles all around. He plays off way to much and allows the defender to get up field on him. Then it basically becomes a game of can he wash him up the field enough as to not get to the QB. Which he loses most of the time. He needs to engage sooner. Get his hands on the guy.

At Fan Fest today I thought our line struggled quite a bit. They get pushed around very easily.

I'm half way done with reviewing the Niner/Raiders game. The only thing I'm watching on offense is Anthony Davis. I've probably reviewed each snap an average of 2 or 3 times in slow motion. I'm not nearly as knowledgable as some of the gurus on the board when it comes to assignments, but most of the time it's pretty obvious who he should be blocking.

With that said, if you followed my post on Davis, you would know I've been a pretty big supporter. However, after this review I'm not even sure he has the talent to be a good lineman (Guard or tackle), let a lone a probowl NFL tackle. Here is what I've noticed. He doesn't have very good upper body strength. Every run play he struggles to keep his guy in front of him or direct him in any direction. Not one snap in this review did I witnes him move the defender off the ball. At best it seems to be a stalemate and often time his guy is beating him, but the RB escapes using change of direction. But most troubling of all, is his complete lack of awareness. I didn't count exactly, but far too often (maybe 50 percent) he is standing around looking for someone to hit, after his man has blown by him. The most commical play was Smith's long pass to Morgan. In that play, number 93 destroyed Smith right as he completed his pass. Guess what, that was Davis' man. The play started without any trickery, but Davis completly whiffed on a close range block. Davis went left and 93 gave him the old swim move (who even falls for that anymore?) After getting beat badly, he just stood their in open space as if to play it off like he didn't just blow his assignment. Plays like this are troubling, especially considering he wasn't even the outside blocker (He was capped off by Vernon Davis).I could go on with more examples, but you probably get the point. As of now, I dont want to give up on him, but IMO, the issues seem deeper than coaching. I hope I'm wrong..

Certainly not looking good for the young man.

At this point, he has a long way to go to show that he's capable of being a NFL-caliber RT. His pre-season performance has been very underwhelming.

We should give up on all of our draft picks that don't play at a probowl level in their second preseason.

Originally posted by Memphis9er:
We should give up on all of our draft picks that don't play at a probowl level in their second preseason.

Sorry Memph, you're a very knowledgable poster, but I think you have this one wrong. I'm not disappointed that he is not playing at a "probowl level," I disappointed he's not even playing at a starting caliber level. That is not a good sign for a guy picked 11th overall. Moreover, it's not like he is just making rookie mistakes, the dude is just getting straight beat man to man, period.

Originally posted by Oakland-Niner:
Sorry Memph, you're a very knowledgable poster, but I think you have this one wrong. I'm not disappointed that he is not playing at a "probowl level," I disappointed he's not even playing at a starting caliber level. That is not a good sign for a guy picked 11th overall. Moreover, it's not like he is just making rookie mistakes, the dude is just getting straight beat man to man, period.

Haha, man I was joking about some of the posts I saw when I started reading this thread. He is a young kid with lots of potential, it just takes some longer to get it than others. He will come around, he is just taking more time than people like. Harbaugh will make the right call man, the best RT we have not playing left tackle will start.

Originally posted by Memphis9er:

Originally posted by Oakland-Niner:
Sorry Memph, you're a very knowledgable poster, but I think you have this one wrong. I'm not disappointed that he is not playing at a "probowl level," I disappointed he's not even playing at a starting caliber level. That is not a good sign for a guy picked 11th overall. Moreover, it's not like he is just making rookie mistakes, the dude is just getting straight beat man to man, period.

Haha, man I was joking about some of the posts I saw when I started reading this thread. He is a young kid with lots of potential, it just takes some longer to get it than others. He will come around, he is just taking more time than people like. Harbaugh will make the right call man, the best RT we have not playing left tackle will start.

There's also the fact that the new system set everybody back to a certain degree, so some of the value of his playing last year was lost in the transition.

I think Davis has a lot of upside, so I don't think it's quite time to start throwing 'bust' around. I do, however, hope that the competition at RT is legit between him and Boone. I want the best 5 guys out there on Sundays.

Originally posted by AthensGaNiner:
There's also the fact that the new system set everybody back to a certain degree, so some of the value of his playing last year was lost in the transition.

I think Davis has a lot of upside, so I don't think it's quite time to start throwing 'bust' around. I do, however, hope that the competition at RT is legit between him and Boone. I want the best 5 guys out there on Sundays.

Seems like Harbaugh wants to win, so I am pretty sure the best player available will be starting. I am gonna put a little faith into my coaches vision. Motto for this year for me... "Keep your hopes high and expectations low"