Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
Originally posted by dj43:
Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
Originally posted by SonocoNinerFan:
Originally posted by SanFranAddic:
Originally posted by SonocoNinerFan:
Originally posted by SanFranAddic:
Originally posted by SonocoNinerFan:
Originally posted by Kilgore_Trout:
I've been saying this all season. I also don't like Staley that much and it wouldn't mind if he was gone next season.
We just signed Staley to a nine year extension/$18 million guaranteed last June . . . he'll be here a while barring a trade.
Good info. 
Still, Davis is only 20 while Staley is 26 and has been somewhat injury prone. It wouldn't be unreasonable to assume Davis will be around another 4-5 years after Staley retires or moves on.
The best reason for the move is Davis' superior lateral movement and quickness. That has been the weak spot for Staley and that is typically how he gets burned, while Davis' troubles are the result of inexperience and poor execution/technique.
Davis' drawbacks will lessen over time, Staley's will not.
Id' actually love to flop AD and Staley. In a perfect world the better athlete should be protecting the blind side . . . and Staley got paid but he's still not making anywhere near elite LT money.
And to your point on Staley's recent injury bug, a RT is easier to plug in than a LT.
I imagine that a new incoming regime will look at this.
That's another strong argument that has me thinking it's going to happen. It's just a matter of when. This off-season or the next?
Like Staley was quoted in a recent Barrows blog, Davis is putting in the work during the week and getting better. Hopefully that continues. Mayock said that he was the best athlete he's seen at OT in quite a while . . . I'll keep my fingers crossed that we can fully tap that talent.
He completely sucks. He's a...
~ Holding call.
~ Missed block.
~ False start.
On every play.
What games are you guys watching?
Actually he has played very well the last two games...even dominated at times. Held Clay Matthews, the sack leader, without a sack.
Before the season started, everyone was saying that if the 49ers might struggle in the first half of the season as the two rookies learned their craft. Well, at just about the half way point, AD began to play much better. Only one false start in the prior two games.
He leads the league in 50 yard TD's called back for penalties...
Come on SD, you can't judge the kid like you would a 3rd or 4th year vet. He is a rookie who was immediately thrown into the fire, ready or not.
Nobody here is going to argue that he didn't make too many mistakes and penalties over the first 10 games. We all saw it and no one can deny it.
You also can't deny that he has played very well the last two weeks. It took longer than we wanted, but he's starting to look like the guy we were expecting when he was drafted.
If you expected him to play like a seasoned vet your expectations were unreasonably high, especially when we are talking about the Tackle position.
He is going to be better than Staley and starting on the left side within the next 3 years, unless like dj43 said we draft or pickup a lefty QB. That would be ideal with Staley preferring the left side, but it's not likely.
For the first 10 weeks he gets this:
For the last 2 he gets this:
For those who choose to ignore his much improved play, you get this:
