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Originally Posted by milkman
How much roster turnover was there between the end of 2010 and the start of 2011.
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Not a lot.
But the players were young and developing, as was Smith.
This details the 2010 O-Line failures that were a staple of the 49ers 2005-2011.
aolnews.com/2011/01/01/oline-em-up-falcons-sam-baker-struggles/
LT Joe Staley
Was converted to Tackle in coll. Was a TE. Injured or inconsistent up into 2011. Called himself and the OL out. Played much better since then. Still not a wall of pass protection but good enough and excels at getting those 2nd level blocks.
LG Mike Iupati
Good from the start. But teams figured this out and would stunt around him a lot. He would often hesitate and not adjust to help where there was now a mismatch.
C David Baas
OK. Was replaced by the OK Mike Goodwin.
RG Chilo Rachal
A pure mauler. Drafted high because of his physical prowess. Perfect Singeltary guy.
He SUCKS at pass blocking. Was benched in favor of the failed Tackle who was able to be an upgrade by being just mediocre. Adam Snyder. 49ers resigned him this year cause he has experience and probably a good guy cause they'd prefer he stay a backup.
RT
Anthony Davis
One of the youngest players in the draft. Was thrown into the fire to learn. His tutoring was not pretty. A lot of sacks allowed and penalties.