49ers OT Anthony Davis is retiring at age 25

[RunKC]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Anthony Davis announces plan to retire from <a href="https://twitter.com/nfl">@nfl</a>.

<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/49ers?src=hash">#49ers</a> locker room is about to be open to media + Jim Tomsula will speak to the press.</p>&mdash; Taylor Price (@TaylorPrice) <a href="https://twitter.com/TaylorPrice/status/606937163851169792">June 5, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="de" dir="ltr">PFT <a href="https://twitter.com/ProFootballTalk">@ProFootballTalk</a> 49ers’ Anthony Davis retires at age 25 <a href="http://t.co/ZLJBa3loii">http://t.co/ZLJBa3loii</a></p>&mdash; FantasyLeagueGM (@JOBOOZOSO) <a href="https://twitter.com/JOBOOZOSO/status/606932339768238080">June 5, 2015</a></blockquote>
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[ModSocks]

WTF is happening up there?

[The Franchise]

WTF is happening up there?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Whatever internal video the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Niners?src=hash">#Niners</a> are showing their players about the dangers of concussions, must be the scariest mother ever....</p>&mdash; Benjamin Allbright (@AllbrightNFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/AllbrightNFL/status/606937852660703232">June 5, 2015</a></blockquote>
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[OmahaChief]

WTF is happening up there?

Aids would be my guess.

[OldSchool]

Now this is just hilarious. So much for Tomsula being a player's coach and having the players' backing. He has had 4 significant starters quit on him now;Smith, Willis, Borland, and now Davis.

[thabear04]

Chase for the number one pick in the 2016 NFL Draft.

[RunKC]

Now this is just hilarious. So much for Tomsula being a player's coach and having the players' backing. He has had 4 significant starters quit on him now;Smith, Willis, Borland, and now Davis.

Or maybe he listened to Chris Borland.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Anthony Davis had a concussion late last season. Hasn&#39;t been at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/49ers?src=hash">#49ers</a> facility for offseason program.</p>&mdash; Janie McCauley (@JanieMcCAP) <a href="https://twitter.com/JanieMcCAP/status/606937293241196545">June 5, 2015</a></blockquote>
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[The Franchise]

It's going to be a great season out here. LMAO

[The Franchise]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The San Francisco 49ers played in the Super Bowl two years ago. Quite the turnover since that season. <a href="http://t.co/V11j3PG88j">pic.twitter.com/V11j3PG88j</a></p>&mdash; Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) <a href="https://twitter.com/BryanDFischer/status/606938670998765569">June 5, 2015</a></blockquote>
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[ViperVisor]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1506854-are-the-san-francisco-49ers-the-nfls-next-great-dynasty

[The Franchise]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Davis&#39; unearned signing bonus is $6,533,340, which should all be subject to forfeiture. Thats a giant amount <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/49ers?src=hash">#49ers</a></p>&mdash; Jason_OTC (@Jason_OTC) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jason_OTC/status/606940945041350656">June 5, 2015</a></blockquote>
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[dls6501]

The hell is happening out there? LMAO.

Players just up and quitting. Hilarious.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

He chose to retire to post here full time. His nickname is Sandy Cheeks

[Pasta Little Brioni]

The hell is happening out there? LMAO.

Players just up and quitting. Hilarious.

Sadly it's going to be a league wide thing

[ModSocks]

I wonder how many of these players come back in a year or two

[ModSocks]

The hell is happening out there? LMAO.

Players just up and quitting. Hilarious.

Doubt it. Most people aren't going to walk away from 6mill.

[OldSchool]

49er Faithfuls this off-season:

http://i1.mhimg.com/M00/00/74/CgAAhlRaDPSAfS8bACJhT-CKNJA381.gif

[Chromatic]

Anyone who doesn't believe this has to do with concussions is crazy. Word is getting around the league will continue to do so.

This is just the beginning. It could be a completely different league in 10 years.

[Mr. Laz]

49ers falling apart

[Mr. Laz]

Anyone who doesn't believe this has to do with concussions is crazy. Word is getting around the league will continue to do so.

This is just the beginning. It could be a completely different league in 10 years.

i would imagine that Oline is one of the least likely to be concussed.

[temper11]

I wonder how many of these players come back in a year or two

This is what I was wondering. Can't just be coincidence with the upheaval of the FO this year can it?

[RunKC]

This is truly the era of health information.

From the NFL to the food industry, things are rapidly changing.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

http://deadspin.com/49ers-lineman-anthony-davis-retires-to-take-a-year-or-1709400011

He's claiming he's just taking a year or so off.

[temper11]

i would imagine that Oline is one of the least likely to be concussed.

That's actually not true. I read (somewhere - don't have the link) that the Oline/Dline is most at risk because it's a constant pounding on every play and rarely does it manifest itself as it does when a player gets his bell rung on a big hit.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Enjoy it while we can, this game is going to be pure garbage in a few years.

[O.city]

Ol is one of the most likely to be concussed

[Chromatic]

i would imagine that Oline is one of the least likely to be concussed.

Theory among some of the researchers is that D and Oline guys are the ones who really have to be careful because they're butting heads thousands upon thousands of times throughout their career. They believe mini-concussions across 10-15 years of playing football can lead to severe CTE.

Just ask Mike Webster.

It has been speculated that Webster's ailments were due to wear and tear sustained over his playing career; some doctors estimated he had been in the equivalent of "25,000 automobile crashes" in over 25 years of playing football at the high school, college and professional levels. His wife Pamela would state years later that she felt that she caused Webster's change in personality in the years before his death and placed guilt on herself over her decision to divorce Webster, until discovering after his death about the CTE diagnosis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Webster#Post-football_life

[Mr. Laz]

Theory among some of the researchers is that D and Oline guys are the ones who really have to be careful because they're butting heads thousands upon thousands of times throughout their career. They believe mini-concussions across 10-15 years of playing football can lead to severe CTE.

Just ask Mike Webster.

fair point

[RunKC]

Enjoy it while we can, this game is going to be pure garbage in a few years.

2020 we'll see the Kansas City Chiefs vs the London Crumpets in Europe basically playing flag football.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

2020 we'll see the Kansas City Chiefs vs the London Crumpets in Europe basically playing flag football.

Don't say we. I'm not wasting my time and money for much longer. We'll be telling our grandkids about when sport was sport.

[RobBlake]

well f.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

2020 we'll see the Kansas City Chiefs vs the London Crumpets in Europe basically playing flag football.

ROFL Nothing pisses me off more than taking games over seas. We only get 8 fucking home games a year the way it is. This isn't baseball where one wouldn't be a big deal. One lost home game could decide playoff berths and division titles.

[Chromatic]

I mean, if it saves lives and increases the quality of life for thousands(hundreds of thousands if you count their families), I really don't see a problem.

If you want to keep the game as is, the only thing they can do is have players sign a waiver saying there is a high risk of CTE and mental problems later in life. If the NFL does that, they basically admit a large portion of their talent will be fucked during their later years which is what they don't want.

The league is potentially in a really bad spot right now and it's only getting worse.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

ROFL Nothing pisses me off more than taking games over seas. We only get 8 fucking home games a year the way it is. This isn't baseball where one wouldn't be a big deal. One lost home game could decide playoff berths and division titles.

3 of our first ten games this year is in Arrowhead. And people are convinced the division is ours for the taking. Wtf the front office was thinking agreeing to THIS year being a good one to go to London I'll never know...We're supposed to be poised to take the next step. Fuck the fans is the message I'm getting. That, and fuck being committed to winning a playoff game.

[RobBlake]

why doesn't the NFL schedule PRESEASON games in london instead of screwing over a team?

[BossChief]

http://deadspin.com/49ers-lineman-anthony-davis-retires-to-take-a-year-or-1709400011

He's claiming he's just taking a year or so off.

Welcome to KC in 2016, mr Davis.

The players know the ships sinking and they are jumping ship.

[Sandy Vagina]

Welcome to KC in 2016, mr Davis.

The players know the ships sinking and they are jumping ship.

You would not want. Dude is overrated and pass blocks for shit.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

why doesn't the NFL schedule PRESEASON games in london instead of screwing over a team?

They would rather please the Limeys who don't give a fuck about American football than the fans that built the league....sad

[Pasta Little Brioni]

You would not want. Dude is overrated and pass blocks for shit.

Don't knock yourself like that!!! :)

[Sandy Vagina]

Don't knock yourself like that!!! :)

me no understand this. :(

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Welcome to KC in 2016, mr Davis.

The players know the ships sinking and they are jumping ship.

He'll still be under contract bro.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

me no understand this. :(

Someone earlier in the thread said you are secretly him.

[Sandy Vagina]

Someone earlier in the thread said you are secretly him.

Oh.. okay.. thanks. Weird and nope.. not him. :shrug:

[Hootie]

why doesn't the NFL schedule PRESEASON games in london instead of screwing over a team?
Because even people in England don't give a shit about preseason

[-King-]

3 of our first ten games this year is in Arrowhead. And people are convinced the division is ours for the taking. Wtf the front office was thinking agreeing to THIS year being a good one to go to London I'll never know...We're supposed to be poised to take the next step. Fuck the fans is the message I'm getting. That, and fuck being committed to winning a playoff game.

So that means 4 of our last 6 are at home?

What's the problem again? Schedules for different teams are going to be unbalanced across the league. Some have home games concentrated in the beginning of the season, some at the end, some in the middle. I don't see what the big deal is.

Our schedule is pretty balanced matter fact. 3 of the first 8 at home. 4 of the last 8 at home.
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[BossChief]

I'm not at all worried about the schedule.

This team beat the best teams in football last year and has gotten much stronger in the offseason.

I say bring em on and let's see what this team has.

I bet we are playing for home field advantage during the last 2-3 weeks.

[Discuss Thrower]

Football is in its death knell. It's all over folks.

[staylor26]

I'm not at all worried about the schedule.

This team beat the best teams in football last year and has gotten much stronger in the offseason.

I say bring em on and let's see what this team has.

I bet we are playing for home field advantage during the last 2-3 weeks.

This post just got me so pumped. I'm with you Boss. We convincingly beat the Pats and Seahawks at about 80% of where we are going into this season. Bring em all on. For once we're going to have the team nobody wants to have to face.

[J Diddy]

Because even people in England don't give a shit about preseason

They might rather enjoy the Governor's Cup.

[Buehler445]

I wish I could believe you Boss. I really do. But like a shunned girlfriend I need to see the hardware before I'm in.

[Eureka]

3 of our first ten games this year is in Arrowhead. And people are convinced the division is ours for the taking. Wtf the front office was thinking agreeing to THIS year being a good one to go to London I'll never know...We're supposed to be poised to take the next step. **** the fans is the message I'm getting. That, and **** being committed to winning a playoff game.

The Chiefs do OK year to year since forever and that's OK. You're talking rubbish right there. Next thing you know you wish you had an owner like Al Davis who would find any angle to have an advantage let alone allow 3 home games in the first 10 games. Ouch!

[ChiliConCarnage]

Apparently nobody wants to play for the niners

[notorious]

Flop has it right.


We got fucked on our schedule, and this team will have to be "Championship" good to come out of the first 10 games at .500.

[In58men]

Flop has it right.


We got ****ed on our schedule, and this team will have to be "Championship" good to come out of the first 10 games at .500.

We're always wanting the easy way out. Time to put Mr. Savior to the test.

[notorious]

We're always wanting the easy way out. Time to put Mr. Savior to the test.

Damn straight.


I fully expect an Ebolaids breakout by week 4-5. It's going to be 2004 all over again.

[mdchiefsfan]

Flop has it right.


We got ****ed on our schedule, and this team will have to be "Championship" good to come out of the first 10 games at .500.

The fact that we did it to ourselves is the worst part. They requested the first weekend in October due to some BBQ event, AND requested the London game.

[mcaj22]

and.. The Niners just traded their Pro Bowl punter Andy Lee to the Browns for a 7th.

[mdchiefsfan]

MUTINY!!!

[MahiMike]

That town is getting their Payback for beating the Royals!!!!

[BossChief]

We're always wanting the easy way out. Time to put Mr. Savior to the test.

Completely agree.

The guy is getting paid as the overall leader of this football team.

Leaders lead Lead team to wins or don't do enough to win.

The line and receivers will be "good enough"...the backs and tight ends are as good as it gets in the NFL. The defense will be top 5 and might be the best defense in the NFL.

Alex Smith needs to put it all together and lead this team to playoff wins.

[BossChief]

and.. The Niners just traded their Pro Bowl punter Andy Lee to the Browns for a 7th.

The roster is basically telling the team they don't believe in the direction of the team.

They know how much Jim Harbaugh meant to that roster.

I just hope when Jim returns to the NFL in 2 years, it's not him going to the Raiders, Chargers or Denver.

[mcaj22]

The roster is basically telling the team they don't believe in the direction of the team.

They know how much Jim Harbaugh meant to that roster.

I just hope when Jim returns to the NFL in 2 years, it's not him going to the Raiders, Chargers or Denver.

I don't think I've seen anything like this in the NFL roster wise.

Baseball yes, but a team to just basically want out/quit/retire/walk away speaks volumes of that franchise.

Their fans should be flying a lot more than just banners to fire somebody responsible for this.

[BossChief]

I don't think I've seen anything like this in the NFL roster wise.

Baseball yes, but a team to just basically want out/quit/retire/walk away speaks volumes of that franchise.

Their fans should be flying a lot more than just banners to fire somebody responsible for this.

Baalke ****ed up by not finding a way to work with JH and basically forced him out.

That roster is laughing at Tomsula and the direction of the team under him and Kaepernick.

[BossChief]

I mean, there are always the Browns and Raiders players consistently opting for free agency...but for a team 1 year removed from the Super Bowl this is crazy.

[OldSchool]

The roster is basically telling the team they don't believe in the direction of the team.

They know how much Jim Harbaugh meant to that roster.

I just hope when Jim returns to the NFL in 2 years, it's not him going to the Raiders, Chargers or Denver.

Yeah, I don't think that any of these retirements happen if Harbaugh was still there and the FO didn't make a complete ass of itself by leaking tons of rumors (they were the source of the Kaepernick trade rumors as well) and lying about pretty much everything.

[RobBlake]

as far as i know as a niner fan.. trent had no quarrel with JH. It's really all York's ego issue, just watch the press conference's he did this past year. We s till have quality players and will be competing for middle of the pack at best. This is quite possibly the worst offseason I have ever seen from any franchise in sports.

[jerryforeverrice80]

why would you trade the teams MVP for a 7th round pick FU york the dork.

[BossChief]

This move really ****ed the 49ers, too.

This leaves them with Staley and Boone as the only OTs they have that aren't fodder rookies.

I wonder what caused the timing of this retirement. If he would have done this before the draft or free agency, at least the team would have some time to find a replacement.

[OldSchool]

This move really ****ed the 49ers, too.

This leaves them with Staley and Boone as the only OTs they have that aren't fodder rookies.

I wonder what caused the timing of this retirement. If he would have done this before the draft or free agency, at least the team would have some time to find a replacement.

What would really be devastating is if Joe Staley decided to walk away too. Please do it Joe.ROFL