49ers G Anthony Davis Returns To Team, Likely To Be Available For Week 1

Update:

Eric Branch of the San Francisco Chronicle reports that 49ers G Anthony Davis returned to practice Sunday morning and will likely be available for their the season opener on Monday night against the Rams.

  • According to Branch, Davis met with 49ers officials after they Saturday practice, and the discussions were able to convince him to return to the team and not retire.

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Jason Cole of B/R has been told by a source close toย 49ers G Anthony Davisย is not retiring from the NFL. Cole’s source added that Davis is not taking any time away from the team.

  • Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk confirms that Davis is not planning to retire.
  • However, sources tellย Matt Maiocco that Davis is, in fact, considering retirement. Maiocco’s source mentioned that Davis is “leaning”ย toward continuing to play while a separate sourceย close to Davis said does not plan to retire. Maiocco adds that Davis and the 49ers have been in contact throughout the day.
  • Matt Barrows reports that Davisโ€™ status is currently โ€œup in the airโ€ and that he had reservations about playing guard.

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Cam Inman of theย San Jose Mercury News, citing multiple sources, reports that 49ers G Anthony Davis could once again be considering retirement.

According to Inman, theย 49ers are apparently trying to convince him to reconsider walking away.

This comes after the 49ersโ€™ practiceย report from Saturday listedย Davis as not participating in practice for a non-injury related reason.

San Francisco had Davis listed as their starting right guard, so this couldn’t come at a worse time for the team, assuming of courseย that Davis is, in fact, weighing retirement.

Davis elected to come out of retirement this summer after he was out of the league for a year and aย half.

Inman is hearing that Andrew Tiller will start at right guard for the 49ers, if Davis is retiring.

Davis, 26, is a formerย first-round pick whoย still has five years remaining on his seven-year, $39.67 million contractย that includedย $17 million guaranteed. At the time of his retirement, he was set to makeย base salaries ofย $1.85 million (2015),ย $2.65 million (2016),ย $4 million (2017), andย $5.375 million (2018-2019).

In 2014, Davis was limited appearing in seven games for the 49ers due to a number of injuries including concussion, knee and hamstring issues.

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