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San Francisco 49ers: Time to Give Up on a Return by Retired Right Tackle Anthony Davis

In all likelihood, the San Francisco 49ers have already moved on from retired right tackle Anthony Davis.

And fans hoping for a comeback from the 26-year-old former first-round draft pick of the 49ers should give up on that notion of a return as well.

To recap, Davis abruptly retired from the NFL in advance of the 2015 season and just after that year’s NFL Draft, which put the team into a bit of a conundrum at right tackle that year — San Francisco eventually settled on starting veteran offensive lineman Erik Pears.

According to Davis, he wanted to step away from the field for a while in order to give his mind and body a “chance to heal.