SANTA CLARA – Right tackle Anthony Davis, who has started all 71 games of his NFL regular-season career, was not in the starting lineup Sunday night for the 49ers’ first exhibition game.
Davis will have to earn his old job back from second-year player Trent Brown, who started and played the first 28 snaps of the 49ers’ 24-13 loss to the Texans on Sunday evening at Levi’s Stadium.
Brown had a pancake block on Texans defensive lineman Christian Covington to provide a hole for Mike Davis to get to the second level en route to a 44-yard run.