On Friday, 49ers offensive tackle Anthony Davis surprised everyone around the NFL by retiring at the age of 25. I should say the move was a shocked to everyone, except head coach Jim Tomsula.
“I can’t say it was shocking at all,” Tomsula told reporters in the aftermath of the news.
“Anthony’s been working on himself right now, that’s what he’s been doing,” Tomsula said. “Look, Anthony wants to step away and he wants to get his mind and his body right and that’s where he wants to go and he has every right to do that. We wish him the best.”
Davis apparently had been contemplating taking a break from the game for sometime now. It actually sounds as if this was one roster move that the Niners were aware of.
“I wouldn’t say it was a topic of conversation, but yeah absolutely,” Tomsula said regarding whether the team knew this could happen entering free agency and the draft. “We’re looking, Anthony wasn’t around, he’s doing his thing. So, yeah. Obviously, you look at the things we’ve done here personnel wise and we’re very prepared for this.”
Tomsula said the 49ers would institute the next man up approach.