What is/was Adam Snyder's Problem at RT?

hes not a tackle, hes a guard, theyre different animals. Guards are powerful guys built to push people forward, where as a good tackle is quicker and can protect the edge. He was fine in run blocking, but he didnt have the speed on the edge. Snyder isnt bad, he just isnt a tackle. Davis needs to start this season to develop his skills and become a good tackle.

which is what smiley alluded to. .Snyder can be a good interior lineman but he’s only barely passable at tackle. He was fill in last year and a bad choice at fill in. Davis is the nominal starter next year in preseason and unless he is a total turd at it he’s the starter in preseason. Snyder will be backing up at G & C and be an option at Twith more probably Simms pencilled in as helping at both T spots with Snder as an option as well.

I’d recommend adding an option that says Snyder will be playing backup at Guard and Center

OK, where to begin?
1. Snyder’s problem at RT, as others have pointed out, is that he is a guard. He is slow, his feet are slower, he can’t handle speed rushers and has trouble with the better bull rushers in space. He is not a LT, and never has been.
2. Davis was drafted for his athleticism and potential. He was not in shape when he reported to OTAs and is leaning how to get in pro shape now. He has a world of potential but is still only 20 and we don’t know how mature. I think he may need a lot more than parts of 4 practice games pre-season to be ready.
3. Sims is a lousy RT, as he has demonstrated in the past. Being OK at LT does not guarantee that you will be OK at RT (and vice versa).
4. Sims is not a lock to make the team this year; that depends a lot on Alex Boone and how far he has progressed after a year on the PS with full access to the playbook and his improved conditioning and work ethic.
5. Alex Boone was thought to be 1st-2nd round talent at LT in college before he screwed up. If he really has that level of talent and enough speed for the NFL, he could become that interim starting RT while Davis learns the professional game. As 1st round picks, Davis and Staley will be the starters of the future barring injuries or ineptitude, but if Boone has his head on straight he could have a great 10-15 year career as a backup tackle/guard on the 49ers, or as a starting tackle somewhere else.
6. ABIOF

It is NOT. In the immortal words of former Philadelphia Phillies manager Danny Ozark (yeah, yeah, I know that was baseball and we’re talking football, but it applies), “half this game is 90% mental”.

The athletic scrap heap is replete with “busts”, many of whom were young men with outstanding ability who were simply thrust into the limelight, into a situation that they were not yet physically and/or “preparationally” (I think that I just made up a new word) ready to handle, and they didn’t have the inner strength and coping skills to deal with failures. Many of these kids have never had adversity in their athletic careers, they’ve always been the “top dog”, pampared and idolized and consistently “the king of the hill”. If they are stuck into the battle too early, and experience severe difficulties, some will never recover the confidence lost during that time frame.

None of us know these young men, we only know what we read and what we see on videos. We don’t know what’s in their hearts and soles. Only their coaches and teammates, those who are with them every day, who go into combat with them, know what they are made of internally. Thankfully, Coach Singletary’s strength is in motivation and the psychological side of the athletes, so I trust him and his staff, much more than I trust myself or any of you, to make these decisions.

is that he is better suited to play Guard. His reaction skills and athletic ability are exposed at the end but inside he is able to use his size and strength to his benefit.