As expected, the free agent market has neglected Trent Williams it’s very strong. By Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports, the Chiefs, Colts, Bears and the current 49ers are all in the running (Twitter link) However, Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune is hearing that Williams will not go to Windy City (Twitter link)
We heard for several days that San Francisco is pushing to keep Williams, but the 32-year-old blocker seemed to want to see what the open market had in store. And he is probably happy to have made that decision, because according to La Canfora, some GMs believe that Williams could win a $ 23 million / year deal, which would be at the very top of the LT market in terms of average value Yearly.
Kansas City, Indianapolis and Chicago qualified for the postseason in 2020, and while KC fell a little short in the Super Bowl, they signed the market’s top guard, Joe Thuney. Adding Williams to Patrick Mahomes‘offensive front would make the Chiefs a confrontation even more difficult than it already is.
The prospect of playing the Chiefs’ high attack can be quite appealing to Williams, who wasted most of his career in Washington and failed to make the playoffs with the 49ers in 2020. Of course, Kansas City also has the best QB Situation interested teams, like the Colts will trot Carson Wentz, the Bears may be rolling with Andy Dalton, and 49ers may or may not trade Jimmy Garoppolo.
After being out for the entire 2019 season, Williams was ranked No. 1 in overall Pro Football Focus tackle last year.
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