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San Francisco 49ers offensive lineman Trent Williams is just a week away from becoming a free agent. Ideally, though, he hopes this doesn’t happen. He would like to stay with the Niners, who traded for him last season during the draft. Head coach Kyle Shanahan and the 49ers would like to keep him on the roster. Fans would like Williams to stay too. The veteran offensive linebacker has quickly become a fan and media favorite.
Williams joined teammate Richard Sherman, also scheduled to become a free agent, Williams The Cris Collinsworth Podcast this week. Sherman predicts Williams will stay in 2021.
“I have him stay in San Francisco for The Faithful,” Sherman said. “I think she stays in San Francisco. I think she’ll make you happy the other five (or) six more years, she puts on her gold jacket and decides if she wants it in Washington or San Francisco.”
Of course, players do not enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame associated with a specific team. They are incorporated as players and associated with all the teams they played with during their professional career.
As for Sherman’s prediction, Williams didn’t seem to have any problems.
“It’s not a bad catch, guys,” the Pro Bowl’s eighth bout responded. “That’s not a bad prey. You all trim the right tree.”
What about Sherman, who almost certainly doesn’t return to the 49ers? What landing site does Williams predict for his defensive teammate?
“I won’t lie, man. Rich is one of my favorite teammates I’ve ever had,” Williams said. “… I know any locker room that will get him will be blessed. I would like to stay in the locker room with him because I know what he adds to a team.
“I think it’s going to be a team that wins now, that I feel like we’re on a team that wins now. Rich, he’s very smart. He can do it anywhere. He can fit in any locker room. He can be combined with any crowd. So I really don’t see any limitations with it. “
Williams hesitated to name possible landing points, but eventually pitched some options.
“I still hold out hope that he will return to the locker room he is in,” Williams said. “… I can see [the Kansas City Chiefs], get in there and help this defensive field. … I’d like to see him somewhere where the weather is good, get a good paycheck, taxes don’t hit him.
“[The Las Vegas Raiders] sounds like a good team. I think the Indianapolis Colts. AFC, there are many good places out there. Until I finish back in Seattle. … I definitely don’t want to see him twice a year, if he were in San Francisco. ”
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