There has been extra to the San Francisco 49ers’ points in 2024 than their damage state of affairs, however the quantity of high-level gamers which have been absent for prolonged durations due to damage is staggering.
With two All-Pros already on IR, head coach Kyle Shanahan on Wednesday instructed reporters in his press convention that left sort out Trent Williams might also wind up lacking the remainder of the yr.
“If he might get again to wholesome, we’d play him,” Shanahan stated when requested if the staff would shut Williams down. “But, it’s not like that proper now, so it’s getting nearer to being that means.”
Williams is coping with an ankle damage and hasn’t performed since Week 11. He was proven on tv throughout the Thursday Night Football broadcast in a set at Levi’s Stadium with what seemed like a scooter subsequent to him that will assist him maintain weight off his injured ankle.
If Williams is completed for the yr, he’d be a part of Christian McCaffrey and Brandon Aiyuk as 2023 All-Pros who suffered season-ending accidents. That doesn’t account for linebacker Fred Warner who’s enjoying by an ankle fracture, defensive finish Nick Bosa who has missed three video games or cornerback Charvarius Ward who missed 4 video games due to a private tragedy.
San Francisco nonetheless might have performed issues to place themselves in place to make the postseason regardless of the accidents. They made too many errors and didn’t get sufficient high-level performances from their star gamers who’ve been wholesome. However, the absence of the top-end gamers on a top-heavy roster has been a problem all season and it hasn’t gotten higher.
Shutting down Williams would make sense on condition that the 49ers are just about eradicated from the postseason. He turns 37 earlier than subsequent yr’s coaching camp, and since he’s nonetheless enjoying at a excessive degree, guaranteeing he’s totally wholesome and able to go subsequent season needs to be a excessive precedence for San Francisco as they wrap up a dreadful 2024 season.
