49ers’ Trent Williams had ‘no business’ playing in NFC Championship Game

No one is halting Trent Williams from actively playing. Apart from, probably, himself. 

The 49ers’ All-Pro left deal with admitted to reporters on Tuesday adhering to mandatory minicamp at Levi’s Stadium that he must not have performed by means of an ankle injuries in the NFC Championship Sport versus the Los Angeles Rams. 

“I seriously had no company out there,” Williams advised reporters. “It can be so hard for me not to be out there, recognizing the place we have been in and what we had been striving to execute. But seeking back on it, I almost certainly shouldn’t have pushed it that considerably. I think [Colton McKivitz] would have did a superior occupation on two wholesome ankles than I could have did on one particular.” (h/t 49ers Webzone)

“And hindsight is 20/20, of system. But it was really hard for me to inform my teammates no at the time, but hunting back on it, I consider I most likely pushed it a minor too significantly.”

Soon after sustaining an ankle injury in the acquire over the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Discipline in the divisional round video game, Williams finished up becoming a activity-time final decision the adhering to week in the NFC title game from the Rams. 

Pursuing the activity, Williams even admitted that his ankle was in “undesirable shape.”

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There only are a handful of offensive linemen who can match up nicely from Rams All-Pro defensive lineman Aaron Donald and Williams unquestionably is one of them. 

 

In hindsight, though, the 49ers might have been far better off with a more healthy possibility. 

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