All Pro OT Trent Williams "Silverback",

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by lamontb:

Here you guys go again really thinking a guy isn't looking for top dollar b/c he says how much he likes the team. That's just him and his agent negotiating in the public. Him and his agent would be utterly retarded if another team offers more than the Niners and they don't let the Niners know so they can get a better deal. Would you do that? Hell no.

Yup, if another team is going give him the elite left tackle money that he wants, he's gone. He made it very clear yesterday that he's been in the league for 11 years and while he wants to be on a winner, he needs to get paid. He also mentioned that elite left tackles never hit free agency, and it would be fun to see what kind of offers he'll get.


If we lose Trent Williams, the offseason is a disaster.

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by lamontb:

Here you guys go again really thinking a guy isn't looking for top dollar b/c he says how much he likes the team. That's just him and his agent negotiating in the public. Him and his agent would be utterly retarded if another team offers more than the Niners and they don't let the Niners know so they can get a better deal. Would you do that? Hell no.

Yup, if another team is going give him the elite left tackle money that he wants, he's gone. He made it very clear yesterday that he's been in the league for 11 years and while he wants to be on a winner, he needs to get paid. He also mentioned that elite left tackles never hit free agency, and it would be fun to see what kind of offers he'll get.


If we lose Trent Williams, the offseason is a disaster.

Originally posted by okdkid:
Why do fans continue to believe players will show "loyalty" and take less money?

Kittle didn't.
Garoppolo didn't.
Warner won't.

The ONLY thing players will do is structure the contract to make it work for other players. But their gtd money is unchanged.

Your favorite player is/was a mercenary. The way it should be.

Originally posted by okdkid:

Why do fans continue to believe players will show "loyalty" and take less money?

Kittle didn't.
Garoppolo didn't.
Warner won't.

The ONLY thing players will do is structure the contract to make it work for other players. But their gtd money is unchanged.

Your favorite player is/was a mercenary. The way it should be.

Originally posted by Hysterikal:

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by lamontb:
Here you guys go again really thinking a guy isn't looking for top dollar b/c he says how much he likes the team. That's just him and his agent negotiating in the public. Him and his agent would be utterly retarded if another team offers more than the Niners and they don't let the Niners know so they can get a better deal. Would you do that? Hell no.

Yup, if another team is going give him the elite left tackle money that he wants, he's gone. He made it very clear yesterday that he's been in the league for 11 years and while he wants to be on a winner, he needs to get paid. He also mentioned that elite left tackles never hit free agency, and it would be fun to see what kind of offers he'll get.

If we lose Trent Williams, the offseason is a disaster.

The only saving grace is every team is in limbo about what's gonna happen to the cap. If it does get reduced not many teams are going to be able to offer him huge deals. At least that's what I told myself to get to sleep last night

Originally posted by thl408:
If Trent leaves the 49ers, I doubt it will be because he felt he wasn't offered enough money. I think Kyle would allow Verrett, Juice, KWilliams, Hyder, all leave just to have big Trent back. If he leaves, it'll be because the team wants to move on from Jimmy and Trent isn't waiting around to see what happens with the QB position (if rookie).

Originally posted by okdkid:
Why do fans continue to believe players will show "loyalty" and take less money?

Kittle didn't.
Garoppolo didn't.
Warner won't.

The ONLY thing players will do is structure the contract to make it work for other players. But their gtd money is unchanged.

Your favorite player is/was a mercenary. The way it should be.

Originally posted by susweel:
Jags probably throw a bunch of money at him to protect lawrence. They got 100 million in cap space.

Originally posted by thl408:

Originally posted by susweel:

Jags probably throw a bunch of money at him to protect lawrence. They got 100 million in cap space.

Trent Williams said his FA decision will be heavily influenced by strength of team: "I definitely don't want to be part of a rebuilding process. I'm a little too long in the tooth for that. That's how I look at it. And I put our healthy roster up against anybody's roster."

— David Lombardi (@LombardiHimself) December 31, 2020

Originally posted by Stanley:

Originally posted by okdkid:
Why do fans continue to believe players will show "loyalty" and take less money?

Kittle didn't.
Garoppolo didn't.
Warner won't.

The ONLY thing players will do is structure the contract to make it work for other players. But their gtd money is unchanged.

Your favorite player is/was a mercenary. The way it should be.

Desperation and fear.

Originally posted by Ensatsu:

He's probably the best player on offense, so yeah. They gotta just load up the farm and overpay. Even though the cap is tight.

This is why paying other mediocre players like Arik Armstead and Jimmie Ward is just dumb