49ers LT Trent Williams is holding out

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Sassy Squatch

Has no guaranteed money left. Guess he's ensuring he won't be a cap casualty anytime soon

And he's made 'only' about $73 million in his 4 years in SF.

I mean the CLEAR best LT in football has cost them $18 million/season for the last 4 seasons. They've gotten a bargain on him and if they only pay him $20 million this season, they'll get 5 seasons for less than $100 million for a guy playing at a HoF level.

And they can cut him as soon as they feel so inclined so at no point will he be able to recoup that money; the moment he's making $30 million, he's gone. His 2026 salary is only $22 million so at that point the 49ers pay him less than $120 million for the peak of an almost certain HoF career.

This makes all the sense in the world from his standpoint. And frankly, he has $170 million in career earnings -- he could walk away for good and it wouldn't matter a bit to him.

Yeah, SF is gonna have to guarantee some money or come up with a bonus. I don't think he's gonna blink here.