{"id":21314,"date":"2024-12-26T22:49:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T22:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=21314"},"modified":"2024-12-26T22:49:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T22:49:37","slug":"49ers-place-82-million-superstar-on-i-r-sign-ol-to-2-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=21314","title":{"rendered":"49ers Place $82 Million Superstar on I.R, Sign OL to 2-year Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Trent-Williams-3-e1735242581417.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Trent-Williams-3-e1735242581417.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Trent-Williams-3-e1735242581417.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Trent-Williams-3-e1735242581417.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"49ers Place $82 Million Superstar on I.R, Sign OL to 2-year Deal\" width=\"780\" height=\"440\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco 49ers&#8217; Trent Williams looks on during the NFC Divisional Playoffs against the Green Bay Packers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The San Francisco 49ers season is almost over, but the hits keep coming. The team announced on Thursday morning that left tackle Trent Williams is done for the season and has been placed on Injured Reserve.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes as no surprise following head coach Kyle Shanahan\u2019s conference call with the media on Monday, where he told reporters Williams will not play the final two games of the season.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The eleven-time pro bowler has been battling an ankle and heel injury he suffered in the\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">team\u2019s<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0November 10th victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played through the injury the following week and was initially listed as questionable for Week 12 against the Packers but\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">was ruled out<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. After the game, he\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">was seen<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0riding a knee scooter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the final two weeks of the season, the 49ers will look to piece together a makeshift left side of the offensive line.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Replacing Trent Williams<\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Earlier this week, the 49ers also placed backup left tackle Jaylon Moore on Injured Reserve with a quad injury.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Moore, who had been filling in for Williams, was having the best year of his career. Posting a career-high\u00a0<\/span>73 pass-block grade and allowing just ten pressures <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, Moore made the loss of Williams manageable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">With Williams and Moore on the shelf, San Francisco hopes Spencer Burford can start Sunday against the Detroit Lions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Unfortunately, Burford is not practicing on Thursday due to a calf injury.\u00a0 Shanahan did say \u201cthere is a chance\u201d the former fifth-round pick can play this Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If all three of the 49ers tackles are unavailable, the team must turn to recently signed Charlie Heck or Austin Pleasants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Heck is a former fourth-round pick of the Texans. He has appeared in 48 games (21 starts) with Houston (2020-23) and Arizona (2024).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Meanwhile, Pleasants has played in three games staggered across a four-year NFL career. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He has never started a game <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">in his NFL career<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A last resort option would be elevating Sebastian Gutierrez from the practice squad. The former undrafted free agent\u00a0has played in one game with the 49ers since 2023. Like Pleasants, he would be in line for his first career start.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>49ers Sign Offensive Lineman<\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The 49ers signed center Matt Hennessy to a two-year contract. Hennessy\u2019s signing adds much-needed depth to a depleted offensive line, with backup center Nick Zakelj in line to start at left guard on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The signing also adds an intriguing future option for 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Hennessy is a former third-round pick of the Atlanta Falcons in 2020. Ironically, Hennessy learned under former 49ers\u2019 center Alex Mack before taking over the starting job in Atlanta from him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">With 22 starts under his belt, Hennessy has a 96.8 pass-blocking efficiency rating and only allowed 44 pressures and six sacks in 807 pass-blocking snaps. As a first-year starter in 2021, Hennessy totaled the 3rd highest run-blocking grade in the NFL (88.1).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The former Temple product has dealt with his fair share of injuries, most notably a knee injury that cost him the entire 2023 season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Hennessy\u2019s signing gives the 49ers high-end potential at a low-risk cost. He can also enter 2025 battling Jake Brendel for the starting center position, who currently ranks 52nd with a 48.9 pass-blocking grade, per <\/span>Pro Football Focus.<\/p>\n<p>Sterling Bennett is a Heavy.com contributor covering the NFL. He has half a decade of experience as a sports broadcaster at 95.7 The Game covering the San Francisco 49ers as part of the weekly &#8220;Overtime&#8221; show, where he covered Super Bowl 58. Bennett was the Golden State Warriors Network Coordinator from 2020-2024, where he was responsible for all gameday radio broadcasts, including the 2022 NBA Finals. More about Sterling Bennett<\/p>\n<h2>More Heavy on 49ers News<\/h2>\n<p>Loading more stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The San Francisco 49ers announced on Thursday that left tackle Trent Williams is done for the season and has been placed on Injured Reserve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":21315,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>49ers Place $82 Million Superstar on I.R, Sign OL to 2-year Deal - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=21314\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"49ers Place $82 Million Superstar on I.R, Sign OL to 2-year Deal - 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