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49ers injuries: Trent Williams misses 1st day of practice ahead of NFC championship

Trent Williams was absent from the #49ers first practice leading up to the NFC championship game.

The 49ers began on-field preparations for the NFC championship without star left tackle Trent Williams. He was one of five players absent per the team’s practice participation report.

Williams is dealing with an ankle injury that can’t be identified as either a high or low ankle sprain. Head coach Kyle Shanahan on Monday said the team would have to monitor the injury throughout the week in order to determine his readiness to play Sunday.

The 49ers beat the Rams in Week 18 without Williams who was dealing with an elbow sprain at that time. Second-year OL Colton McKivitz started in his place. Williams was injured during the 49ers’ divisional-playoff win over the Packers, though he only missed one play in that game.

Here’s the full practice report:

49ers injury update: WR Deebo Samuel expected to practice, LT Trent Williams dealing with ankle sprain

The #49ers are dealing with injuries to WR Deebo Samuel, LT Trent Williams and RB Jeff Wilson Jr. after Saturday’s divisional playoff game. There’s a question mark around Williams’ availability for the NFC championship game.

The 49ers had a trio of injuries coming out of their divisional playoff game against the Packers according to head coach Kyle Shanahan.

Monday in a conference call Shanahan said running back Jeff Wilson Jr. and left tackle Trent Williams both have ankle sprains, and wide receiver Deebo Samuel is sore after taking a helmet to the knee on his final run Saturday night.

Shanahan expects Samuel to practice in the week leading up to the NFC championship game. The star receiver hopped off the field Saturday night after his 9-yard carry that gave the 49ers a crucial first down before Robbie Gould booted the game-winning 45-yard field goal.

Wilson and Williams’ statuses are less certain.

Shanahan said Wilson is dealing with a low ankle sprain. He suffered the injury early in Saturday’s contest while playing special teams. The nature of his sprain keeps the door open for him suiting up Sunday in Los Angeles.

Williams also has an ankle sprain and the team hasn’t determined whether it’s a high or low sprain yet. They’ll monitor him throughout the week to see how the injury responds. Shanahan likened the injury to the one defensive end Jordan Willis suffered against the Cowboys. The coach originally classified that as a high ankle sprain, but Monday said he incorrectly labeled the injury. Willis played 18 defensive snaps and contributed on special teams in Green Bay after getting limited practices in during the week.

It’ll be interesting to see where Williams shows up on the practice participation reports. He doesn’t necessarily need to practice to be ready for Sunday, but if he doesn’t practice at all during the week it certainly wouldn’t be a good sign for his availability.

Williams missed the 49ers’ Week 18 matchup against the Rams. Second-year OL Colton McKivitz started in his place in a 27-24 San Francisco win.

It’ll be a normal week of practice with the NFC championship game set for 3:30pm Pacific Time on Sunday. Players will get a day off Tuesday before getting on the field Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. It’ll be worth monitoring Williams’ participation closely because it’ll give clues as to the extent of his injury and whether he’s on track to play.

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49ers’ Deebo Samuel, Trent Williams named first-team All-Pro

The 49ers had two players named to the All-Pro first team in WR Deebo Samuel and LT Trent Williams.

The Associated Press announced its All-Pro teams on Friday, where two San Francisco 49ers were recognized as first-team All-Pros.

Wide receiver Deebo Samuel and left tackle Trent Williams were named to the All-Pro first-team. It was Samuel’s first All-Pro nod and Williams’ second nod but the first time he was named to the first team.

Samuel received 21 votes, edging out Minnesota’s Justin Jefferson by one vote to earn a spot on the first team. Williams was the overwhelming winner at left tackle with 46 votes. The next closest was Chargers’ Rashawn Slater with two votes.

Samuel was one of the NFL’s most dynamic offensive weapons this season. He finished with 1,845 all-purpose yards, which was the third most in the league, and had right rushing touchdowns. Samuel had 14 total touchdowns, which was tied for seventh-most in the NFL.

Williams was a force at left tackle for San Francisco this season, even earning the highest grade ever in Pro Football Focus history with a 98.2 grade.

Arguably the biggest snub on the All-Pro list was 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa, who didn’t make the first or second team. Bosa led the NFL in tackle for losses and had 15.5 sacks, which ranked fourth in the league behind other All-Pros Pittsburgh’s T.J. Watt, Chicago’s Robert Quinn and Cleveland’s Myles Garrett. Bosa lost out on the second team by one vote to Las Vegas’ Maxx Crosby.

49ers practice report: No absences, Trent Williams returns

Zero #49ers missed Thursday’s practice, including Trent Williams.

The 49ers are getting healthy at the right time. Their practice participation report for Thursday featured no absences with Trent Williams and Elijah Mitchell both returning to action after missing Wednesday’s session.

Health is vital in the postseason and it looks like San Francisco will largely have a full version of their current roster come Sunday.

Here’s a look at the limited and full participants:

Several former Oklahoma Sooners heading to the NFL playoffs

With the NFL regular season wrapped up, which former Sooners are heading to the NFL playoffs?

Oklahoma DNA can be found all over the NFL these days. After fantastic seasons, several former Sooners will play in the postseason for their respective teams.

Former quarterbacks Kyler Murray and Jalen Hurts will lead their respective teams into the playoffs. Murray and the Arizona Cardinals go on the road to face the NFC West champion Los Angeles Rams. Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles travel to take on Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Facing off against Murray and fellow former Sooner Jordan Phillips will be former offensive lineman Bobby Evans.

Sticking with the NFC, CeeDee Lamb and the Dallas Cowboys will play host to Trent Williams and the San Francisco 49ers. Lamb capped a great second year in the league with 1,102 yards receiving, 79 receptions and six touchdowns for the Cowboys. He finished 12th in the league in receiving yards while leading a talented Dallas Cowboys wide receiver corps. Along with Lamb, Neville Gallimore will be making his first appearance in the playoffs.

Turning to the AFC, after finishing second in the NFL in rushing yards, Joe Mixon and the Cincinnati Bengals will host the Las Vegas Raiders in the wild-card round. Samaje Perine also plays for the Bengals. The Raiders pulled off an overtime win over the Los Angeles Chargers and Kenneth Murray’s squad to make it into the postseason.

Cody Ford and Daryl Williams will take on Rhamondre Stevenson as the Buffalo Bills and New England Patriots are set for their first-round matchup.

Sticking with the AFC, the Kansas City Chiefs, with Orlando Brown, Creed Humphrey, Blake Bell and James Winchester, remain one of the favorites to win the Super Bowl this season. The team is led by Patrick Mahomes.

With six games this weekend, there are several opportunities to put on your Sooners gear and cheer your favorite former Sooners as they make their way through the NFL playoffs with the hopes of hoisting the Lombardi trophy.

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2 Former Sooners among the highest graded Offensive Linemen per Pro Football Focus

Oklahoma’s long been known for producing NFL-caliber offensive linemen and two former Sooners are among PFF’s top-graded in 2021.

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The Oklahoma Sooners have long been known for their ability to produce strong offensive lines and to put players into the NFL. And not just in recent years either. Their recruitment and development of offensive linemen goes back a decade or more.

And NFL teams are reaping the rewards.

Drafted 11 years apart, former Oklahoma Sooners Trent Williams and Creed Humphrey have been two of the best offensive linemen in the NFL in 2021. According to Pro Football Focus, they’ve graded out as the top offensive linemen at their position this season.

At tackle, Trent Williams leads the next highest tackle by more than seven points in the Dallas Cowboys’ Tyron Smith. Since coming into the NFL, Williams has had the two highest graded seasons (2016 and 2021) for an NFL left tackle according to Pro Football Focus.

Williams has allowed just one sack and 15 total pressures on 417 pass-blocking snaps this season. He’s been the backbone of a San Francisco 49ers offensive line that is eighth in the NFL in rushing yards in 2021.

As a rookie, Creed Humprey is Pro Football Focus’ highest-graded center in the NFL. He’s earned the highest grade from PFF since Jason Kelce’s 2017 performance. Humphrey has been a steal for the Kansas City Chiefs after falling to the end of the second round.

Humphrey has allowed just one sack and 10 quarterback pressures this season, helping Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs rejuvenate their offense this season.

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Trent Williams details how Seahawks slowed 49ers rushing attack

LT Trent Williams detailed how the Seahawks sold out to stop the #49ers run game.

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The 49ers finally found an identity. Now it might be time to find a wrinkle in it.

After three weeks of dominating on the ground and rattling off three consecutive wins, San Francisco’s rushing attack was stifled by a swarming Seattle defense that wasn’t going to let the 49ers be who they want to be offensively.

It was apparent live, but left tackle Trent Williams confirmed after the game that the Seahawks sold out to slow down Elijah Mitchell, who ran for just 66 yards on 22 carries.

“They just crowded the line of scrimmage, crowded the box, and brought the linebackers down pretty quick to draw us off of double teams,” Williams said. “They just wanted to make one on one’s across the line. Obviously, teams are going to play us like that to try to stop the run.”

This is something teams are going to continue doing against the 49ers and Seattle gave a blueprint to San Francisco’s five remaining opponents.

Head coach Kyle Shanahan is very good at scheming mismatches in the run game that allow the blockers to get into the second level and pave the way for chunk plays for Mitchell and other ball carriers. Seattle executed a game plan that forced the 49ers to go elsewhere to find yards.

Ultimately they averaged 6.5 yards per play (a very good number), but two Jimmy Garoppolo interceptions and a sack in the end zone for a safety helped Seattle overcome some of their own shortcomings Sunday.

This is the big question with the 49ers – can they win games without their run game? The answer was ‘no’ this week, and teams are going to continue trying to force them to win in different ways. How Shanahan and the offensive coaching staff adjust to defenses selling out to stop their run game will determine just how far San Francisco can go this year.

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49ers practice report: Elijah Mitchell, Deebo Samuel, Trent Williams return

The #49ers on Thursday got a few key starters back in practice.

The 49ers got a bit of good news on the injury front during Thursday’s practice. Their three key offensive starters who all missed Wednesday’s session were back in action, which is a good sign for their availability Sunday in a crucial showdown vs. the Arizona Cardinals.

Here’s what Thursday’s participation report looked like:

49ers inactives: Trent Williams will play vs. Bears

The #49ers will have their starting left tackle against Chicago. Trent Williams was NOT among the team’s inactives.

The 49ers’ list of inactives for Week 8 came with some good news and no huge surprises. Left tackle Trent Williams was questionable with an ankle injury, he will suit up Sunday in Chicago after missing Week 7. Defensive end Samson Ebukam also showed up on the injury report midweek with an ankle issue.

Williams didn’t practice the first two days this week and was limited in Friday’s session which raised some optimism that he’d play, but the lack of practice time left some question about his availability.

Ebukam was a full participant Wednesday, popped up as limited Thursday and didn’t practice Friday. Getting him active is a big deal for the 49ers with Dee Ford out because of a concussion. Expect plenty of snaps for Ebukam on Sunday.

Here is who won’t suit up for the 49ers at Soldier Field:

DE Dee Ford (concussion)
LB Azeez Al-Shaair (concussion)
DL Maurice Hurst (calf)
CB Demmodore Lenoir (personal)
CB Ambry Thomas
OL Aaron Banks
WR Travis Benjamin

Lenoir was ruled out Saturday. He’s dealing with personal issues and won’t make the trip to Chicago.

Second and third-round rookies Banks and Thomas still getting healthy scratches is not a good sign long-term. Banks was active against the Colts in Week 7 but couldn’t make it back-to-back weeks.

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49ers Week 8 injury report: Trey Lance returns, Trent Williams questionable

Here’s the #49ers Week 8 injury report, which does not include QB Trey Lance. He’ll be the backup in Chicago:

The 49ers on Friday got a bit of good news when their Week 8 injury report came out, but there weren’t any major surprises.

No matter what it appears they’ll go into their matchup against the Bears in Chicago shorthanded, with the potential to get a couple key players in uniform after truncated weeks of practice.

Perhaps the two biggest pieces of news are the absence of Trey Lance and Trent Williams’ designation. Lance was not on the report and head coach Kyle Shanahan told reporters the rookie would be the backup quarterback in the Windy City. Lance missed Week 7 with a knee sprain he suffered in his first start back in Week 5 in Arizona.

Williams also missed Week 7 and didn’t practice the first two days of Week 8, but he returned to the field Friday which gives him a chance to play. He is officially ‘questionable.’

Here’s the full injury report: