It was one thing to lose on Monday Night Football in Week 16 of the NFL regular season against a team that has looked increasingly like an AFC Super Bowl favorite in recent weeks.
It was quite another to be hurt while suffering a series of potentially life-threatening injuries for the 49ers.
Because despite all the focus on stars Brock Purdy and Christian McCaffrey, the real face of the 49ers’ offense is at left tackle, and the team can’t afford Trent Williams’ injury to last into the postseason.
That’s because it doesn’t work.
Williams injured his groin in Monday’s game against Baltimore.
Things got worse when reserve Jaylon Moore was sidelined with a concussion, and made worse when Williams’ left-side partner Aaron Banks suffered a toe injury.
Injuries to the groin area can of course be delicate, and the severity is difficult to measure.
“He was trying to get back into the game,” Shanahan said in the postgame press conference.
“Coach didn’t think it was a good idea, so I’m going to get an MRI tomorrow and see what happens.
” Williams tried to calm the waters in the locker room after the game.
“I’m fine,” Williams told reporters, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
“I know you want to ask about injuries.
I’ll be fine.
” But again, Williams needs a day of rest and an MRI to really know the status of his injury.
Trent Williams injured: 49ers will struggle without him It should be “If the 49ers are without Williams in the postseason, the seriousness of the situation is questionable.
He is 35 Despite his age, Williams remains the second-best left tackle in the NFL, according to Pro Football Focus’ rating system, and has been a Pro Bowl left tackle for 10 years in a row and a mainstay for San Francisco.
, this year’s PFF rating is 85.
8.
He’s been the No.
1 left tackle in the league the last three seasons.
To make matters worse, we’ve seen what the 49ers look like as the offense tries to overcome an injury to Trent Williams.
Williams injured his ankle in Week 6 against Cleveland and played through pain.
The 49ers lost that game, scoring just 17 points.
He also missed games against the Vikings and Bengals in Weeks 7 and 8, where the 49ers lost both games, again scoring 17 points in each.
Rondo Barber: “Trent Williams: What do you think about him being named MVP?
” Pro Football Hall of Famer Rondo Barber talks about what happened to the 49ers in their loss to the Ravens I noticed a lot of resemblance to the team.
It was on a losing streak.
Barber said on the No.
33 team’s website that there is evidence that Williams is probably the one who should get “MVP love.
” “We’re asking ourselves, how could something like this happen to a team that was so good offensively all year?
” Barber said.
“I’ll give you a guy.
We talk about Brock Purdy being the MVP, we talk about Christian McCaffrey being recognized as the MVP, how about Trent Williams getting some MVP love from this site?
” We all know that in the three games we lost that year, we only scored 17 points in all three games.
The only thing that remained constant was the injury to Trent Williams, who missed the game of football.
Did not participate.
When he gave up that football game, Brock Purdy turned into the version of Brock Purdy we saw during that three-game losing streak.
Barber believes there is no room for Trent Williams to get injured if the 49ers want to make it to the Super Bowl.
“You can take whatever you want from that, but the main theme is that Trent Williams needs to play in San Francisco to be at his best,” he added.