{"id":836019,"date":"2026-03-27T02:42:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T02:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/836019\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T02:42:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T02:42:22","slug":"nfc-notes-trent-williams-jaxon-smith-njigba-49ers-rams-seahawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/836019\/","title":{"rendered":"NFC Notes: Trent Williams, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, 49ers, Rams, Seahawks"},"content":{"rendered":"

While it remains to be seen if the team will move on from LT Trent Williams<\/a>, 49ers HC Kyle Shanahan<\/a> told reporters that he believes the two sides will work things out. Williams is set to have a cap number of nearly $47 million after San Francisco declined his $10 million roster bonus last week and may need to have his deal restructured to stay with the Niners.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo\u00a0updates from me,\u201d Shanahan told Jennifer Lee Chan of NBCSportsBayArea.com<\/a>. \u201cI actually stay pretty much out of that. I know John and everyone is working hard to do that. I believe we will get that done. We love Trent too much and eventually that will work out.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Seahawks officially inked WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba<\/a> to his four-year, $168.6 million contract extension. Seattle HC Mike Macdonald called the receiver a \u201cfoundational piece\u201d of their organization.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the great things that paints a great picture about what Jax means to us being a foundational piece of our football team and our organization is we\u2019ve got a full house here,\u201d Macdonald said, via John Boyle of the team\u2019s site<\/a>. \u201cThis is pretty awesome. We\u2019ve got dang near the whole Seattle Seahawks organization supporting Jax on this day. I just want to emphasize how excited we are. He\u2019s going to be here and he\u2019s a foundational piece, he\u2019s a cornerstone of our team. Just being able to see his growth over the two years that we\u2019ve been here. I mean, the sky\u2019s the limit. This is the beginning. This is another iteration of our football team, and Jax is obviously going to be a huge part of it and where we want to go and where we want to take our team, and I know it\u2019s early in his career, but he\u2019s already a leader on our team and will be for a long time. So we\u2019re really excited.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seahawks GM John Schneider reflected on landing Smith-Njigba at No. 20 overall in the 2023 NFL Draft, saying he thought there would be \u201cno way\u201d that he would fall to them.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI just remember we were so blessed that he was there at 20,\u201d Schneider said. \u201cI remember being at the Pro Day that day and we were like, there\u2019s no way we\u2019re going to (draft him)\u2014why are we meeting with this guy? \u2026 (The first-round wait) took forever. I remember I was probably driving (vice president of player personnel) Trent (Kirchner) and (vice president\/player acquisition) Matt Berry and (assistant general manager) Nolan (Teasley), those guys, probably driving those guys crazy. Do we go up? Should we go up? Should we go for him? Like, you get a little itchy. But we had just kind of studied, \u2018OK where, how?\u2019 And it literally felt like three hours or something. Changed my shirt a couple times.\u201d<\/p>\n

Macdonald thinks Smith-Njigba\u2019s humility is rare for a player of his quality.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s unique to see that type of dominating performance on a consistent basis but also the humility,\u201d Macdonald said. \u201cWhat Jax was saying, his servant leadership that he provides to our team\u2014he\u2019s not the guy that\u2019s breaking every huddle, every team meeting and everything like that, but what he does every day, what type of teammate he is, to the guys in that locker room, I mean, that speaks volumes, and that\u2019s where he does his talking.\u201d<\/p>\n

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