{"id":858085,"date":"2026-04-07T03:39:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T03:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/858085\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T03:39:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T03:39:18","slug":"chiefs-reportedly-still-monitoring-49ers-situation-with-trent-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/858085\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs reportedly still monitoring 49ers’ situation with Trent Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"

There has been little movement on the Trent Williams<\/a> situation, but the San Francisco 49ers continue to express confidence that a deal will get done with the future Hall of Fame offensive tackle. For now, both sides appear motivated to reach an agreement.<\/p>\n

“We’ve had good communication throughout<\/a>,” general manager John Lynch recently said. “I would say, in the last week, it’s kind of intensified, and I feel like we’re on the precipice of something good happening\u2014but we’ll see.”<\/p>\n

Lynch added a note of caution: “Don’t want to make any statements, like, ‘Hey, we’re right there,’ because these things have felt like that before. But I do feel like we’re in good communication and hopeful.”<\/p>\n

If negotiations stall, however, at least one team appears ready to act. According to NFL insider Jason La Canfora, the Kansas City Chiefs are still closely monitoring the situation.<\/p>\n

“I continue to hear the Chiefs have a major thing for 49ers left tackle Trent Williams and are ready to pounce if\/when he is available in trade,” La Canfora recently said in an interview with Casino Guru<\/a>. “The 49ers remain in a contract impasse with Williams about reworking that [deal].”<\/p>\n

With the 2026 NFL Draft approaching, Kansas City could pivot to adding a rookie offensive tackle, which might lessen its interest in pursuing Williams.<\/p>\n

The Chiefs were aggressive suitors when Williams was previously available in 2021, but the 49ers ultimately outbid Kansas City to retain the All-Pro left tackle.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, several mock drafts have linked the 49ers to offensive tackle prospects in the first round. Such a move could provide at least some leverage in ongoing negotiations while also securing a long-term successor at the position.<\/p>\n

Williams will turn 38 ahead of the 2026 NFL season, a factor in the ongoing negotiations.<\/p>\n

“This one’s never got ugly,” Lynch said. “It’s been very straightforward, direct. And I just think there’s a lot of nuance to that situation. He’s one of the great players, I think, to ever play the game, but there’s a reality with his age. It’s like, how do you thread that needle, and how do you find a deal where everyone’s taken care of and happy?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There has been little movement on the Trent Williams situation, but the San Francisco 49ers continue to express…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":858086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,7,2810,6,1161,252,2624,2623,2983],"class_list":{"0":"post-858085","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco-49ers","8":"tag-49ers","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-john-lynch","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-san-francisco","13":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","14":"tag-sanfrancisco","15":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers","16":"tag-trent-williams"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116361348082205779","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=858085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/858086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=858085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=858085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=858085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}