{"id":870870,"date":"2026-04-20T23:36:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T23:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/870870\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T23:36:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T23:36:21","slug":"bears-lose-49ers-star-lt-trent-williams-as-trade-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/870870\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears Lose 49ers Star LT Trent Williams as Trade Option"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"Trent\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGetty\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

(Photo by Lachlan Cunningham\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The Chicago Bears<\/a> were always something of a long shot to make a blockbuster trade this spring that addresses one of their two major weaknesses \u2014 offensive tackle and edge-rusher \u2014 but now the biggest potential splash the team could have made to improve its O-line is off the board.<\/p>\n

Left tackle Trent Williams<\/a> reached an agreement on a contract extension with the San Francisco 49ers<\/a> on Monday, April 20, which knocks down his salary cap hit this season but adds an extra year and more overall money to the deal by stretching it out through 2027.<\/p>\n

49ers and 12-time Pro-Bowl LT Trent Williams reached agreement today on a two-year, $50 million extension that now contractually ties him to San Francisco through the 2027 season, per @eliteloyaltysp<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201c49ers and 12-time Pro-Bowl LT Trent Williams reached agreement today on a two-year, $50 million extension that now contractually ties him to San Francisco through the 2027 season, per @eliteloyaltysp,\u201d ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter reported via X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bears Were Viable Trade Suitors for Trent Williams Amid Uncertain Contract Negotiations With 49ers\"Trent<\/p>\n

GettySan Francisco 49ers left tackle Trent Williams.<\/p>\n

San Francisco and Williams had been engaged in contract negotiations for several weeks, as the LT was set to cost the team north of $46 million in 2026.<\/p>\n

The potential savings of more than $33 million on a second-team All-Pro heading into his age-38 campaign rendered a trade one possible outcome of the 49ers-Williams saga, and Chicago\u2019s need at left tackle is significant enough that hopping in on talks, had they ever arisen in earnest, would have represented a reasonable win-now move for the Bears.<\/p>\n

Charlie Kravitz of ESPN each said as much during an edition of the \u201cDominique Foxworth Show\u201d last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat team took such a step forward last year when they were playing\u00a0Ben Johnson<\/a>\u00a0ball and had an improved offensive line,\u201d\u00a0Kravitz said<\/a>. \u201cAnd they had really unfortunate circumstances with their left tackle and [Drew Dalman\u2019s<\/a>] retirement at center. They have to handle that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe do you trade your picks and try and get\u00a0Trent Williams?\u201d Kravitz continued after mentioning some rookie options the Bears could select with No. 25 overall selection.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are in a win-now situation,\u201d Foxworth responded. \u201cYeah, I like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bears Have Made 2 Modest Moves at Left Tackle This Offseason\"Bears<\/p>\n

GettyOffensive tackle Ozzy Trapilo of the Chicago Bears.<\/p>\n

Chicago has made two moves at left tackle this offseason since losing starter Ozzy Trapilo<\/a> to a knee injury late in the team\u2019s Round 1 playoff victory over the Green Bay Packers<\/a> in January. Trapilo\u2019s torn patellar tendon is likely to keep him sidelined for the bulk of the 2026 campaign.<\/p>\n

The Bears brought back Braxton Jones<\/a> on a one-year contract after he battled injuries last season and the team subsequently benched him for 2024 undrafed rookie Theo Benedet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Benedet remains on the roster, while Chicago also picked up\u00a0Jedrick Wills Jr.<\/a>, the No. 10 overall pick of the Cleveland Browns<\/a> in the 2020 draft who has since become a bonafide bust. Wills played in just 13 games<\/a> across his final two campaigns in Cleveland (2023-24) before sitting out all of last year in an effort to get fully healthy.<\/p>\n

Because of the Bears\u2019 investments at left tackle \u2014 as minimal, though multiple, as they may be \u2014 Todd McShay of the Ringer reiterated<\/a> on his show Monday that the wind in Chicago is blowing toward an upgrade at edge-rusher or safety with the No. 25 pick.<\/p>\n

The Bears also own pick Nos. 57 and 60<\/a> in Round 2, as well as the 89th selection in Round 3, so the team could get creative and try to move up. There is a case to do so for an offensive tackle, as McShay expects a run on the position to begin in the mid-to-late teens in Round 1, after which the available talent will fall off precipitously.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tMax Dible<\/a> covers the NFL, NBA and MLB for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Chicago Bears and Cleveland Browns. He covered local and statewide news as a reporter for West Hawaii Today and served as news director for BigIslandNow.com and Pacific Media Group’s family of Big Island radio stations before joining Heavy. More about Max Dible<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tMore Heavy on Bears\n\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\tLoading more stories\n\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t