the 2026 offseason to a three-year, $45 million deal<\/a>. Barring an injury disaster or the rookie Willis going lights out in his first training camp, the contract indicates right tackle is locked down for 2026. Trent Williams will have left tackle after the 49ers locked him up in an extension as well.<\/p>\n49ers starting right guard Dominick Puni played college football at tackle, but became the 49ers\u2019 starting guard almost immediately. Puni did play six years in college, so experience helps, but he\u2019s a good example of a college tackle moving inside at guard successfully. As for left guard? That\u2019s anyone\u2019s guess.<\/p>\n
For left guard, the 49ers have options. They signed both Brett Toth and Robert Jones to one-year deals at $2.5 million and $1.75 million, respectively. Given a single year and the low amount committed, this is not a long-term answer. They also have Connor Colby coming for his second year. While Colby\u2019s rookie season was underwhelming, maybe the experience sets him up for a massive leap in Year 2.<\/p>\n
Willis noted that he considers himself an offensive lineman, not just a tackle. In addition to his understanding of playing guard, Willis also noted he\u2019s working on snapping the ball for proficiency to play center if needed. That\u2019s useful since Jake Brendal will be a free agent after the 2026 season.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s wherever they need me,\u201d Willis said, elaborating on his preparation.<\/p>\n
Of course, he could always find himself at tackle again. The 49ers are no strangers to injuries. Willis isn\u2019t set on the idea and has accepted that tackle may not be in his professional football future.<\/p>\n
\u201cI call it winning the genetic lottery. I didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t be shocked that San Francisco 49ers fourth-round pick offensive tackle Carver Willis may be kept far away…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":887591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,6,52067,2630],"class_list":["post-887590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-san-francisco-49ers-roster","tag-san-francisco-49ers-depth-chart"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116551117938937682","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887590","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=887590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/887591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=887590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=887590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=887590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}