Although 49ers left tackle Trent Williams said at the end of last season that he will be back this season, that doesn’t appear certain.
The 49ers and Williams have made no progress on a new contract, according to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network.
Williams is heading into the final year of his current contract and has a $38.8 million cap number that the 49ers would like to reduce. If they can agree on a new deal that would lower that cap number this year while guaranteeing him some money in 2027, that could make sense for both sides.
But if the two sides can’t come to an agreement, it’s possible that the 49ers would cut Williams. The 37-year-old Williams is still playing well, but the 49ers may decide that their long-term interests are better served by moving on.
Whether it’s in San Francisco or elsewhere, Williams believes he has a few good years left in his career, and he’ll be a sought-after free agent if the 49ers move on.
Kicker Jake Moody is set to hit the open market.
Via reporter Jordan Schultz, the Commanders will not place a restricted free agent tender on Moody, allowing him to become an unrestricted free agent next week.
Moody, a 49ers’ third-round pick in 2023, ended the 2025 season with Washington. Appearing in six games for the club, Moody connected on 10-of-11 field goals and 10-of-11 extra points.
San Francisco waived Moody after he missed a pair of field goals in Week 1. He kicked in two games for Chicago before making his way to Washington late in the year.
In his 40 career games, Moody has made 78.0 percent of his field goal attempts and 97.3 percent of his extra points.
The 49ers are keeping their veteran long snapper.
San Francisco announced on Tuesday that the club has re-signed Jon Weeks to a one-year deal.
Weeks was set to become an unrestricted free agent next week.
Weeks joined San Francisco last year after spending his first 15 seasons with Houston. He earned his second career Pro Bowl berth with the 49ers in 2025.
Weeks has not missed a game since entering the league in 2010 as an undrafted free agent, playing in 261 contests. Weeks turned 40 on Feb. 17.
The coming quarterback carousel may not include Mac Jones.
Per The Athletic, a market has not yet emerged for the backup to 49ers starter Brock Purdy.
It makes sense. With plenty of free-agent options currently available — and with more coming as cuts are made — quarterback-needy teams are far more likely to consider players who could be acquired without losing a draft pick.
The 49ers wisely signed Jones to a two-year deal last year, giving them full control over his rights for 2026. They say they don’t want to trade him, but that’s surely posturing. For the right price, they’d find another No. 2 for the coming season.
Jones is due to make only $3.25 million in 2026. If someone trades for him with the idea of making him the starter or a competitor for the job, he may want a raise. That adds another wrinkle to the situation.
For now, it makes sense for the teams that are looking for quarterbacks to look to the open market. Once the initial wave subsides, a team that has yet to satisfactorily address the position may decide to make a play for the 2021 first-round pick.
Some of the moves that will be made over the next week will be surprising. Some will not be.
In the “not surprising” category comes the news, via Adam Schefter of ESPN.com, that the Texans will release veteran safety Jimmie Ward.
Ward, 34, didn’t play in 2025, due to both placement on the Commissioner Exempt list and, after that, the Physically Unable to Perform list. He suffered a foot injury late in the 2024 season.
The move, per Schefter, creates $750,000 in net cap space.
Picked in the first round of the 2014 draft by the 49ers, Ward spent nine seasons in San Francisco. He signed with the Texans in 2023, when 49ers defensive coordinator DeMeco Ryans became the head coach of the Texans.
Ward appeared in 10 regular-season games with 10 starts in 2023, and 10 regular-season games with 10 starts in 2024.
