Trent Williams: Jimmy G is a 'quarterback you can win with'

The San Francisco 49ers had one of the most talented rosters in the NFL last season, and they added another valuable piece this offseason when they traded for left tackle Trent Williams. The Pro Bowl lineman has mostly blocked for mediocre quarterbacks in his career, so he expressed his excitement to be playing with 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo.

"I think Jimmy G is awesome," Williams told Ian Rapoport on the RapSheet + Friends podcast. "I think he has proven that he's a quarterback that you can win with. In this league, it's just hard to find. Quarterback is the toughest position and I think that's why you see the contracts where they are. Having a quarterback that you know is going to make the right read, the right throw, I think that has to allow Kyle (Shanahan), you know, give him a chance to sleep at night because just having a guy you know who won't throw the game away for you. You put him in the best position possible. He'll win."

Williams is widely considered one of the elite left tackles in the NFL, as he made seven straight Pro Bowls between 2012-2018 and was a second-team All-Pro in 2015 while playing in Washington. He missed the entire 2019 season and was traded to the 49ers in April in exchange for a fifth-round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft and a third-round pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. Williams told Rapoport that he was thrilled to be a part of a team that didn't rely on him to win.

"From being in my position, not having a lot of success in the league, having a good quarterback then to having a kind of musical chairs back there, I know the importance of it," he said. "So I'm extremely happy just to be part of an offense that really don't need me to win. I add to it."