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The San Francisco 49ers are continuing their injury-riddled season, and they'll be without Trent Williams in Week 12 against the Green Bay Packers. There had been some optimism about Williams despite not practicing after playing through an ankle injury in Week 11 against the Seattle Seahawks, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
“49ers are optimistic that OT Trent Williams, who is listed as questionable for Sunday's game due to his ankle injury, will be able to play vs. the Packers,” Schefter wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “But they also need to see how he feels in pre-game warmups to know if he will be able to go and protect QB Brandon Allen.”
Instead, Williams is inactive. Allen is making his first start in more than two years, so it's a bummer to not have Williams in front of him to protect him. The Packers will try to get after Allen to force him into mistakes.
49ers continue to deal with injuries
With Brock Purdy already ruled out with a shoulder injury, the 49ers are going to need as many healthy bodies on the field as they can get. Injuries have been the story of the season for San Francisco, and just when it feels like they're about to get healthy, somebody else goes down.
At 5-5, the 49ers are still in position to make a run for a playoff spot, and the hope is that by next week, they get Purdy back. As of now, Brandon Allen is going to have to lead the offense, and he still has some weapons to surprise some people. Look for San Francisco to rely a lot on Christian McCaffrey to control the game, but not having Trent Williams will make things a bit more difficult to do.
A loss to Green Bay would have them at 5-6 before a trip to Buffalo.
