K’Waun Williams found plenty of interest on the open market, but the 49ers managed to keep him from straying. On Wednesday, the Niners agreed to a new one-year deal with the slot cornerback (Twitter link via NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport).
The veteran cover man agreed to a modest contract to stay in San Francisco, rejoining the 49ers on a one-year, $2.38MM pact, Rapoport adds (via Twitter). This agreement comes after Williams’ three-year, $10MM extension expired after the 2020 season.
The Lions, Chiefs, and Jets also had their eye on Williams. The Jets were an especially logical destination, since Williams played for Robert Saleh in San Francisco.
Williams was limited to just eight games last year between his ankle injuries and knee issues. But, in the previous year, he played in 15 contests with eight starts while snagging two interceptions.
Williams, 30 in July, started his career as a Browns UDFA. Since then, he’s blossomed into one of the league’s stronger slot specialists. Now, he’ll return for another season, along with recently re-signed corners Emmanuel Moseley and Jason Verrett. Richard Sherman, meanwhile, seems destined to head elsewhere.
I actually screamed out loud. So awesome to see him back. Sorry to see Hyder and Akello go to the enemy. Can’t resign them all…. love the efforts to bring as many back as they did.
I’m not too sure Sherman is getting that much FA love. 2 of his last three years have been injury prone and the one good year he had, he had a nasty front seven causing all kinds of havoc. He isn’t the player he was 4 or 5 years ago.
Totally true. He can be good in the right scheme, needs to play that Ronde Barber Tampa 2 role. He doesn’t have that recovery speed anymore but he’s smart enough to excel in smaller zones.