Trent Williams ends season-long holdout, rejoins Redskins

Heard it on radio guys

The situation was messy and personal, but Williams also pointed out he wants more guaranteed money in his contract. For 2020, his deal contains no guarantees, and perhaps that's the only hurdle remaining for Williams' return to Washington.
https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/redskins/report-trent-williams-will-return-redskins-because-ron-rivera

First preference was to trade him for a 1R or even a 2R plus
Second preference was for him to sign a reasonable 3 year deal and stay
Third would be to guarantee his 2020 then he walks into FA in 2021 (assuming 2019 was an accrued year)

At this point you have to re-sign him to an extension or trade him. Can't let him play out his deal and walk for nothing next year.

Tony Pauline of Pro Football Network explained in his podcast that "the belief is Trent Williams is likely to return to Washington since they've cleaned house. A source told me outright Williams will return to Washington because of Ron Rivera."
https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/redskins/report-trent-williams-will-return-redskins-because-ron-rivera

Has any local guys confirmed this? JP Finlay isnt confirming it but just reporting what Tony Pauline said on his podcast. Who is Tony Pauline? Trents been gone from the local scene for a while so its 100% possible a national non-local person would get the scoop first since this came from someone close to Trent and not from the team.
I cant find any other local or non-local corroboration.

edit -- Wasnt Trents twitter profile picture of him in a Sooners uni and now hes in a skins uni?
https://twitter.com/trentw71?lang=en

At this point you have to re-sign him to an extension or trade him. Can't let him play out his deal and walk for nothing next year.

I think it's likely Rivera does right by him. I don't think he'll trade him, I think he'll extend him.

And if he doesn't extend him, he can always franchise him next year, though whether or not that qualifies as doing right by him is a matter of perspective.

Trent might honestly prefer that anyway at this point. This new CBA is about to add a whole shitload of money to the cap and player salaries. Trent may not want an extension right now. If I were him I'd be fine playing out this season, finding out what next year's CBA looks like, and negotiating accordingly. He might be able to get a deal that looks like 17 games worth and a bigger % of the revenue pie.

Hell, Ron could jump on it now and make him the highest paid LT in the game for the next three years, and by this time next year some other dipshit LT will get paid way more because the new CBA will affect the negotiating.

Either way this is a great thing. Trent returns and he says it's because of Ron. The locker room galvanizes and welcomes him back. The offensive line gets instantly meaner. Trent could be extended prior to the season starting to take advantage of lower prices in comparison to what the new CBA deal will look like. It's great all around.

I don't see Rivera trading Trent, I see him extending him. He knows he needs cultural wins, he deeply understands how the locker room perceives things, and he knows how far this would go towards that.

And accordingly, because of how galvanizing this will be to the players in the locker room, I'm by extension ready to run through a fucking wall. Let's GOOOO! HTTR!

and accordingly, because of how galvanizing this will be to the players in the locker room, i'm by extension ready to run through a fucking wall. Let's goooo! Httr!

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I think the Redskins will resign Trent Williams with the guaranteed money he wants. I don’t understand all the ppl who diss Trent. He was the best player on the team, a team captain and an elite OT for years on a crappy team. He’s played hurt and gave his all for the team.

He’ll get his contract with the guaranteed money he wants and he’ll play at a very good level for a couple years- until he’s replaced. I’d be very surprised if he DOESN’T resign with the Redskins. He’ll be part of a rebuilt OL.


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I think the Redskins will resign Trent Williams with the guaranteed money he wants. I don’t understand all the ppl who diss Trent. He was the best player on the team, a team captain and an elite OT for years on a crappy team. He’s played hurt and gave his all for the team.

He’ll get his contract with the guaranteed money he wants and he’ll play at a very good level for a couple years- until he’s replaced. I’d be very surprised if he DOESN’T resign with the Redskins. He’ll be part of a rebuilt OL.


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Im not sure if I am considering dissing Trent but ..

I love Trent and all that he has done but Id rather move on from him a year early vs a year late (probably already a year too late) and get some draft capital for the hopeful 2022-2025 window.

I think we can say we love Trent and mean it but also say I would rather move on from him for various reasons.

Im not sure if I am considering dissing Trent but ..



I love Trent and all that he has done but Id rather move on from him a year early vs a year late (probably already a year too late) and get some draft capital for the hopeful 2022-2025 window.



I think we can say we love Trent and mean it but also say I would rather move on from him for various reasons.



I agree with you about the “dissing” part. I was talking about fans who turned on Trent because he dared ask for more guaranteed money . He also had real concerns about his medical treatment, etc. Whatever the fans thought about all the issues that Trent brought up, it wasn’t just about money in his own mind.

Other premium players asked to be traded last year and ALL were traded. Only a nimrod like Bruce Allen would try to FORCE Trent to play. The team could have received a first rounder and MUCH MORE from Houston, but Bruce refused to even talk to them then.

So, here we are. We might get a second rounder for Trent now. He’s worth a lot more to us than that. That’s why he will be resigned and last year’s crap will be forgotten.


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