49ers left tackle Trent Williams won’t make his preseason debut in Week 2 against the Chargers. He was out Thursday for their first joint practice with Los Angeles, and head coach Kyle Shanahan said Williams would miss the entire week.
The good news for San Francisco is that Shanahan doesn’t anticipate missing Williams for more than one week. The left tackle had his knee drained following a hit in Monday’s practice.
“Trent, he was going to go to this day,” Shanahan said. “He had a little swelling in his knees so we drained it out. He’s going to take this week off and hopefully he’ll be ready for the Las Vegas week.”
Getting Williams on the field at some point in the preseason isn’t super imperative given his familiarity with the offense. However, the 49ers would probably like to get him in for a handful of snaps just to gear up for the regular season.
Shanahan didn’t sound concerned when pressed on a possible long-term issue for Williams. Missing the second week of the preseason isn’t a huge deal. If that lingers into the third week it could definitely raise some alarms. For now though, the 49ers only anticipate a week absence for the veteran which will give rookie LT Jaylon Moore some additional reps against the Chargers starters.
