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The San Francisco 49ers and star left tackle Trent Williams agreed Monday to a two-year, $50 million contract that gives the team clarity about the future of one of its most important players before the NFL draft.Williams' agency, Elite Loyalty Sports, announced the deal that includes $37 million of fully guaranteed money and a $22 million signing bonus. Williams had been owed about $33 million this season in the final year of a three-year, $82.3 million deal he had signed before the 2024 season before agreeing to the new contract.The 49ers got the deal done on the first day of their offseason program and three days before the start of the draft. San Francisco has the 27th pick in the first round and had been linked to some tackles but that could be less of a priority now that Williams is under contract for two more seasons.As I told Trent when we started this thing, my hope is that his name, his number, are up in those rafters with a lot of great players that have played here, general manager John Lynch said. "Theres a buzz in the building, the players are back, its the first day back for phase one. But, theres a buzz because what Trent means to this place. So, were very excited.Williams turns 38 in July but is still playing at a high level after making the Pro Bowl and earning second-team All-Pro honors.San Francisco originally acquired Williams from Washington for a third- and fifth-round pick during the 2020 draft and re-signed him to a six-year, $138.1 million contract the following offseason. The sides did a reworked three-year deal just before the start of the 2024 season after Williams held out of training camp.There was much less drama this time around as the two sides came to the agreement before the start of the offseason program.Williams is coming off his 12th Pro Bowl season the most for any offensive tackle and is two shy of tying Hall of Famer Bruce Matthews record for any offensive lineman.Williams made three straight All-Pro teams from 2021-23 before being hampered by injuries in 2024. He was healthy for most of last season, playing 16 games for the first time since 2013.Williams 40 pressures allowed last season were his most since his rookie season with Washington in 2010, according to Pro Football Focus, but he still remained one of the top left tackles in the game in both run and pass blocking.Were fired up, quarterback Brock Purdy said. Its going to be good getting back. Hes got a lot left. I know hes going to have a chip on shoulder to go out and get a ring for him and his resume and his career and I want to help him do that. The 49ers have not drafted a tackle with a Day 1 or Day 2 draft pick since acquiring Williams from Washington during the 2020 draft, leaving the team with no obvious succession plan for when Williams tenure in San Francisco is finished.Only two tackles in the last 20 seasons Andrew Whitworth and Jason Peters have played more than 125 snaps on offense in a season after turning 38, but San Francisco is counting on Williams to do that. We did a two-year deal with Trent with great confidence that Trents going to be here for a couple years," Lynch said. "The way he takes care of himself, where his hearts at. In the inception of this offseason, I sat down with Trent, 'Where you at, man, whats on your mind, whats on your heart? That gave us a great feel. I think theres going to be more and more cases of guys playing to this level with just the way they are taking care of themselves. I have a high degree of confidence that Trent can and will do that for us.___AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFL

Some NFL draft prospects get worn out by the league's marathon draft process.Fernando Mendoza embraced it. He did the interviews, made the rounds and firmed up his draft night plans with his trademark smile and positive attitude. Now all he can do is wait to see what happens Thursday night.The Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback and overwhelming favorite to be taken No. 1 overall said Monday he's enjoyed each step along the path as he anticipates starting the next chapter of his football journey whether it's in Las Vegas backing up Kirk Cousins or going to some other team. It's been long, but it's been great because a job interview usually is a couple of weeks or even a single day in the office, but this job interview has been a couple of months," Mendoza told The Associated Press. The teams know everything about you, and that's been my favorite part. They can peel back the layers and see the true you. It's been great to test my football IQ, my football knowledge.The Raiders or any of the three other teams he spoke to likely found little to quibble with.In fact, Mendoza and pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced Monday they had formed a new partnership with the quarterback becoming a spokesman urging people to get early cancer screenings. It seems a natural pairing given that he has watched someone close to him battle cancer, his mother is still battling multiple sclerosis and his father is a doctor.Two commercials have been cut and are scheduled to air Thursday night, and Mendoza said he expects this campaign, Every Breakthrough Matters, to expand, potentially into other health battles.Still, Mendoza's mind is mostly on football though he's not dropping any hints about whether he knows what the Raiders are thinking.While he's met three times with Las Vegas officials since leading the Indiana Hoosiers to their first national title in mid-January, the Boston-born Mendoza also met his boyhood favorite, Raiders minority owner Tom Brady, who got an in-person look at Mendoza at the championship game.He's also spoken with the New York Jets, Arizona Cardinals and Cleveland Browns, who hold the second, third and sixth overall picks and could be in the market for a new franchise quarterback.But he also denied suggestions he's been studying a Las Vegas playbook, explaining the rumors started after he sought help from former NFL quarterback and quarterbacks coach Brian Griese to get a head start on some elements of what he expects to see wherever he lands. Mendoza and Griese attended the same Miami high school Christopher Columbus decades apart.We knew each other and I reached out to him and said Hey, Ive got to get ready for this. I don't care what my Pro Day looks like, I just want to help my guys on Pro Day and I want to be the best quarterback come September, can you help me with this?' Mendoza said. He (played) in the West Coast offense so we were able to install a lot of West Coast concepts, just general concepts and under center concepts every single team runs.But Mendoza also wants to keep Thursday night low key.Instead of traveling to Pittsburgh where the draft will be held, he wants to spend some time completing this journey with those who helped him reach this point, including his younger brother, Alberto. They'll all be surrounding Fernando Mendoza in Miami on Thursday night.I've done so much traveling this year, it's a lot easier for my mom and her health is at the forefront, Mendoza said. We need to hop on a plane the next day for whatever team drafts me and to be there with the village that's poured into me friends, family, coaches, mentors to be there with all of them and to share the start of this NFL journey, it's going to create the best memory for our family.___AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl

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