Christian McCaffrey Returns & Trent Williams' Massive Contract | GSMC Football Podcast

and welcome everybody to another edition of the gsmc football podcast brought to you by the gsmc sports network as always I'm your host Kenneth grunfelder and it's great to have you guys here on this Wednesday September 4th we have a lot to talk about on the show today before I get into that just want to remind you guys to tip or donate get your comment recognize make sure to go to the dollar dollar sign icon in the chat uh this will create a super chat for you any comment anything you want to say on the live broadcast it'll be highlighted I will acknowledge it and it just makes the show more lively between myself the host and you guys the viewers uh any contribution that you make or can make to the show means the world to us and also the other way to help out the show is by going to the link gsmc podcast. net and again any contribution that you guys can make to the show means the world to us as we give you guys content each and every day Monday through Friday so let's get into what we are going to discuss for today so we're going to start off the show uh talk about a couple things with the 49ers Christian mcaffrey returning to practice was dealing with a calf injury but he's practicing so looks like he's going to be good to go for the Monday night matchup against the Jets coming up and also Trent Williams and the 49ers were able to come to an agreement on a new contract I think I did bring that up during the show yesterday but that's a big deal um you know and they were already in communication after they got everything squared away with Brandon iuk but they were able to get things done so he's back so the 49ers are basically at full strength on offense going into this game against the Jets so we'll talk about that then in the second part of the show we'll talk about Stefon digs some recent comments he had um kind of you know calling out his critics and and just some of the things that he had to say about last season with the bills then we'll talk about some of the matchups that I'm excited for going into week one that was a topic of conversation uh yesterday in our production meeting uh some of the other hosts were doing uh topics on that so I thought you know I would do that as well and then in the final two segments I will do uh standings prediction so we'll do the AFC North in the fourth part of the show and then in the last part of the show I will cover the AFC South as well I'll give you my predictions for that division as well so with that being said let's get into the first topic which is talking about the 49ers so a couple things to go over there and the first thing is Christian mcaffrey of course returning to practice I was dealing with the calf injury basically throughout the whole summer and obviously you know that's an injury that you know isn't easy to deal with um but you know and mcaffrey has been able to play pretty much every game since the 49ers acquired him a couple years ago because with the Panthers you know he did miss a lot of time the last couple years he was there and you know the 49ers they want to be very careful with him because he is a huge part of what they do and you know should have won MVP last year or at least was one of the players that one of the nine quarterbacks that should have won MVP last year uh he was unbelievable and yeah the 49ers they they want to make sure that he's right because they don't want him to you know aggrav aggravate that even more and then he's out because the 49ers they're a little bit thin at the running back position behind mcaffrey because Elijah Mitchell he's out for the year he got put on season ending uh injured reserve and he's a guy that has been banged up a lot over the course of his career he can't stay on the field in his short career so they're a little bit thin there they got Jordan Mason as the rb2 but you know if mcaffry goes down that that's that would be a huge problem for the 49ers but at least for the moment he's back and you know he's ready to go for this matchup against the Jets but yeah he's had a history of injury concerns uh during 2020 and 2021 he played in only 10 games with the Panthers but he has stayed healthy the last couple of years uh he appeared in all 17 games in 2022 and last year in 16 games and I think the one game was of course the finale against the Rams last year and he led the NFL last year with, 1459 rushing yards 564 receiving yards and 2 total touchdowns so I don't know if he's going to get to 21 this year but he's definitely going to score a lot of touchdowns if he's on the field he did get offensive player of the year last year has three Pro Bowls two first team All Pro nods so you know an impressive resume for him but like I said kind of thin when it comes to the depth behind him so hopefully they don't have to use their depth now Jordan Mason's going to come in to give him a little bit of a break from time to time and the 49ers are are of course one of the best teams in the NFL so there's going to be some games where they're going to be blowing teams out and they'll probably pull mcaffrey and give Mason you know the rest of the workload um in mop up time but let's hope that we don't have to get to that point where you know Jordan Mason has to take over but again mcaffrey is one of the best players in the NFL and he plays for one of the best teams in the NFL and the 49ers want to make sure that you know he stays healthy and they already were talking about monitoring his workload throughout the year so um but the good news is he's back at practice but then I also wanted to get to Trent Williams as well so this was the other star player for the N for the ners that wanted a new deal you know they finally got all the Brandon IOU stuff squared away but Trent Williams is a very important player on this offense as well because he is the best left tackle in the NFL um you know protects Brock pie and when he was out along with Debo Samuel last year the 49ers struggled and they cannot afford to go into this game against the Jets who have a very good pass rush without their left tackle and now he's going to be there he got his new contract and that contract is a three-year deal uh $82.60 million $48 million guaranteed and a 25 pretty much a $25.7 million signing bonus totaling $103 million and guarantees since Williams joined the 49ers in 2021 now this will make him so he'll make 27.6 million in salary in 2024 and that's the highest cash payout for any line in the first year of a contract so getting him back is huge and you know now the 49ers on offense they go in at full strength going up against the Jets and we'll talk about that matchup a little bit later in the show but that's one of the more intriguing matchups of week one because you know for the Jets you know they got Aaron Rogers coming back and I just want to see Aaron Rogers play a full game for the Jets and they got a very good pass rush so we'll see how that game plays out but getting mcaffrey get getting mcaffrey back and Trump Williams back is huge and yeah like I said the 49ers are basically a full strength on defense they're still going to be missing Dre Greenlaw because he's still recovering from his injury that he suffered in the Super Bowl and I don't know what the the timetable is for him to return but that is a big piece on defense that they lost and hopefully he's able to come back at some point um but yeah I don't see any I'm looking right now I don't see really any updates I mean I see a headline that says Drake green lost Shar is encouraging Achilles up uh injury update and that was in May so hopefully you know at some point he'll come back during the year but um yeah that is a that's a big injury on the defensive side of the ball but I did also want to bring this up um and I know it's kind of a touchy subject but also their rookie wide receiver Ricky piol is recovering from a gunshot wound um he was involved in a robbery someone tried to Rob him ended up getting shot in the chest area but um no vital organs were hit um and you know he's he I think he was released from the hospital um because I know the an earlier update was he was in critical but stable condition um so which I feel like that kind of contradicts the other but um but needless to say he is I I think he was released from the hospital and he's going to be he's he got put on the the pup list but yeah he's going to be so he was shot more in the chest shoulder area um which again thankfully um he's going to be okay but it's just you know it's just another touchy subject that uh you know it's just a reminder that you know this world is uh you know can be a scary place at times and um but again thankfully he's going to be it seems like he's going to be okay and uh at some point he will make his return to the field and I know Debo Samuel tweeted something you know encouraging and um yeah but just a a scary situation there and um yeah so he's going to miss at least the first four games of the season but um yeah I I I mean we're talking about the 49ers so I I figured you know bring it up but yeah so he was discharged from the hospital on Sunday um but yeah so peaw was upgraded from serious to fair condition earlier Sunday so I think that's what it was so he was you know he wasn't in great condition but they got him to be stable um so yeah but he is he's out of the hospital and uh again that is very encouraging so you know can't wait to see him back on the field um and helping out the 49ers but yeah scary situation there um but yeah so that's basically all the 49ers stuff that I wanted to go over here here in the top of the uh well here at the beginning of the show uh let me know what you guys think though about any of the stuff that I talked about as the uh again 49ers are getting ready to play on Monday Monday so you know let's see uh you know excited to see uh how their players do I know I got a few of them in fantasy perie uh KD and Debo so hopefully they all have uh big games uh on Monday so we're going to take our first break of the show and then when we come back we'll talk about Stefon Diggs some of his recent comments uh responding to his critics so with that being said stick around and we'll be right back here on the gsmc football podcast