San Francisco 49ers’ general manager Trent Baalke expresses faith in Kyle Williams – NFL News
San Francisco 49ers’ general manager, Trent Baalke, has expressed his complete confidence in wide receiver, Kyle Williams, whose fumbles cost the team the National Football Conference (NFC) championship game against the New York Giants in the last National
Football League (NFL) season.
Last year, 49ers qualified for the playoffs for the first time after 2002. They could have clinched the NFC title as well of Williams had not made two fumbles in the crucial game against the Giants, who eventually won the Super Bowl XLVI.
Williams’ last fumble allowed Giants to initiate a scoring drive, which proved to be the game-winning as the Giants were able to set up a field goal.
Following the defeat, dejected 49ers’ fan got really annoyed and someone even gave Williams death threats. However, his teammates stood behind him and came in front to rescue him.
Now as the team is preparing for its next season, Baalke has said that he and the organisation completely support Williams and the general manager is hoping for the player to get over that failure and ready for the next season.
Baalke said:
"I'm not down on Kyle Williams, nor is anyone else in this organisation. It's done, it's over with, and we're moving forward. I'm very confident that Kyle will get past the incident of last year and is ready to move on. And he'll get better because of it."
That being said, it is also pertinent to note here that Giants have acquired services of a few wide receivers for their next season.
49ers have signed veteran receiver, Randy Moss, and former Giants’ receiver, Mario Manningham. Besides, they also have Michael Crabtree and Ted Ginn to play as receiver.
In presence of all these players, Williams’ position could face threat, but Baalke thinks that the presence of all these players will increase the competition and will help the management pick the right player for the starting role. He said:
"We love competition. You're trying to create it as much as you can. You don't want to overload a position, but competition is good for everyone and real good for the football team."
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