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49ers star Trent Williams admits he forgot he played for Commanders

Williams spent a decade with Washington before being traded to San Francisco in 2020, then made three All-Pro teams with his new team—perhaps explaining the memory lapse.

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  1. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTime to pay that off: 49ers tackle Trent Williams says, with a smile, "Sometimes I forget that I even played there."

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHe means Washington, who visit San Francisco on Monday night.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorHe played there for ten seasons, though he only suited up for nine of them. Washington drafted him fourth overall in twenty ten.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHe missed the year in the middle.

  5. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHe had a dispute with the team over health care and his contract, and he sat out the twenty nineteen season.

  6. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorHe told reporters in twenty twenty it was about respect, not money, when he left. Washington traded him to San Francisco that year.

  7. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSince then he has made first-team All-Pro three times and gone to five more Pro Bowls.

  8. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentCommentators at Heavy say forgetting seven straight Pro Bowls is a little bizarre.

  9. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSeven in a row. I have forgotten entire embassies, but never seven of anything.

  10. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentEntire embassies.

  11. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorFrom now on, I want a forgotten-and-found check on every story: does the main figure remember where they started?

  12. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe Niners come in at five and oh, without Nick Bosa and Deebo Samuel, according to Newsweek.

  13. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWashington will not have to be reminded who they are. Rex, do they remember you?

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