Fans of the Dallas Cowboys are accusing the 49ers All-Pro of perhaps destroying the linebacker’s career.
On Sunday, October 8, 2023, in Santa Clara, California, offensive tackle Trent Williams of the San Francisco 49ers observes from the sidelines during the second half of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys.
On social media, Dallas Cowboys supporters are accusing offensive tackle Trent Williams of ruining linebacker Leighton Vander Esch’s season and even jeopardising his professional career.
During a local radio interview on Tuesday, Dallas owner Jerry Jones said that the 27-year-old athlete would miss the rest of the season due to a neck injury he sustained on October 8 versus San Francisco. Williams appeared to push Vander Esch from behind, sending the linebacker into defensive lineman Micah Parsons and breaking his arm. Vander Esch jammed Parsons’ leg with his neck during the crash.
Cowboys supporters had chastised Williams on X, the former Twitter, for what they considered to be a shady play that was, at the very least, “unnecessary.” With the release of this injury information, the criticism has only intensified. Naturally, that dynamic isn’t helped by the fact that one of Williams’ most well-known photos shows the lineman smirking at a furious Cowboys fan.
over the injury, Jones said that there are now concerns over Vander Esch’s career going forward.
“He’s a crucial component of that defence out there,” Jones stated on Dallas’s 105.3 FM. “We wish him well, but given the nature of his possible injury, I really have to think longer term and beyond what it means for the team in terms of next week or next month.” Everything about it revolves around what’s best for him.
The former recruit for Boise State has experienced neck problems since his collegiate days. In 2016, he suffered a pinched nerve that prevented him from playing the second part of his sophomore season. Due to a neck nerve problem that required surgery to address, he missed seven games as a professional in 2019. Spinal stenosis is a condition in which the spinal canal narrows in the lower back. In addition, he had to cope with nerve problems in his right shoulder in 2022 and a fractured collarbone in 2020.
Williams has already this season delivered a contentious single that went unpunished. The lineman hit a Giants defensive lineman in the face back in September, and he got away with it because the officials failed to see it. A week later, he was penalised for the occurrence.
Williams did not get any kind of punishment or fine for pushing Vander Esch, but it is evident that Cowboys supporters are still upset over the play more than a month after the game.
