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Nick Wagoner, ESPN Staff WriterNov 20, 2024, 06:00 AM ET
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- Nick Wagoner is an NFL press reporter at ESPN. Nick has actually covered the San Francisco 49ers and the NFL at ESPN because 2016, having actually formerly covered the St. Louis Rams for 12 years, consisting of 3 years (2013 to 2015) at ESPN. In his 10 years with the business, Nick has actually led ESPN’s protection of the Niners’ 2019 Super Bowl run, Colin Kaepernick’s demonstration, the Rams making Michael Sam the very first freely gay gamer prepared to the NFL, Sam’s subsequent pursuit of a lineup area and the group’s moving and arena legend. You can follow Nick through Twitter @nwagoner
SANTA CLARA, Calif.– In the days after Super Bowl LVIII, left deal with Trent Williams hung around in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, with a handful of fellow San Francisco 49ers.
After a day on the golf course with running back Christian McCaffrey, fullback Kyle Juszczyk and others, Williams and the Niners team retired to the villa owned by Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning.
The journey was indicated to be an escape from the overtime loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. For Williams, it ended up being moreover when among Manning’s well-known next-door neighbors– LeBron James– appeared.
Williams and the Los Angeles Lakers forward had actually satisfied in the past, when Williams had actually assisted Auston Mims, an offending lineman at the University of Oregon and the boy of among James’ closest pals.
This time was various. Williams had actually currently chosen he wasn’t prepared to retire. With another long season behind him and his 36th birthday approaching in July, he was believing more about how to extend his profession and remain at the peak of his occupation.
What much better individual to test on the subject than James, the 39-year-old who remained in the middle of his 21st NBA season and had 4 champions on his résumé.
“When you see and speak with a guy like that who is going and doing it at the greatest level we’ve ever seen and does not reveal any indications of decreasing,” Williams stated. “I understand that it can be done.”
As the night went on, they talked about how to overcome losing a champion and what it requires to sustain success as you age.
Williams, long considered as the very best offensive take on in the NFL, started making way of life modifications in the last couple of years and has actually considering that hearkened James’ recommendations on diet plan, training and healing routines. Among the league’s finest takes on in history, Andrew Whitworth, made comparable modifications to extend his profession and won a Super Bowl at age 40– something Williams can utilize as a plan.
“Whitworth is a guy that not just myself, I believe a great deal of tackles my age and more youthful … took a look at it as that requirement of durability due to the fact that he did it all the method to the end,” Williams stated.