After Rams Myles Garrett blockbuster, 49ers need to deal for Maxx Crosby

SANTA CLARA — Like everyone else in 49ers country, Trent Williams wasn’t exactly thrilled about the Rams trading for All-Pro edge rusher Myles Garrett this week.“It sucks,” said the 49ers left tackle, who now has to deal with the NFL’s best pass rusher twice a year, not counting the playoffs.Yeah, it does.And it puts the ball squarely in the court of the 49ers, specifically John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan, to make a counter move to pull even with the Rams.It’s not panic time, necessarily.But the stakes are too high, and the margin for error too thin, for the 49ers to just sit back and do nothing while the Rams continue to put distance between themselves and everyone else in the NFL.Especially when there is a big move to be made involving an edge rusher every bit as disruptive as Garrett.His name is Maxx Crosby, he resides just over 500 miles away in Las Vegas, and for the right price, he can be pried away from the rebuilding Raiders.It’s time to push the chips to the middle of the table, and that means Lynch calling Raiders general manager John Spytek and making an offer. According to multiple league sources, that deal framework would likely be a 2027 first-round pick, a 2028 second-round pick and young defensive end Mykel Williams for Crosby.Remember, the Condor began his illustrious career in the Bay Area back in 2019.

And he longs to win at the highest level and play on the NFL’s biggest stages.It’s why he wanted to leave the Raiders last March and welcomed a trade to the Baltimore Ravens.The chance to be a difference-maker on a playoff-caliber team in meaningful games in January and potentially February burns at his core.Still very much in his prime at 28-years-old, he absolutely deserves the chance to maximize the years he’s still at the top of his game.The 49ers can make that happen — even if it means giving up some future assets.Los Angeles has never been worried about trading away draft picks and young players to acquire difference-maki...