Over the past few weeks, there have been a lot of rumors and reports suggesting the San Francisco 49ers could be interested in trading either of their superstar wide receivers, Brandon Aiyuk or Deebo Samuel. But it sounds like the team is no longer interested in making a possible trade.
During an appearance on the Pat McAfee Show on Thursday afternoon, San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch made it clear that the team was no longer interested in trading away either of the star wide receivers.
“During the course of drafts and offseasons, do conversations happen? Absolutely they do,” Lynch said on the show according to Cam Inman of the Bay Area News Group. “We’re past that now.
“We’re thrilled to add to that group [of] Jauan Jennings, Brandon Aiyuk, Deebo Samuel, Chris Conley, Ronnie Bell, Danny Gray, and now you add Ricky Pearsall, Jake Cowing. We made an already strong group even stronger.”
The Niners obviously had one of the most talented rosters in the entire season last year, making it to the Super Bowl where they fell to the Kansas City Chiefs in overtime. And it sounds like Lynch is doing everything he can to try and keep that lineup together. And that includes Aiyuk and Samuel.
“I’m doing everything in my power to keep our roster together. That’s my goal. And I don’t question that,” Lynch said. “I’ve got so much belief. When you’ve got Brandon Aiyuk and Deebo, those are guys we drafted. They’re guys we take a lot of pride in who they’ve become. We couldn’t be more proud of those guys.”
“Part of my job is to think about the now and to think into the future, as well. … We don’t do that without thinking, ‘Can these guys contribute right away?’ We have a vision for both those guys [Pearsall and Cowing], how they can contribute. They represent a lot of the qualities we like. They were the best players there for us at the time. We’re thrilled to add those guys to an already strong room. We’re ready to roll forward.”
We’ll have to see how the roster looks next season and how the Niners are able to perform.
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