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Under the Kyle Shanahan\/John Lynch brain trust, the San Francisco 49ers have never been afraid to make an aggressive move prior to the trade deadline. However, despite having control of all their top picks, a middling record, and a laundry list of injuries, the Niners have yet to make any notable trade acquisitions.<\/p>\n
And, with less than a week to go before the deadline, Lynch downplayed the team being close to any move during a radio appearance on KNBR on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing\u2019s imminent right now. I will tell everyone that,\u201d Lynch said. \u201cBut if something does come together here\u2014the trade deadline\u2019s on election day, interesting how they did that\u2014but if anything comes by then, that makes sense, it can make us a better football team, fits with our financial position, and all those things, then we\u2019ll certainly pull the trigger.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lynch\u2019s other comments during his conversation checked off the usual bingo card of a front office executive trying to downplay expectations of any big moves on the horizon. Most notably of all, Lynch openly discussed the team\u2019s injury woes and gave listeners the classic line of returnees from injuries equating to trade acquisitions.<\/p>\n
\u201cI do look at that injury list and say, … \u2018We\u2019ve got a chance to get a lot of these guys back, and that can buoy our team,\u2019\u201d Lynch said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s as good as any trade we could make because these guys are familiar with what we do, how we do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
While the Niners have previously acquired some big name players like Christian McCaffrey and Emmanuel Sanders during the season en route to deep postseason runs, San Francisco has also made more minor moves, adding Charles Omenihu to bolster their defensive line depth in 2021. Lynch\u2019s comments seem to suggest that any additions will be closer to the Omenihu tier than anything else.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think when you\u2019re looking at a trade deadline, we\u2019ve taken advantage of it in a number of ways the years in which we\u2019ve been here,\u201d Lynch explained. \u201cIt\u2019s been really good to us. It\u2019s just got to be a fit, and you\u2019re always calling and receiving calls.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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