Niners GM John Lynch ‘didn’t entertain any’ trade offers for Deebo Samuel, Brandon Aiyuk on Friday

Aiyuk is trying for an extension, and stories and rumors about him probably being traded have been in abundance for weeks. Samuel’s identify was extra lately added to the combo.

When the 49ers picked Florida’s Pearsall on the tail finish of Friday’s first spherical it appeared solely to intensify the intrigue round Samuel or Aiyuk transferring, with the Buffalo Bills and the New England Patriots among the many suitors named.

While Lynch appeared to quell trade speak at Friday evening’s finish, Thursday evening’s post-draft information convention had a barely totally different tone, resulting in loads of Friday morning buzz.

Lynch and Shanahan every mentioned they’d taken calls and underscored that they at all times pay attention and would by no means shut the door.

“Never close the door on a trade,” Lynch mentioned Thursday. “I mean, we’ll always listen and we have. But we like our group as it stands.”

“I thought it was unlikely going into it, but that doesn’t mean that it can’t happen,” Shanahan mentioned. “So, I mean, you listen to everything.”

NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported Friday morning that there was definitely nonetheless a risk of a 49ers trade. San Francisco moved round with its draft picks on Friday, however didn’t transfer both of its standout vast receivers.

According to Lynch, they didn’t entertain any of the offers they acquired, however as a minimum it made for some leisure throughout the second and third rounds.

Heading into Day 3 of the draft, Brock Purdy‘s high two targets are nonetheless on the roster, and it seems the trade rumblings have settled.