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The San Francisco 49ers already have a loaded room at wide receiver, but that didn’t stop them from trying to pull off what would have been the biggest trade of the NFL offseason.
According to ESPN, the 49ers were one of at least three teams that called the Minnesota Vikings about possibly making a trade for Justin Jefferson.
So who tried to make a deal for the Vikings star? Adam Schefter named all three teams during the most recent episode of his podcast.
“There were teams that reached out,” Schefter said. “The New York Jets reached out about Justin Jefferson. The Indianapolis Colts reached out about Justin Jefferson. The San Francisco 49ers reached out about Justin Jefferson.”
Of the teams on this list, the 49ers are arguably the most interesting. They’ve been dealing with drama all offseason at the receiver position with Brandon Aiyuk, who’s looking to get a new contract. That drama increased during the draft when speculation was rampant that the 49ers might look to trade either Aiyuk or Deebo Samuel.
In the six weeks since the draft, things haven’t gotten much better between Aiyuk and the 49ers. The receiver is expected to get hit with more than $100,000 in fines after skipping mandatory minicamp this week.
It’s not clear what Aiyuk’s asking price is, but if he’s looking to make more than $30 million per year, it’s possible the 49ers were thinking that it might make more sense to just go after Jefferson and give him that money instead of giving it to Aiyuk.
If the 49ers had made a trade for Jefferson, they could have thrown Aiyuk or Samuel in the deal or they could have kept all three by letting Aiyuk play out the final year of his rookie deal, which is set to pay him $14.12 million.
As for the timeline of the 49ers’ interest, Schefter said that all three teams called Minnesota BEFORE the draft. If you’re wondering why we didn’t see a trade happen, it’s…
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Author : John Breech
Publish date : 2024-06-06 17:04:43
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