Trade Deadline Reaction: 49ers Fail to Make a Move While NFL Blockbusters Abound

Trade Deadline Reaction: 49ers Fail to Make a Move While NFL Blockbusters Abound

Some major NFL trade blockbusters really shaking up the entire league. The Seattle Seahawks getting in on the action. A Jets fire cell. The San Francisco 49ers though did not get involved at the deadline. Why didn’t they and was it the right move on today’s locked on 49ers? You are locked on 49ers. Your daily San Francisco 49ers podcast, part of the Locked On podcast network. Your team every day. Welcome to Lockdown 49ers. Brian Peacock and Eric Crocker. Post Deadline special live episode here on this Tuesday, uh, November 4th, 2025. Deadline is coming, gone. We’re going to break down what the 49ers did not do and and maybe some other rumored deals that that should they have made uh and why they didn’t. Of course, some deals that did get done around the NFL. Some big time trades and it was a really fun trade deadline here as they have become a lot more fun in recent years. Uh today’s episode of Locked on 49ers is brought to you by FanDuel, America’s number one sports book. And right now, new customers can bet just $5. And if your bet wins, you’ll get $300 in bonus bets to use across the FanDuel app. And make sure everybody that you’re subscribed out there on YouTube or wherever you are listening to this podcast. See a lot of folks in here live ready to go um jazzed up and and maybe disappointed by what the 49ers did or did not do at the trade deadline here uh in 2025. So Croc, I think we have to start with the 49ers not making a move at the deadline. They did a a deal last week for Keon White. They’ve made a couple of moves this year. Started uh with bringing in Sky Moore earlier on in the off season and Bryce Huff was, you know, a springtime deal to try to bring that defensive line together. Of course, there’s been massive injuries now on that line and Bryce Huff himself coming back from a hamstring injury. Brian Robinson in camp was added to the running back group. And so they did make some moves and there was some aggression by John Lynch and the 49ers to put this team together, but at some point the injuries were too much and potentially the asking prices were too high from other teams at this NFL trade deadline and they did not pull off a move on this Tuesday. Are you shocked by that, Croc? I I was muted there. Uh uh no, I’m not shocked. I’m not shocked. You know, I I like the one move that the 49ers did, especially when you start to look at what a lot of these teams gave up to acquire some of the talent. You know, we talked about the big defensive tackle, Quinnon Williams over with Dallas. Sas Gardner, that was a shock to me to see Sas Gardner not only traded, but traded for two first round picks. This is a guy who hit the ground running at the NFL level, played extremely well as a rookie, but since then, it feels like some of his players kind of tapered off just a little bit each year. and to see him go for two first round picks. So, I’m kind of good with where the 49ers sat. I’d say the one thing that works in those teams favors that did trade to acquire talent. With draft picks, you never know what they are, right? So, let’s say hypothetically speaking, uh the 49ers, they got the 13th overall pick, 12th overall pick. Uh you know what? Hey, let’s go get Quinnon Williams. You know, let’s trade this pick for Quinnon Williams. I think people would take that over drafting maybe a Mike Hill Williams who may be a little bit more of a project. So, and obviously there’s a financial aspect to it as well, which a lot of times you you take on a lot of money or you have to end up signing these guys to bigger contracts. But ultimately, I think the 49ers kind of where they are, a lot of highric players on their team, a lot of high price players who have been hurt or injured. I I think where they’re at, not not the worst thing. not the worst team. I’m kind of in line with the new in the chat here who says, “This isn’t the year to put all your chips in. I like the approach of not doing much.” Um I I think if there was a move to be made, then I think the 49ers would have made it. And I think we saw that move with Keon White where it didn’t cost you very much. You’re doing a late round pick swap. It’s it’s not that expensive. I don’t think this is a year that the 49ers should have been spending premium picks. And you know, maybe if Nick Bosa, Fred Warner aren’t hurt and they’re going to be back for the for the stretch, you think, man, this could be a Super Bowl team. Maybe you add one piece. But at the same time, if Fred Warner and Nick Bosa are healthy, you probably don’t even need to add a piece because you already feel like you’re going to get some guys offense with Ricky Pearson and Brandon Iayuk and and um and you know, Brock Pury getting healthy and that would be sort of your additions to the second half of the roster to go make a run at this thing. So, uh, if there was a deal to be made, I did not see one that it was like, “Oh, man, that was cheap. The 49ers should have done that. It would have really helped them down the stretch.” I didn’t see any of those deals get done. And I have a feeling what John Lynch was trying to do. And I think he was aggressive making phone calls and shopping around. Uh that he was just finding that there was not a deal that really made sense that made this team better now that would have cost uh the right amount or that if it did cost a little bit more and maybe a premium pick, a day two pick say would have needed to be involved that it was going to move a needle for them this year and be something that really help them a lot next year. So, I think that’s why we are where we’re at. And I know that that a lot of fans are disappointed and and wanted the 49ers to get involved and seeing all these big blockbuster moves that we’re going to talk about here in a little bit go down and wanted to be a part of that and have some fun, but you can’t make moves just to make moves. And I don’t think you should be throwing draft picks around uh just to just to do something, right? And so, probably prudent that the 49ers stood Pat, didn’t make any moves, especially based on some of the asking prices I’m seeing out there. I think really the two big names that made the most sense for the 49ers. We saw one deal yesterday with Jaylen Phillips getting traded from the Dolphins to the Eagles and I thought that one was kind of a little pricey. The sauce and Quinn and Williams blockbusters also I think overpays and I think that’s where those deals got done is uh the teams were willing to pay a lot for them and I don’t think the 49ers should have paid those prices for those players. We you remember last week we were talking about Quinnon Williams where there was a report uh that it was like a second round pick is what they were asking and we’re like yeah second round pick for Quinton Williams be a part of this thing going in the future would help now and turns out it was a first and a second round pick for Quinton Williams that that’s too much that that’s not where the 49ers need to be and they can’t really be adding a bunch of big salaries and spending premium picks on top of it for players right now with the way this thing is built and with all the injuries. I think it’s a team they have to take their medicine a little bit and keep building this thing and and try to draft some more players and get some cost control talent and keep getting younger uh and stronger that way through the draft going forward. I think that’s just the right way for this team to go about it. Now they have three fourth round picks. You know, some comp picks are coming. If they could have got a player for a for a day three pick that might have made a difference, sure, but it sounds like that player wasn’t out there croc. And so that yeah, I think we’re kind of on the same page there where just nothing really made sense. And I think that’s, you know, you can throw a name out there. They weren’t coming for nothing, right? The the New York Jets, man, I mean, trading away guy like S Gardner, which again was is he playing to his contract? Not sure about that. But solid football player, legit starter. Uh Quinn Williams, you know, legit starter, allstar ability at times. Uh pro pro, excuse me, all pro ability at times. losing those guys. So, I get the, you know, the allure. I I get the excitement if you are a New York Jets fan where it’s like, man, five first round picks over the next two years. That is a lot of picks. But those picks turn into actual players and are you going to get what those guys gave you a lot of times? And more times than not, I think we see this work out like, no, you you typically don’t get in return what you sheld out. So, I’m excited to see how it works out for them. Uh, I think a lot of the issues with the New York Jets has been ownership. I think 49ers early on. Uh, and Alex Smith talks about this a lot, but you know, ownership early on in his career as well. Uh, and I think with the 49ers not making a move today, I’mma point to ownership or GM John Lynch. And I think they did the right thing. Uh, I I want to talk more about this Jets fire cell that happened. I want to talk about especially one big trade that did not get done for the 49ers. Talking about Germaine Johnson of the New York Jets and uh u Bree Hall was another player that was rumored to be out there potentially available in this Jets buyer sale. Those guys did not end up getting moved and more from the 2025 NFL trade deadline next. This episode of Lockdown on 49ers brought to you by Built. 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They’ve been identified as a while as players that could possibly be available, and clearly the Dolphins and Jets were on the phones and and willing to talk trades with people. Uh, and those deals didn’t end up getting done. Uh, we were asked in the chat here what the uh asking price was for Bradley Chub. I’m not sure there, but there was a lot of late reporting and and it came from a bunch of different sources. So, it sounds like the the Jets were definitely leaking this information that uh or the Niners were leaking this information or whoever about what the asking price was. The Jets were asking for a second round pick for Germaine Johnson. And I did see some fans out there. They’re like, “Yeah, cool. Whatever. Do a deal because you got to get it done. Send a second round pick. It’s too much.” And I I think it was right that the 49ers did not send a second round pick to the Jets for Germaine Johnson. Germaine Johnson, former first round pick in 2022. And he’s a really good player. Um he was a Pro Bowl alternate in uh 2023, his second year. He had seven and a half sacks that year, two and a half sacks as his rookie year. Then he tore his Achilles last year, year three, and then came back this year. He’s played five games. He played two games the year before. He’s had one sack in those last seven games since he was the Pro Bowl alternate in year two. And it’s like, man, a guy coming off an Achilles who has one sack in five games after that injury, you just don’t know what you’re getting there for a team that’s already as hurt as the 49ers are. Uh, you know, one of those extra fourth round picks that the 49ers have, you could dangle one of those potentially for that player, but a second round pick, it’s just too much. And and I’m I’m a hard no on that. And I think John Lynch was right to also be a hard no there. and and with Bradley Chub, um I think probably it shouldn’t have been a big asking price there and and so maybe it was too high. I don’t know. But the 49ers didn’t do those deals. And I think at least knowing the information we have about Germaine Johnson, I think it was right to not do that deal. Even though he could have been a nice player and really fit in for the for the for the 49ers um and and and was under contract under his fifth year option next year, which is I think a big bonus, but at the same time, you know, fifth year option for a first round pick is not cheap. you know, $14 million contract and and just we haven’t seen the production since the Achilles for him. Uh second round picks just too rich. And even a fourth, I’ll be like, yeah, conditions, too, because uh he needs to be productive for the rest of this year for us to for that to make sense for this football team. And then you’ve already put together a team, right? Bosa, Mike Williams, Bryce Huff, they’re all under contract next year. So you at a defensive end, you know, one of those players is is gonna play a little bit less of a role. And uh and so I just think that in the end the the the right deals didn’t come down. And I thought there might have been one more deal, you know, the Ardan Key or someone like that where it’s, you know, seventh round pick and it’s not much and you get a little get a little extra player to uh strengthen your depth and and have another rotational guy. But even that deal it doesn’t seem like was out there for John Mitch at the deadline. No, I I I think there have been kind of a mix of emotions for the 49ers kind of being a little uh hesitant to make any big moves. Th this has clearly been a regime that when they feel like they are a player away, they definitely attempt to go get that player and do everything to uh potentially go on a deep playoff run. I think everything they’re telling us right now is that kind of how we feel about it. Solid. We’re competitive, but it doesn’t feel like 2019 or this doesn’t feel like 2022 or 23, right? when you’re going after Randy Gregory and and Chase Young, it’s like we’re not one edge rusher away from all of a sudden making a deep playoff push. So, I I think that’s where some of the hesitancy comes from the Niners with making any splash deals that may affect the future for them. I think capwise the 49ers may be in a solid position over the next couple years, especially when some of these bigger contracts maybe start to fall off, right? guy like Trent Williams inevitably retires. We’ll see how long, you know, Chris McCaffrey continues to look like Christian McCaffrey. Uh, but I could see in the next couple years some of those big guys going away and then you may see them kind of push for a slash splash trade. But I I just it doesn’t feel like this is the season, especially for a team who does not have a ton of draft picks in 2026. That’s a big part of it, too. We’re so used to seeing the 49ers have 10, 11 draft picks. That’s not the case next off seasonason. Zack in the chat says, “I don’t see the Niners winning at all this year. Eagles go out and do what they do, spending very little, and the Niners just sit there.” Uh, forever blessed says, “Hosting the Super Bowl and we’re six and three and not trying to win a six for the fans at home is ridiculous.” Um, this Germaine Johnson was gonna win you a Super Bowl. Like, that’s the other part I don’t get. like it’s it’s just one of those years. It’s a tough year. The Niners, yes, they’re six and three. And the Niners can still make the playoffs. They got to win four more games. Can the 49ers win four more games as banged up as they are? I think they can. And they might be a little bit better in the December uh area, December, early January than they are right now. Maybe they can even win a playoff game. But no Bosa, no Fred Warner. Uh I just this wasn’t a team that was going to go win a Super Bowl anyway. And adding one more decent player even was was not going to change that. I don’t think so. I I I don’t think the failure to get a deal done at the deadline was all about the Niners and not wanting to go win. It was just that asking prices were too high and nothing made sense. And um and so I don’t have a problem with what the 49ers did. Silent in the chat says they punted on the season. Uh sit there they punted on the season. Sit their starters Brock to IR. Start the backups and rookies for experience. Ice the season. Go for a high first rounder. You can’t do that either. I just laid it out there. Niners can win four more games. Go have fun. It It’s house money. You’re not going to tank. Go see if you can make the playoffs. Make life miserable for the Rams and the Seahawks. See if you can pull that off. Um I think anything more is probably asking too much. It’s what the football gods gave the 49ers this year. Hey, Brock, have you heard the theory that Kyle Shanahan made a deal with the Devil and essentially uh every game the 49ers have to lose a player because uh he made a deal that that Chris McAffrey is not the one that’s going to get hurt. So McCaffrey somehow getting all the touches on the planet, skates through, hasn’t had a big injury himself, but everybody else on the team’s getting hurt. What’s going on with that? Yeah, he may have. I mean, it’s the oddest thing, especially with Chris McCaffry’s health issues coming in or concerns, excuse me, health concerns coming into this season. We were worried about the calf and the ankle and oh man, the Achilles and all those things. And it’s been everyone but Christian McAffrey, especially to the tune of Christian McCaffrey being uh what, probably the most, if almost the most, if not the most productive player in all of the NFL to this point in the season. definitely did not see that coming. Not from a not because of an ability standpoint, but just I guess his ability to stay healthy is especially when you start to hear those concerns early on. But man, everyone else has just been banged up. And we keep going back to this, right? Six and three. I am mind blown. And I understand the the schedule kind of playing into that a little bit, but not when you lose this many players. six and two, six and three, uh, heading into the season at this point, a lot of young guys on both sides of the ball, very understandable. But with how many guys have gotten hurt, the big dogs you’ve lost, and still be able to have six wins right now, I I think that is awesome. But because of all of those things, I think that’s why the 49ers just are not pressed on making any big time changes. You know, it’s funny. I I still thought the Niners were going to do a deal even when it was 1:00 p.m. Pacific time. It was like 10:01. You know how some years there’s like that deal that kind of got done right at the deadline. It doesn’t get reported for a few minutes until after the deadline when you think no more deals were going to get done. I had already made a different thumbnail for this episode and it had Germaine Johnson. I was like, Niners going to get a deal done. I actually had the the the the thumbnail ready to go and then I I kept seeing all these second rounds like surely the Niners aren’t going to give up a second round pick for Germaine Johnson. And then uh and then as it came closer and closer and you started to realize, oh man, it got real quiet and and no more deals came down right at the deadline and it’s like, okay, that’s it. This is not going to be a not going to be a move with the trade deadline for John Lynch and the San Francisco 49ers. And look, this I I I don’t I just I don’t think the takeaway can possibly be that the 49ers weren’t trying. I I think they were burning up the phone lines. I think they’re talking to everybody. But I think rightly John Lynch had a price for the players that he was looking to add. and if it made sense, he would do it. And the asking prices were too high. And so, you can’t just make a move and hurt yourself. And the 49ers going to need those draft picks. The Niners gonna have to replenish some some talent, get some more young defensive linemen, more offensive linemen. Defensive tackles in this league. You got to draft them in the first round. You can’t be throwing those around. And so, that’s where the 49ers are right now. And I think you have some fun. Go try to win some football games. See if you can make the playoffs and see where this team can go. So there there’s a special quality about this team, but you weren’t going to go out there and be like, “Okay, we did this deal at the deadline. Now we’re going to be now we’re going to go win the Super Bowl because of it.” And certainly not for Bradley Chub and and uh whoever else that the Niners could have gotten. Uh that wasn’t going to make that much of a difference. Would have helped, but again, uh would have had to be several players the 49ers traded for. Yeah. Or or such a big deal that you’re trading multiple first round picks. We saw the cost of Quinnon Williams. You know, I wouldn’t have done the Quinnon Williams raid. I would have done the Sauce Gardner trade. Let’s talk about those. Let’s talk about some of the deals that were done, including the Seattle Seahawks adding a piece on offense. That is a team the 49ers are going to see again this year and be battling for the NFC West title with next. Today’s episode of Lockdown 49ers brought to you by FanDuel, America’s number one sports book. NBA is back and there’s no better place to get in on that action than FanDuel, the official sports betting partner of the NBA. 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When the Niners traded for Christian McCaffrey, you had a feeling that Christian CA McAffrey could possibly be available. Even with some of the players you thought the Jets would trade, it was like Garrett Wilson and S Gardner surely won’t be among them because those will be the building blocks for the future. Turns out untouchable was Garrett Wilson. S Gardner not untouchable. In fact, he was touched for uh two firsts and AD Mitchell. I love this move for the Jets. You’ve got to rebuild this thing and figure it out. You need uh you need ammo to go find your next quarterback. You got a couple extra picks now in this year’s first round in 2026 and after the Quinn and Williams trade. They have three first round picks in what is shaping up. Now, we’re ways out here, but that draft and it’s it’s pretty far out to be planning for that far out, but the 2027 draft has some ridiculous talent that looks like it might be available there. Jets have three first round picks in that first round. I think it was an overpay for the Colts. I like a new fresh start for AD Mitchell. So, I think that’s a nice little get for a throwin for the New York Jets as well. But here’s the thing for the Jets, Croc is they just went through this. They had three first round picks three years ago. That 2022 first round they were talking about where it was Germaine Johnson. They got Breeze Hall at the beginning of the second round in that draft. They drafted um Garrett Wilson and was that Sauce as well? Same draft. The guy saw number what? Four of five. Four overall. Who was the other? I think it was that same season. Yeah, I think it was that same year. Like, man, they hit on those picks and they still weren’t good cuz what else did they do? Okay, so what you’re saying is, and they actually hit on those picks. We have Zachary in the chat and he says, “Ners can’t draft round one or two anyway, so why not trade them?” I saw that a lot. It’s like, well, they stink in the second round, so why not trade a second round pick? And it’s like, well, you’re still not going to throw away picks because there are the drafts where you do hit on Debo Samuel. you know, you do hit on players that are you did draft Fred Warner in the third round. So, even though they’ve done some weird stuff in the third round, you don’t want to pass up the opportunity to get Fred Warner. You don’t want to pass up the opportunity to get the next Debo. You don’t want to, you know, Aaron Banks even. I know the Niners didn’t resign him, but uh he got he’s going to get them a comp pick back on top of being a nice starter for the 49ers for a few years. So, you know, you’re still not going to and there’s cost controlled talent, too. You can still trade those picks for other players later. Maybe the Niners gear up with an extra. Maybe the Niners, instead of trading one of those fourth round picks at the trade deadline, maybe in the offseason before the draft, they end up trading one of those fourth round picks and get a different player. They got Trent Williams for a fourth round pick. They drafted Brock Perie at the last pick in the stinking draft. Fred Warner, a third round pick. Um, a fifth round pick was spent on George KD and and a bunch of good players. So, you you gota you can’t throw away picks. It’s just not it’s not what a good organization is going to do. I I get the sentiment that they screw up, but a lot of teams screw up a lot of picks. You’d be shocked. Go randomly go to draft history.com and go looking at teams drafts and you’ll see entire classes that are just worthless or teams that that didn’t produce at all. Um so I’m not Yeah, you don’t good organizations don’t throw away draft picks. In fact, you probably need to add more draft picks. If anything, I wonder if there was a deal the Niners could have done where a team came calling like traded away a player. There was a lot of talk about, you know, Niners have an extra safety potentially. The team need a safety. Could you have traded Jer Brown to the Cowboys? I know you don’t want to give the Cowboys players, but they’re trying to give away draft picks, right? The Niners maybe should have been draft pick. You you gotta you if if if you have a suitor for a player that you don’t see in your future, I don’t care if it’s the Dallas Cowboys, you got to trade that player. Yeah. We’ve seen some teams do some inner division trades and it’s like this guy is not a part of our future. So, and you don’t want to help the opposing team, but if you need to get that player off, you got to do it regardless if it’s the Cowboys or not. Maybe if it’s like your actual division, I’d have a little bit tougher time with it. We have seen some draft day trades between like the 49ers and the Seattle Seahawks for just kind of position swapping. But actual like, okay, I’m just going to send this player to a rival. Not even just a rival, excuse me, a divisional opponent that you’re going to see twice a year. Conference opponent, I’ll do it. Division, a little riskier. Was there a deal out there, Croc, that you saw that you thought, okay, the Niners should have done that? No, I I don’t think so because again, a big part of my thoughts were this is just not the team. So unless the 49ers are going to offload a player, if they had a player like a Gyar Brown where maybe you get a fifth or sixth round pick or something, maybe a Jawan Jennings, could you get a fourth round pick and kind of, you know, get a few picks and make it to where you can maneuver a little bit more in the in the draft? But I didn’t see I don’t see this team as being, hey, we’re so close that you have to make this kind of trade to make this team better. I didn’t view them that way. I I think whatever you get I like how you talked about playing with house house money. JM617 in the chat says Jacobe Myers before the season started if you’d have told me hey 49ers going to add Jacobe Myers all for it. But outside of that like right now it’s just save save your draft capital. You you know what’s going on right now with the 49 fan base. It reminds me of if if I give my daughter 25 bucks, right? All right. All right, you got $25. You can spend it on whatever you want. And but hey, today we’re going to the Dollar Tree. Tomorrow we’re going to Disneyland. Well, you can’t get anything for $25 at Disneyland, but just stay with me here. You’re going somewhere where you would much rather buy something later as opposed to from this store that we’re going to today. And it’s like Fortnite like I got this this money’s burning a hole in my pockets. I gotta go buy something. It’s like, no, ju just save that money. Trust me, it’s going to be much more useful where we’re going next. And I think for the 49ers that th that draft capital I believe will be more useful moving forward that as opposed to trading for a player today. My kid 100% the same way. Whatever the whatever the option right now is, that’s the option he’s going to take. No chance he’s waiting for whatever that awesome thing could be the next day. Not at all waiting for. Uh, and yeah, it’s a it’s a great lesson there, uh, with with where the 49ers are right now. It’s just one of those seasons, but I think it’s a really fun season because the 49ers have a chance to compete. Um, about that Rasheed Shahed trade for the Seattle Seahawks. The Seahawks get a little scarier. Uh, cuz Darnold’s been dominating. It’s funny because this all kind of comes together with Darnold actually being good, a good NFL quarterback, former Jets draft pick, right? And we talked about the Jets actually when they had those draft picks before they’re replaying history. They actually hit on all those draft picks and they were still bad. Why? Because the year before they spent a first round pick on Zack Wilson. So they can’t get the quarterback part of it right? You know, and that’s the lesson for the New York Jets. Can they figure that out this time? Do the 49ers get a pick from the Jets for M. Jones? Is it is it Germaine Johnson for M. Jones next off season? Right. does. So, uh, I I could absolutely see that being a perfect stop gap. Even if the the Jets decide they’re going to draft the quarterback, maybe the Jets say, “We’re going to go M. Jones now, then we’re going to see how that goes. We might go into the 2027 draft and go get Archie Manning then or something like that. Go trade crazy. We got those three first round picks.” So, maybe that’s the plan of the New York Jets potentially. Um, but with the Seahawks, Darnold is dealing right now. And Cooper Cup gets banged up. I I didn’t think they needed to make a move because they still had Tory Horton who looked awesome with extra snaps this week uh in prime time and obviously JSN’s going crazy for them on offense and then they go out and add more speed to go deep. They’re going to try to bomb on the 49ers next time they see him. What do you think? Shahed to the Seahawks. That’s probably the deal that hurts the Niners the most. Some of those throws that that uh Sam Donn was making the other day. I’m like, how do you defend that? and just the placement of throws and the consistency of it, the way the ball gets up and down. I’m like, he he looks like what you were expecting him to be when he was a number three overall pick, but just in a better situation. I mean, he was that last season as well and he’s even more so that this year, you know, watching the connection between him and JSN and really I think who’s not getting enough credit in this man, the offensive coordinator. He is dialing it up, especially for a team who I don’t think they’re running the ball necessarily well. So, a lot of their offensive success is on the shoulders or arm of Sam Darnold. In that first half, he was threw four touchdown passes like damn near had like a perfect passer rating. Now, he did end up throwing an interception to his left trying to throw back right and the ball kind of tailed inside. Defender made a really good play on the ball interception, but aside from that, he he looks like he it’s going to be tough. And I think the 49ers, they got to get to Seattle early on, maybe before a lot of this continuity was built with these receivers and all that, and now they’re adding an extra one. When did the 49ers play them next? That that’s a game that could be a little scary. Yeah, it’s week 18, right? That’s the uh the new all black jersey week 18 rivalry week game. Niners Seahawks to end the season. That could be a fun one. Yeah. Yeah. Sam Sam is Sam is it’s hard when I’m you know I love watching USC USC guy but it’s hard like when I see a player like him get you know just drugged through the mud the way he did and to see him get his career back on track and and I thought he played very well for Minnesota and you’re watching them and that’s it’s it’s a weird dynamic here because I I hate the Seattle Seahawks but watching him is almost like a proud father. Like good job, Sammy boy. Yeah. You know, like he looks good out there. It’s fun watching him. Niners have the Rams. Speaking of division rivals coming up this week, we will turn the page from trade deadline from week nine to week 10 here on the next Winky Wednesday episode. And uh want to hear from you guys. Let us know in the YouTube comments at BDPock at coach crocki. What do you think the 49ers roster right now? Should you change expectations post trade deadline and Crock and I back next time right here locked on 49ers.

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