John Lynch said the San Francisco 49ers are still open to trading Brandon Aiyuk after drafting Ricky Pearsall in Round 1.
, which only fueled the speculation that they could trade Brandon Aiyuk tomorrow, speculation which neither John Lynch nor Kyle Shanahan shut down on Thursday night.LYNCH:"I don't know. I know that we're continuing to have positive talks with Aiyuk. We are really efforting to get something done and we're excited about continuing down that path and Brandon being part of this team. Deebo is part of this team and a big part of this team.
SHANAHAN:"Yeah, I though it was unlikely going into it, but that doesn't mean it can't happen. You listen to everything. Everything is about trying to improve our team as much as we can for 2024 without jeopardizing 2025 as much as possible. That's everything you look into. Whenever that opportunity comes whichever way if you can improve your team, you do that. Sometimes it's hard to picture improving your team without him.
LYNCH:"You expected that the market would take a bit of a leap this year. It surely has. It's a premium position in our league right now. The ball is being thrown a lot and we're asking these players to do a lot. It's the reality and you deal with that."
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