NaVorro Bowman is on the block. The 49ers are shopping the linebacker and there are teams interested, sources tell ESPN.com’s Adam Schefter (on Twitter). Schefter adds that his time in San Francisco could “soon could come to an end,” so a trade could be imminent. 
This isn’t the first time that Bowman has been rumored to be on the block, but this time around the whispers are more like screams. This season, defensive coordinator Robert Saleh has limited Bowman’s snaps in an effort to keep him fresh and that has not been sitting well with the veteran.
“I would expect him to fight tooth and nail to come off the field and I would expect him to fight tooth and nail to get back on the field. That’s why Bowman is a special football player,” Saleh said on Thursday (link via USA Today).
Bowman, 29, suffered an Achilles tear around this time last year, ending his season after just five games. He also missed the entire 2014 campaign due to injury. The Niners’ desire to protect Bowman is understandable, but he is too fierce of a competitor to accept a reduced role in a three-man rotation.
The 49ers vigorously denied reports of Bowman being on the block this past spring, but it sure sounds like they are serious about shipping him out. Bowman has proven himself to be a world-class talent in past seasons, but there’s a new regime in SF and they are not keen on keeping him around in 2018 with a cap hit of $12MM. His contract runs through the 2022 season – his age-34 campaign.
Trading Bowman for draft picks would allow the 0-5 Niners to build towards the future while moving first-round pick Reuben Foster to his preferred role at Mike linebacker. The trade deadline is on Oct. 31, so the Niners have a little over two weeks to find a taker.
I wonder who tries to get him. I think Patriots, Ravens, Steelers or Eagles.
Seems like a Pats move to me, get him for little of nothing.
The pats need to make every move possible on defense so do it
He got release according to bleacher report
Fire John lynch, he took a cap hit to get rid of our best player. Balkee / tomsula and balkee / chip have been more successful so far. I don’t understand taking a cap hit to get rid of bowman. Unless bowman 100% himself asked for a trade or release this is absolutely unacceptable
Bowman wants out according to the bleacher report article. And they probably weren’t any teams that would give them anything so they just released him and let him chose where he wants to play it’s one of those things is the right thing to do considering how much he’s done for the franchise. That build respect with players around the game. By the time the 9ers compete again bowman would have been gone anyway.
They forced him out
You’re a troll.
In this business they do what’s best for the organization not what they can do to reward a player that’s done well for them.