The 49ers have granted Marquise Goodwin permission to seek a trade, according to Matt Maiocco of NBC Sports (on Twitter). They’ve been shopping the veteran for a while and, now, they have his camp on the case.
Goodwin, slated to earn roughly $4.5MM in combined salary and bonuses this year, is hoping to sign a new deal with any club that acquires him. Meanwhile, GM John Lynch says he’s been “close a couple times” to a deal, with the most recent near-agreement coming earlier this week.
Lynch has been open and upfront about his willingness/desire to move Goodwin. If they don’t get a deal done this week, it seems likely that they’ll have to cut him outright.
Goodwin had a career year with San Francisco in 2017 with 962 yards, but injuries have held him back over the years. In 2019, he finished with just 186 yards through the air. Before joining SF, the one-time track star totaled 49 catches and six touchdowns over four seasons with the Bills.
i wonder what kind of deal lynch looking for. he not going to get us alot. so why not get anything for him.
I wouldn’t give anything but a 7th. There are too many good receivers this year to give up draft capital
Maybe a sixth or seventh rounder
They really should if they are going to cut him.
Not sure why this wasn’t nailed down earlier before spilling out in the open the week of the draft when any remaining leverage the team has is gone. “Make a deal with me now, or I’ll just release him” isn’t a great strategy when they’ve known since losing Sanders that they’d have to rebuild the WR corps.
I thought the exact same thing. I guess all they can hope for is for some team to say, “We’d rather give up a seventh rounder for him than have to bargain for him on the open market.” Even that seems far-fetched, but I can’t come up with anything else.