This is the transcript of John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan’s Friday press conference, during which they announced the release of NaVorro Bowman, courtesy of the 49ers P.R. department.
Opening comments:
John Lynch: “So yesterday, [head coach] Kyle [Shanahan] and I had the opportunity to sit down with [LB] NaVorro Bowman and discuss some things after practice. And since then, we’ve been working in earnest to find a trade partner. We talked at length with NaVorro about the direction that each party wanted to go in. And that’s what we left that meeting. Since then, we’ve been working in earnest to find that trade partner.