An NFL GM tells Tom Pelissero of NFL.com that he gives the 49ers credit for going back and attempting to get a trade completed for QB Jimmy Garoppolo ahead of the deadline.
“I give credit to San Francisco,” said the GM who has done business with Patriots HC Bill Belichick, “because in the offseason, four or five teams called (the Patriots) and they said, ‘Absolutely not. No way.’ ”
49ers GM John Lynch confirmed that they approached the Patriots about Garoppolo earlier in the offseason but was “quickly shut down.