We are less than two weeks away from the NFL trade deadline, where the San Francisco 49ers could be a buyer after starting the season 5-2.<\/p>\n
The 49ers have dealt with several injuries to start the year, including season-ending injuries to linebacker Fred Warner and defensive end Nick Bosa, so there are definitely areas to improve on the team if they do look to push in chips for a playoff run this year.<\/p>\n
Those two positions could be seen as the top needs for the 49ers entering the trade deadline, but it\u2019s unclear if the team will address both groups or if they look to make a move for just one.<\/p>\n
The Athletic\u2019s Mike Jones shared three trade proposals that made sense for both teams ahead of the deadline, and he had the 49ers acquiring New Orleans Saints linebacker Demario Davis in exchange for a 2026 fifth-round pick.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 49ers badly need defensive playmakers after the loss of leading tackler Fred Warner and pass rusher Nick Bosa, and the veteran Davis would help fill that need at the heart of Robert Saleh\u2019s defense,\u201d Jones wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlthough 36, Davis remains highly productive, ranking among the NFL\u2019s leading tacklers (51) and also has five for a loss (tied for first). His extensive experience would enable him to quickly adapt to Saleh\u2019s scheme and help San Francisco remain in contention.\u201d<\/p>\n
Giving a case why the trade doesn\u2019t work, The Athletic\u2019s Jeff Howe shared that the move actually has no flaws on either side, but pointed out Davis\u2019s age.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, this is another good one with no logical flaws that I can see, but I\u2019ll turn heel here,\u201d Howe said about the trade. \u201cDo the Niners really want to spend more draft capital on an aging player after dealing with ongoing injury issues with more stars? The Niners need to fortify the middle class of their roster by drafting and developing. A 36-year-old won\u2019t help that mission.\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, head coach Kyle Shanahan said the team would look at the trade market, but did not want to jeopardize the team\u2019s future in a move. The 49ers currently have five picks in the 2026 NFL Draft, not including compensatory selections. They have their own first, second, and third-round picks. Either their fourth or fifth-round pick will go to the Philadelphia Eagles for Bryce Huff, so they\u2019ll have the other. And they have a sixth-round pick from the Minnesota Vikings in the Jordan Mason trade.<\/p>\n
According to OverTheCap, the 49ers are currently projected to have three fourth-round compensatory picks for the losses of Aaron Banks, Charvarius Ward, and Talanoa Hufanga. We\u2019ll see whether those picks remain fourth-rounders, but that should take San Francisco to eight total draft picks.<\/p>\n
So, they can afford to give away a Day 3 pick for a player that can help them now, but I\u2019m not sure that a 36-year-old Davis fits the mold. San Francisco has liked what it\u2019s seen from Tatum Bethune, whose development may be more paramount than a short-term fix like Davis.<\/p>\n
But, it wouldn\u2019t be a surprise if they do look to trade for a linebacker, potentially one that defensive coordinator Robert Saleh has experience with. Those compensatory picks should come in handy for a trade. It\u2019s just up to whether the player makes sense for the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We are less than two weeks away from the NFL trade deadline, where the San Francisco 49ers could…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,47545,2746,2745,99],"class_list":["post-248238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-san-francisco-49ers-roster","tag-san-francisco-49ers-depth-chart","tag-san-francisco-49ers-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}