If you need evidence, just recall that the Carolina Panthers managed to get a fourth-round pick from the Dallas Cowboys at the trade deadline for wide receiver Jonathan Mingo. The lesson is that teams get what they can get - and the IRL deals may not line up at all to what we expect to happen going into the offseason.

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ESPN’s Dan Graziano presented in a column the question of what happens if the 49ers can’t trade Samuel. He detailed the timeline and why the best course of action may be a release of the 2019 second-round pick.