{"id":44878,"date":"2025-03-28T13:27:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T13:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=44878"},"modified":"2025-03-28T13:27:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T13:27:20","slug":"49ers-trade-proposal-flips-christian-mccaffrey-to-nfc-rival-for-2-draft-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=44878","title":{"rendered":"49ers Trade Proposal Flips Christian McCaffrey to NFC Rival for 2 Draft Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The San Francisco 49ers are in the middle of roster makeover that has seen the franchise part with nine starters already this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>One player the team has chosen recently to invest in rather than divest from is running back Christian McCaffrey, whom San Francisco signed to a two-year extension worth $38 million in June 2024 that keeps the three-time All-Pro under contract through 2027.<\/p>\n<p>However, McCaffrey will play next season at 29 years old after missing 13 games last year due to multiple injury concerns. He is the second-highest paid running back in the NFL, according to Over The Cap, and could potentially fetch the 49ers reasonable value in trade with the draft less than one month away.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/4X0NiWy6um6fO9.TFOhycQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/athlon_sports_articles_610\/eca53e467805b4771018e5f7ad926337\" alt=\"49ers Trade Proposal Flips Christian McCaffrey to NFC Rival for 2 Draft Picks\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" data-nimg=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><dialog aria-label=\"Image Lightbox\" aria-modal=\"true\"><\/dialog><\/div><figcaption>San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey.\u00a9 Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As such, Aaliyan Mohammed of The Sporting News on Wednesday, March 26, authored a trade proposal in which San Francisco deals McCaffrey to the rival Dallas Cowboys for third-round picks in 2025 and 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[The 49ers] are gearing up to pay Brock Purdy and may want to rebuild a young roster around him,&#8221; Mohammed wrote. &#8220;General manager John Lynch has already expressed his desire to get younger and shed some of their spending. Trading McCaffrey could help on both fronts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McCaffrey was the NFL&#8217;s rushing leader two seasons ago with\u00a01,459 yards\u00a0and could solve the Cowboys&#8217; issues at the position, while also preserving Dallas&#8217;s first-round pick (No. 12 overall) to use elsewhere on a roster full of holes.<\/p>\n<p>On San Francisco&#8217;s side, the team could get off three years of what is now somewhat risky salary after Achilles tendon and knee issues for the star running back last year.<\/p>\n<p>Two third-round picks isn&#8217;t an enormous return. However, the Seattle Seahawks dealt two-time Pro Bowl quarterback Geno Smith to the Las Vegas Raiders for just one third-round pick this offseason, and he isn&#8217;t coming off an injury-plagued year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: San Francisco 49ers Investigating Brandon Aiyuk Trade Possibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Francisco could get off McCaffrey&#8217;s risky money and get some draft capital in return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":44879,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,251,54,625,1078,9,90,12,390],"class_list":["post-44878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-brock-purdy","tag-christian-mccaffrey","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-geno-smith","tag-las-vegas-raiders","tag-nfl","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-seattle-seahawks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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