49ers reportedly trade for Chiefs wide receiver
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Add the New York Jets and San Francisco 49ers to the list of NFL teams scrambling to trade for a wide receiver before the final roster cut-down.
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SB Nation on MSN49ers 53-man roster prediction: Wide receivers that signed in August might play meaningful snaps Week 1
Jennings, Gage, Cowing, and Watkins are all working through injuries. It is very possible that at least three, maybe all four (in a perfect world), will be ready for Week 1. It’s also possible that only one or two are. However you slice it, this is less than ideal.
Bleacher Report's Alex Kay has proposed a deal in which the 49ers would send Jennings to the Raiders in exchange for fellow receiver Tre Tucker and a fourth-round draft pick, a move that would ease San Francisco's financial burden while also supplying Las Vegas with a terrific weapon to put alongside Jakobi Meyers.
The Cardinals play the 49ers in Week 3. They are dealing with injuries, suspensions and more at wide receiver.
Seeing as the Niners can’t out and trade for Packers’ now-cornerback Bo Melton (yes, they changed his position and it’s apparently going well), there are three names I suspect are at the top of the 49ers’ attainable wishlist:
Here's who stood out on Day 17 of 49ers training camp. Keep in mind, second-year wide receiver Jacob Cowing did not practice.
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USA TODAY Touchdown Wire on MSNNFL suspends one of 49ers top WRs for 3 games
The San Francisco 49ers receiving corps took another hit that will leave them without one of their best WRs for the first three weeks.