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John Lynch opens up on 49ers' quiet trade deadline

While Tuesday's NFL trade deadline was busy, the day came and went without the San Francisco 49ers making a trade. On Thursday, general manager John Lynch explained the lack of action.

In an interview on KNBR, Lynch discussed the challenge of giving the current team its best chance to compete while keeping resources, such as draft picks, for the future.

"That's the needle you have to thread," Lynch explained, H/T David Bonilla, 49ers Webzone . "We've done it a lot in the past, where we've given up a lot. Trent Williams, Christian McCaffrey—just about every year we've made one. We made a bunch this year. But you have to stay true.

"And that's not to say we weren't going to do anything, but we weren't going to

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