The San Francisco 49ers are one of the standout teams this NFL season, and what’s remarkable about their performance is that they’ve managed to maintain it despite several injuries — many of them quite serious. On Tuesday, the trade deadline finally came and went, and in the Bay Area, no last-minute moves were made. But why did they decide to stand pat?

John Lynch is primarily responsible for leading the negotiations to strengthen the roster, always in collaboration with the coaching staff led by Kyle Shanahan. This time, the 49ers’ GM revealed that they wouldn’t make moves at any cost, so they decided to maintain the roster as they look ahead to what’s coming.

“We weren’t going to get fleeced,” Lynch said on KNBR, via 49ersWebzone.com. “We weren’t going to overpay. It’s just not good bu

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