49ers willing to part ways with NaVorro Bowman

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The San Francisco 49ers are in the middle of a roster churn, and it is becoming abundantly clear that no returning player is safe from some kind of consideration. Former NFL general manager Mike Lombardi was talking NFL trade possibilities on The Ringer NFL show podcast, and he mentioned linebacker NaVorro Bowman as a possibility.

The host was going through various names, and he mentioned Bowman as someone who is the subject of speculation regarding his future (related to the Achilles injury). He offered up a fairly generic, “they may be trying to unload that” with regard to his contract. Lombardi then said, “[The 49ers] have made it known that if you want him, he's healthy, that they’ll be willing to move.”

I sometimes wonder how much Lombardi knows and how much he wants us to think he knows. However, in this case, whether he has actually heard this or not, would it really be surprising the 49ers would put him and basically anybody else on the trade block? You need veterans to build around, but a new front office and coaching staff are going to want to bring in a lot of their own guys.

Lombardi offered up some speculation as to the “why” the team would deal Bowman.

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