Shoot your shot because it never hurts to inquire about a trade idea.
San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch famously asked the New England Patriots about Tom Brady's availability after Bill Belichick initially turned down a Jimmy Garoppolo proposal.
"Yeah, we were calling about Jimmy. And we did have that conversation and got quickly rebuffed. And I figured, what the heck, you gotta take your shot, right?" Lynch said during an interview on the Pardon My Take podcast. "You can't score if you don't shoot. So I had to summon up the courage and Bill laughed at me … and basically hung up on me.