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The SF 49ers don’t have a ton of wiggle room in terms of the salary cap, yet these five potential trades could help matters a lot.
Just before the 2020 NFL trade deadline, the SF 49ers engineered a blockbuster move with the New Orleans Saints by sending veteran linebacker Kwon Alexander off in return for a 2022 fifth-round NFL Draft pick and linebacker Kiko Alonso.
The move wasn’t so much about getting Alonso, who was released not long afterwards, and the pick in return was nowhere near as important as the Niners clearing up Alexander’s hefty contract.