If you need evidence, just recall that the Carolina Panthers managed to get a fourth-round pick from the Dallas Cowboys at the trade deadline for wide receiver Jonathan Mingo. The lesson is that teams get what they can get - and the IRL deals may not line up at all to what we expect to happen going into the offseason.

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ESPN’s Dan Graziano supports this assessment, stating that the San Francisco 49ers are in a difficult position when it comes to offloading Deebo Samuel.