What A Great Owner Robert Kraft Turned Out To Be

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John Lynch said it's not true. He inquired at the time if the Niners could take Brady instead of JG and BB said no way.

San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch pulled off a trade for Jimmy Garoppolo at the 2018 NFL trade deadline.

But that didn't stop him from rolling the dice on asking for Tom Brady.

"We were calling about Jimmy and we did have that conversation and got quickly rebuffed," Lynch said on Barstool Sports' Pardon My Take podcast.

"I figured, 'What the heck, you gotta take your shot, right? You can't score if you don't shoot.' I had to summon up the courage and Bill [Belichick] laughed at me and basically hung up on me. But hey, I took my shot."

View: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2793064-john-lynch-confirms-tom-brady-trade-offer-says-bill-belichick-laughed-at-me