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Should the 49ers Trade Brock Purdy to the Jaguars for Trevor Lawrence?

If Brock Purdy wants more money than Trevor Lawrence, the 49ers might just trade for Lawrence if he's available.

Grant Cohn

Nov 3, 2024; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence (16) against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Eric Hartline-Imagn Images
Nov 3, 2024; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence (16) against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Eric Hartline-Imagn Images / Eric Hartline-Imagn Images
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Something strange is happening in Jacksonville.

They just hired Liam Coen to be their new head coach, and now they reportedly are listening to trade offers for Lawrence, and the Steelers already have called to enquire about him according to Ryan Burr of the Big Ten Network.

This doesn't mean the Jaguars will trade Lawrence. In fact, they probably won't. But if they do, Fansided's John Buhler thinks they should trade him to the 49ers for Brock Purdy.

"This is not going to happen, but I low-key wish it would," writes Buhler. "Rather than paying $60 million in annual salary to Brock Purdy, why not trade for Lawrence to get the more talented player? While Purdy has gotten more out of his talent than Lawrence has up to this point, I would trust Kyle Shanahan to do unbelievable things with him in his offense. This is a man who once loved Five Guys around No. 3...

"To put in bluntly, the instant the San Francisco 49ers pay Purdy more than $40 million in annual salary, their Super Bowl window is slammed shut, painted over and may never open again. With Lawrence, I think he keeps the 49ers playoff viable for longer. He will be coached up with more talent and a far less punitive contract than what Purdy is slated to make. Lawrence would win a Super Bowl here.

"Logically, this is the place Lawrence needs to go if Jacksonville moves on from him, but it is a reach."

Lawrence is an interesting option partly because he would be affordable for the 49ers. The next three seasons, his cap numbers would be $9.5 million, $16.5 million and $27.5 million, and then he would have no more guaranteed money left on his deal.

Lawrence mostly has struggled so far in his career, but Purdy probably would have struggled on the Jaguars the past few seasons, too. If Purdy wants more money than Lawrence, the 49ers might just trade for Lawrence if he's available.

Be careful, Brock.

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Grant Cohn
GRANT COHN

Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.

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