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Why Today Was a Good Day for the 49ers

They simply watched as the Seahawks traded Russell Wilson to Denver.
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Why Today Was a Good Day for the 49ers
Why Today Was a Good Day for the 49ers

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March 8, 2022 will go down as an important date in 49ers history, and they didn't even do anything that day.

They simply watched as the Seahawks traded Russell Wilson and a fourth-round pick to the Denver Broncos for two first-round picks, two second-round picks, a fifth-round pick, Drew Lock, Noah Fant and Shelby Harris.

Suddenly, another future Hall of Fame quarterback has left the NFC for the AFC and made the 49ers' path to the Super Bowl easier, all because the Broncos decided to give up more than the Rams gave up for Matthew Stafford just to get 33-year-old Russell Wilson, who's now the third-best quarterback in the AFC West behind Patrick Mahomes and Justin Herbert. Which means the Broncos probably won't win a Super Bowl with Wilson. Which means they probably lost this trade.

And then there's the Seahawks, who just entered rebuilding mode, and handed the 49ers two free wins next season. Remember, Russell Wilson's career record against the 49ers was 16-4. Even when the Seahawks were bad, Wilson still found ways to beat the 49ers (see last season).

Now the Seahawks probably will have a rookie starting quarterback -- whoever they draft with the first-round pick they acquired from Denver, maybe Malik Willis -- while the 49ers have Trey Lance, who has been with the 49ers for a year and almost certainly would be the No. 1 pick in the upcoming draft had he stayed in school.

All in all, I'd have to say it was a good day for the 49ers.

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Grant Cohn
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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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