Quote:The 49ers offense has been struggling and their protection has been the main problem. Michael Crabtree, AnQuan Boldin, Stevie Johnson (who they already traded for), Quinton Patton, Brandon Lloyd, and of course one of my personal favorites, Bruce Ellington form a pretty strong receiving group. It's not elite, but injury prone Shorts isn't going to add anything to that receiving core that they don't already have. They aren't trading for Cecil. Their protection is the main problem.. even their elite guys are struggling to protect. Last thing they are going to do is trade away Boone unless the absolutely have to and they will command a much better deal than a guy who won't really "upgrade" their receiving core. They already acquired a guy to do that in Stevie Johnson. Why trade an elite guard for another one?