Football is a game of inches and minutes, and not simply on the field of play. The same units of measurement can be applied to the ongoings in front offices around the NFL, considering how scathingly close some deals Anders Bjork Kids Jersey come to not getting done. Such is apparently the case for the , who recently struck a deal to send their 2021 sixth-round pick along with their second- and fourth-round picks in 2022 to the in exchange for quarterback . Because before that deal was agreed to, the tried their hand at landing the former third-overall pick, and they weren't shy about it.The 49ers reportedly offered the Jets their first-round pick -- 12th overall in this year's draft -- in the hopes of acquiring Darnold, per Cecil Lammey of in Denver, but the timing of the offer is a key reason the Jets didn't accept it. At the time, as in earlier this offseason, the Jets were seemingly still concerned about the shoulder of Zach Wilson, whom they've continuously been eyeing as potentially the new face of their franchise.Those concerns were laid to rest when they Paul Carey Kids Jersey watched him at the BYU pro day on March 26, and suddenly felt great about the decision to move on from Darnold and to pull the trigger on a QB (read: Wilson?) with the second-overall pick.It was too little, too late in the eyes of the 49ers, though, who came to terms with the on a blockbuster trade that saw the 49ers send the Dolphins a package that included their 2021 first-round pick along with a first- and third-round pick in 2022 and first-round Anders Bjork Jersey pick in 2023 to move up from No. 12 to No. 3 on the draft board. Not so coincidentally, the deal landed the same day the Jets were viewing Wilson's pro day, hinting strongly at their being credence to the rumor of the 49ers having been turned down prior to shipping this year's first-round pick to South Florida to move up and inevitably select their quarterback of the future. It was a move reasonably painted as many as the looming end of the era in San Francisco, a point hammered home and simultaneously undercut Steven Kampfer Kids Jersey by head coach Kyle Shanahan and the 49ers bra s, who admit but contend he'll be in uniform for 2021 -- additionally stopping short of predicting what's to come in 2022. And considering it now appears they made not one, but two attempts at finding his succe sor, it feels a foregone conclusion he'll be in another uniform sooner or later. Time will tell if the before that happens.Garoppolo can't blame Darnold for what happens next, however, although won't have that luxury -- only one year after signing a three-year, $63 million deal. Darnold, Patrice Bergeron Jersey who recently admitted , will now try to build something for himself in Charlotte, but was nearly headed to San Francisco, if Wilson's pro day was held sooner.