Didn’t Bill Walsh have Holmgren research trading Montana right after the 49ers had just won the Super Bowl? I’m pretty sure I heard or read an interview Mike gave in which he stated that.
Is it really that odd that Jon Schneider would listen to what the Bears had to say before telling them “no thanks, we aren’t trading our QB” last season? Had some media outlets not blown it into a big story to get clicks, no one would have cared. Teams talk all the time. That’s part of management doing their jobs. It sucks from a player’s standpoint, but it’s not a new thing.