The whole sting that Pace put together was to screw the Browns, not the 49ers.
The Browns wanted Trubisky, and management promised the owners they would get him. So the Browns would have traded up with the 49ers, who everyone knew was not taking a quarterback. But why trade with for a 2nd when you can trade for a 3rd and get your guy. Pace was working a deal to trade down with the Browns (that was the smokescreen) while he was also on the line to trade up with the 49ers. Then the Bears went through with the 49ers deal. We got Trubisky, Browns who had like a dozen draft picks to trade come out without him.
This.
Pace duped the teams looking to trade up for Trubisky, whether that be the Browns, Chiefs, Texans, or whomever else. He kept the other teams at bay by looking as disinterested in Trubisky as possible, part of which included having Kizer in for a Private workout and private visit, in for the local workout, and present at his pro day.
Lynch, while it can be imagined would have easily been fooled, more suffered lower offers than he would have hoped due to Paces ruse affecting other. Lynch needs no help in looking like a CTE victim in full bloom.