49ers’ Lynch Plays it Smart, Gets Thomas and Extra Picks
Niners general manager John Lynch is brand new to the job. Before he was hired recently, he'd never worked in an NFL front office. He's a rookie.Yet the former All-Pro safety showed Thursday night he knows what he's doing.After the Browns took defensive end Myles Garrett with the No. 1 pick, Lynch traded down from No. 2 to No. 3 and selected Stanford defensive end Solomon Thomas – a player many predicted they would have taken at No. 2.In return for moving down one spot – because the Bears were so eager to select quarterback Mitch Trubisky at No. 2 – Lynch and the 49ers collected the No. 3 pick, a third- and fourth-round pick in this draft and a third-rounder in 2018."The 49ers' massive return on moving down one spot in the NFL draft suggests there was a huge bidding war for that pick," wrote Kevin Seifert of ESPN's NFL Nation. "The only way the Bears give up that much is if multiple teams – probably including the Browns – were also bidding."Bill Williamson, a senior NFL writer for the website All22.com, tweeted this, after Lynch's trade with the Bears was announced: "John Lynch is the early star of the #NFLDraft."Tweeted ESPN's Michael Wilbon: "Did...
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Round 1, Pick 31 Overall
Round 2, Pick 63 Overall
Round 3, Pick 94 Overall
Round 4, Pick 124 Overall (via