Watch: John Lynch speaks to the press at the NFL Scouting Combine
San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch stepped up to the podium today at the NFL Scouting Combine and spoke to the media.
Key takeaways from the discussion with the press:
- Lynch went to the NFL Scouting Combine with John Elway once. However, since he was media, he was not allowed to sit in on the interview process and spent a lot of time in his hotel room.
- 49ers interviewed Notre Dame QB DeShone Kizer last night. "He blew the doors off it," Lynch said of the interview. "He's just a very impressive young man," he later added.
- "We think he has a lot more in him and we're excited to try and pull that out of him," Lynch said of 49ers RB Carlos Hyde.
- Lynch said the conversation with Colin Kaepernick was a good one and they understood that he would probably opt out of his contract but they did not want to close the door on the possibility of him returning to the 49ers. Kaepernick will be a free agent on March 9.
- Lynch feels that the 49ers are further along with the offensive and defensive lines than a lot of other teams.
- "He grows on you," Lynch said of North Carolina QB Mitch Trubisky. "The more you watch him, the more you like him." Trubisky measured at a height over 6-2 on Thursday. Lynch feels that Trubisky made himself a lot of money with that measurement.
- Lynch feels that the choice to sit out of bowl games, as Stanford RB Christian McCaffrey did with the Sun Bowl, will impact football for many years to come.
You can watch the full video of Lynch speaking at the NFL Scouting Combine below.
More San Francisco 49ers News
49ers injury news: Deebo Samuel 'has a shot' to start against Cardinals in Week 1, says John Lynch
By David Bonilla
Sep 6, 2020
The San Francisco 49ers activated Deebo Samuel from the non-football injury list on Saturday. The team remains optimistic that the second-year wide receiver will be available for its Week 1 contest next weekend against the Arizona Cardinals.
"He does have a shot," general manager John Lynch told reporters via a conference call on Sunday. "I know Tuesday morning, we're kind of having a summit with Dr. (Robert) Anderson, who did the surgery, (team surgeon) Doc (Tim) McAdams and our training staff to kind of take the latest look at the scans and whatnot to see exactly where he's at."
Samuel suffered a Jones fracture during a June player-organized practice in Tennessee. He has
John Lynch denies report that 49ers looked into trading Ahkello Witherspoon: 'That was never a discussion'
By David Bonilla
Sep 6, 2020
Matt Barrows of The Athletic reported on Friday that the San Francisco 49ers had looked into trading fourth-year cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon this past week.
"At one point during the week, the 49ers were looking into trading Witherspoon, and Witherspoon was aware of this," wrote Barrows. "For one reason or another, that plan was scrapped."
General manager John Lynch, while speaking with reporters via a conference call on Sunday, denied that such discussions ever took place.
"Well, it's not true," Lynch said. "... We never had that conversation. Matt (Maiocco, who asked about it), you know it; there's a lot of conversations with our scouting
John Lynch says 49ers roster is 'pretty much set,' Dee Ford restructure doesn't indicate otherwise
By David Bonilla
Sep 6, 2020
The San Francisco 49ers restructured pass rusher Dee Ford's contract on Friday, creating an additional $9.5 million salary-cap room by converting his base salary into a signing bonus. That, of course, led to speculation that the team might be gearing up to make a signing.
There was also the possibility that the move was made with next year's salary cap in mind. It is, after all, expected to see a drop due to the impact of COVID-19 on this season.
General manager John Lynch indicated on Sunday that the reason for Ford's restructure was more due to the latter, saying that the 53-man roster heading into Week 1 is "pretty much
