John Lynch - 49ers GM

Hard to measure him as anything but a good GM.
Two super bowl runs. Turned a laughing stock franchise into what looks like it'll be a perennial powerhouse. If Trey hits & we have a three or four year run with a SB win in there - he'll be an all time great. If Trey misses, we'll remember him as a good GM that turned us around but couldn't get over the hump.

Originally posted by A-R-S:
Hard to measure him as anything but a good GM.
Two super bowl runs. Turned a laughing stock franchise into what looks like it'll be a perennial powerhouse. If Trey hits & we have a three or four year run with a SB win in there - he'll be an all time great. If Trey misses, we'll remember him as a good GM that turned us around but couldn't get over the hump.

Agreed 100% with everything you said.

Originally posted by A-R-S:
Hard to measure him as anything but a good GM.
Two super bowl runs. Turned a laughing stock franchise into what looks like it'll be a perennial powerhouse. If Trey hits & we have a three or four year run with a SB win in there - he'll be an all time great. If Trey misses, we'll remember him as a good GM that turned us around but couldn't get over the hump.

I sorta agreed with you until you said that the niners may become a perennial powerhouse.

Originally posted by pdizo916:
I sorta agreed with you until you said that the niners may become a perennial powerhouse.

So you see us falling off and turning into the Steelers?

Originally posted by illinois9er:

Originally posted by pdizo916:
I sorta agreed with you until you said that the niners may become a perennial powerhouse.

So you see us falling off and turning into the Steelers?

He is a Steelers fan after all lol

Lynch has us set up very nicely for future

guys under contract next season including RFAs:

QB: Trey Lance | Brock Purdy
RB: Elijah Mitchell | Trey Sermon | Ty Davis-Price | JaMychal Hasty | Jordan Mason
FB: Kyle Juszczyk

WR: Deebo Samuel | Ray Ray McCloud
WR: Brandon Aiyuk | Danny Gray
WR: Jauan Jennings |
TE: George Kittle | Charlie Woerner | Tanner Hudson

LT: Trent Williams | Colton McKivitz
LG: Aaron Banks | Nick Zakelj
C: ___ | Jason Poe | Dohnovan West
RG: Spencer Burford | Jaylon Moore
RT:

DE: Drake Jackson
DE: Nick Bosa
DT: Javon Kinlaw | Kalia Davis
DT: Arik Armstead | Kevin Givens

LB: Oren Burks | Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles
LB: Fred Warner
LB:

CB: Charvarius Ward | Deommodore Lenoir | Tariq Castro-Fields
CB: Ambry Thomas | Samuel Womack III
FS:
SS: Talanoa Hufanga | George Odum | Leon O'Neal Jr.

no P, K or LS

Originally posted by DoseOfBosa:
Lynch has us set up very nicely for future

guys under contract next season including RFAs:

QB: Trey Lance | Brock Purdy
RB: Elijah Mitchell | Trey Sermon | Ty Davis-Price | JaMychal Hasty | Jordan Mason
FB: Kyle Juszczyk

WR: Deebo Samuel | Ray Ray McCloud
WR: Brandon Aiyuk | Danny Gray
WR: Jauan Jennings |
TE: George Kittle | Charlie Woerner | Tanner Hudson

LT: Trent Williams | Colton McKivitz
LG: Aaron Banks | Nick Zakelj
C: ___ | Jason Poe | Dohnovan West
RG: Spencer Burford | Jaylon Moore
RT:

DE: Drake Jackson
DE: Nick Bosa
DT: Javon Kinlaw | Kalia Davis
DT: Arik Armstead | Kevin Givens

LB: Oren Burks | Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles
LB: Fred Warner
LB:

CB: Charvarius Ward | Deommodore Lenoir | Tariq Castro-Fields
CB: Ambry Thomas | Samuel Womack III
FS:
SS: Talanoa Hufanga | George Odum | Leon O'Neal Jr.

no P, K or LS

Yeah, we're set up nicely, not many must re-sign guys, the biggest FAs we're gonna have to decide on are Greenlaw, Al-Shaair, Moseley, Ebukam, McGlinchey, & J.Ward, then some potential surprises like Omenihu, Turay, and others.

This draft class is looking nothing short of spectacular. Lynch has been as good as I could have hoped for, especially paired with Kyle. These dudes gonna rebuild Camelot.

Gotta give this FO some early love. Every pickup and draft prospect is visible right now. That's a great sign!

Originally posted by NCommand:
Gotta give this FO some early love. Every pickup and draft prospect is visible right now. That's a great sign!

Agree 💯%, this years draft class looks solid. Wowmack, Purdy, Burford, Drake, Gray all look like solid picks.

Originally posted by dj43:
His great strength is his charisma and rapport with the players. He is honest and the players trust him.

All of that leads to great respect around the league and with player reps. He doesn't leave any ground for reps to move players away from the 49ers. It is no accident that C Ward came here when he had other options.

Yes, he has missed on some picks, however, every GM/staff misses on picks. He has made up for the missed picks with some very good ones that have put this team in the top 5-7 teams around the league. From where he started, that is no small feat.

Excellent post and totally agree!

Originally posted by Giedi:

Originally posted by NCommand:
Gotta give this FO some early love. Every pickup and draft prospect is visible right now. That's a great sign!

Agree 💯%, this years draft class looks solid. Wowmack, Purdy, Burford, Drake, Gray all look like solid picks.

Good call.

And the FA pick-ups are also looki9ng impressive.

Gonna go back and read the draft thread. There were a lot of unhappy people. 😂

Draft picks so far so good, but I'm not gonna give full credit until the season begins. Trending in the right direction though.

Last year, Lynch rolled the dice with Verrett and Moseley as our two starting CB's. Verrett got injured in Week 1, Moseley missed some games and we had rookies/guys off the street starting for us. Demeco Ryans somehow made it work though... Moseley got healthy, and Ambry Thomas came on at the end of the year. In the end, it was enough to get us to the NFCCG, but essentially, we just couldn't handle Cooper Kupp and OBJ. Close, but no cigar.

This year... my gut feeling is that we, again, have a playoff roster. The CB, RB, and Special Teams areas have gotten a lot more depth. D-Line and LB are really strong, as are the offensive skill positions.

Last year's question mark was at CB. This year?

1.) Trey Lance
2.) The Offensive Line (Except Trent Williams) --- IMO, this is where we're really rolling the dice. Obviously, a QB change is a monumental shift, but we've been preparing for Trey over the last season... But O-Line... that's going to be an interesting one:

• Aaron Banks, LG --- Second year player, this would be his first year starting
• Jake Brendel / Daniel Brunskill, C --- Two unheralded veteran players fighting for the starting job
• Spencer Burford, RG --- Very encouraging that he's probably going to win the starting job... but he's a rookie.
• Mike McGlinchey, RT --- He's been very inconsistent in his career. Sometimes it looks like he's going to be a great RT... and then, he doesn't.

Of course, Banks and Burford could turn out to be very good guards and our guys for the next 5+ years... McGlinchey could ball out in his contract year... and Brendel/Brunskill do a great job. But I'm just pointing out... they're question marks.

I feel good with what John Lynch and the FO did this offseason. Let's see how it goes.