John Lynch - 49ers GM

Originally posted by Sask49erFan:
1.15- Jalon Walker
34 tackles, 5.5 sacks. 2 FF

1.26- James Pearce
26 tackles, 10.5 sacks, 1 FF

3.96- Xavier Watts
96 tackles, 5 INT, 11 PD

That's how you draft to re-build a D. Lynch should take notes.

How'd that Atlanta D end up? How'd the team do?

Originally posted by bud49:

Originally posted by dj43:

Originally posted by bud49:
I like John but the last several drafts have been well meh, if he moved on I would not be upset.

Before I pulled the plug on Lynch, I would want to see how Collins, West, and Mykel Williams turn out. Williams was already a force before he was injured. West and Collins lost a lot of development time due to injury, but both of them flashed their power and potential more as the season progressed. Stout is looking like a steal. That is four potential starters for the future.

All good points.

A force lol?

Originally posted by Sask49erFan:
1.15- Jalon Walker
34 tackles, 5.5 sacks. 2 FF

1.26- James Pearce
26 tackles, 10.5 sacks, 1 FF

3.96- Xavier Watts
96 tackles, 5 INT, 11 PD

That's how you draft to re-build a D. Lynch should take notes.

AND they just fired their GM/HC and gave up a top 13 in this upcoming draft.

Pierce was dogs**t vs the run, surely wasn't worth 2 1sts. He's Floyd 2.0. From what I saw with Walker it wasn't anything special. Good football player but people in here were trying to call him freaking Parsons or something.

ATL's D gave up more pts per game than SF. While I don't always agree with Lynch and have no problem getting a real GM in here. The Falcons aren't the blueprint lol

Originally posted by Niners418:

Originally posted by Sask49erFan:
1.15- Jalon Walker
34 tackles, 5.5 sacks. 2 FF

1.26- James Pearce
26 tackles, 10.5 sacks, 1 FF

3.96- Xavier Watts
96 tackles, 5 INT, 11 PD

That's how you draft to re-build a D. Lynch should take notes.

Yea the noise around our drafting only gets louder. We've added some solid pieces last two years but have no ability to find impact

Thats really the biggest change with the first 5 drafts and last four. We would get at least one All Pro every year. I think Pearsall, if healthy, can get to being an impact player. Stout has potential as does Mykel Williams. But we are at the beginning of our roster turnover. So we'll see how this looks next season. I think our depth has shown themselves to be okay if we are being realistic. You can only have so many non-starters starting and get quality results. But we more need impact going forward and not more redshirts.

Originally posted by Sask49erFan:
1.15- Jalon Walker
34 tackles, 5.5 sacks. 2 FF

1.26- James Pearce
26 tackles, 10.5 sacks, 1 FF

3.96- Xavier Watts
96 tackles, 5 INT, 11 PD

That's how you draft to re-build a D. Lynch should take notes.

thats so good it got that GM fired.

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:

Originally posted by Sask49erFan:
1.15- Jalon Walker
34 tackles, 5.5 sacks. 2 FF

1.26- James Pearce
26 tackles, 10.5 sacks, 1 FF

3.96- Xavier Watts
96 tackles, 5 INT, 11 PD

That's how you draft to re-build a D. Lynch should take notes.

How'd that Atlanta D end up? How'd the team do?

Fantasy football D, not winning football.

Originally posted by ninersrule4:

Originally posted by bud49:

Originally posted by dj43:

Originally posted by bud49:
I like John but the last several drafts have been well meh, if he moved on I would not be upset.

Before I pulled the plug on Lynch, I would want to see how Collins, West, and Mykel Williams turn out. Williams was already a force before he was injured. West and Collins lost a lot of development time due to injury, but both of them flashed their power and potential more as the season progressed. Stout is looking like a steal. That is four potential starters for the future.

All good points.

A force lol?

he was taking just about more doubles than anyone else as a 21 yr old. He was pretty f**king good setting the edge, which clearly was a problem if you watched the last game.

He's not a true edge and was suppose to be used as an IDL on passing downs, until Bosa got hurt.

I'm sure all you care about is "sacks", So Carter was dogs**t this yr, right? Everyone thought he was the best player in the draft…only had 3 more sacks and played 7 more games and that's with a dominant DL around him.

Where have all these teams that have been doing so well in the draft been during playoff time? How many have been to a SB? Ther's more to winning than just drafting a big name player. They need to stay healthy and fit the system. Some need an adjustment period to really shine in the NFL. They need proper coaching.

Lot's of things go into making a winner. The Niners mut be doing something right to make it to 4 NFC title games and 2 SBs in 6 seasons. Only the Chiefs did better. Not bad for a team that can't draft.

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
Where have all these teams that have been doing so well in the draft been during playoff time? How many have been to a SB? Ther's more to winning than just drafting a big name player. They need to stay healthy and fit the system. Some need an adjustment period to really shine in the NFL. They need proper coaching.

Lot's of things go into making a winner. The Niners mut be doing something right to make it to 4 NFC title games and 2 SBs in 6 seasons. Only the Chiefs did better. Not bad for a team that can't draft.

This. We all think we know how to call plays/coach a team (which requires a lot of s**t) or build a team better than two guys that have done that at a high level for multiple levels. There's a ton of arrogance in this forum…I'm not above it either lol

I wish they would have invested in a legit EDGE via the draft or FA. I got the Williams pick. He's a good football player who hasn't even sniffed his upside. He's made of the right stuff. Maybe he ends up like a JPP type of guy maybe he ends up more like AA. Time will tell.

This season has been a roller coaster and honestly has turned out better than most thought after all the injuries, BA awol and FA losses. IMO that shouldn't go unnoticed

I still remember in 2017 when the Colts hired Chris Ballard and everyone on this site was like "of course the Colts swooped in and hired the best candidate! Just look at him! He's an alpha wolf! He'll do amazing there and he clearly didn't want to work for Jed! We'll just hire some desperation hire!"

Since 2017 (nine seasons), the Colts have two playoff appearances and one Divisional round appearance. They have a losing record since 2018 even excluding the 2017 season where they went 4-12. They have zero playoff appearances since 2020 (five straight seasons).

It was just announced that Ballard is still employed and Colts fans are outraged.

Just sayin'. But hey I'll get a million "bUt nO sUpEr bOwL!!!!" comments like that disputes anything I just said. Ballard's resume is laughably bad compared to Lynch's.

The Andrew Luck retirement may have bought Ballard a lifetime of excuses and job security.

I still believe that Lynch will be a better GM if Shanny's not the HC... he being powerless because of Shanny stops him from getting the type of players he really wants.

Originally posted by NYniner85:

The Dolphins also requested interviews with 49ers VP of Player Personnel Tariq Ahmad and director of scouting and football operations Josh Williams for their GM job, per sources.

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) January 5, 2026

I really hate to ask but it needs to be asked…

Are either of them minorities?

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:

Originally posted by Sask49erFan:
1.15- Jalon Walker
34 tackles, 5.5 sacks. 2 FF

1.26- James Pearce
26 tackles, 10.5 sacks, 1 FF

3.96- Xavier Watts
96 tackles, 5 INT, 11 PD

That's how you draft to re-build a D. Lynch should take notes.

How'd that Atlanta D end up? How'd the team do?

Fantasy football D, not winning football.

This is one of the reasons I hate fantasy sports with a passion.

Clueless fans love empty counting stats and are unable to see the bigger picture.

Multiple comments above already pointed out the flaws above

Those defensive picks were so good the Falcons sucked worse than our D
-HC fired
-GM fired
-Gave up #13 overall pick for a 1 dimensional DE

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by Sask49erFan:
1.15- Jalon Walker
34 tackles, 5.5 sacks. 2 FF

1.26- James Pearce
26 tackles, 10.5 sacks, 1 FF

3.96- Xavier Watts
96 tackles, 5 INT, 11 PD

That's how you draft to re-build a D. Lynch should take notes.

AND they just fired their GM/HC and gave up a top 13 in this upcoming draft.

Pierce was dogs**t vs the run, surely wasn't worth 2 1sts. He's Floyd 2.0. From what I saw with Walker it wasn't anything special. Good football player but people in here were trying to call him freaking Parsons or something.

ATL's D gave up more pts per game than SF. While I don't always agree with Lynch and have no problem getting a real GM in here. The Falcons aren't the blueprint lol

I'm not saying ATL is the blueprint at all. I'm saying that even bad teams have good drafts. They nailed that draft. Billy Bowman was making plays before he got injured too. That draft is more to reference what we needed and who we took and who we passed on. Like every other year under Lynch.

Put those 3 guys on the team instead of Mykel, Collins and Stout and our D is much better IMO.

As for Pearce, everyone knows he isn't good vs the run but that's not his job. His job is to get after the QB and he is very good at that. Bryce Huff and Sam O are not good at setting the edge either and Pearce would have been a huge upgrade over them both.

Walker was very good. He will be a nice chess piece and probably more impactful than Mykel Williams.