John Lynch - 49ers GM

Originally posted by genus49:
It was meant to be anecdotal to push the point. I could've brought up much less extreme(likely HOF) examples.

The main point is having successful drafts is the best way to build a roster. This regime for all its faults does have a good track record overall.

Bosa, Warner, Kittle - all HOF level players

Purdy, Greenlaw, Lenoir, Hufanga, Deebo, Puni, McKivitz, Jennings, DJ Jones - all really good players drafted outside the first round.

I still believe by far our biggest problem was Trey Lance. We took a shot with minimal info given the covid season and really blew it. Thankfully landing Purdy in the 7th helped easy that f up but it cost us a lot of depth pieces that could've been added.

Also our philosophy in 2022 and 2023 was terrible and they admitted to it. Going into those drafts thinking we don't have a lot of holes caused us to make some really poor choices. Ironically they're the same drafts that helped the Rams rebuild their roster. We have 1 starter from the 2023 class and it's a guy we're all afraid to see on the field. Meanwhile Rams have 5 starters from the same class. One of them is a top 5 player at his position in Puka. 2 are excellent players for their DL(one of whom was drafted the pick after we selected Ji'Ayir Brown) we drafted Robert Beal 4 picks ahead of Puka. Very frustrating...

Good track record? Thats laighable. Lymch needs to go.

According to Lynch, he mentioned that Raiders / Vegas agreed to have the last preseason game against each other on Thursday... Raiders / Davis could've said NO and went with later date (like Saturday), but they done the Niners a solid, which allowed more rest and time to figure out their injuries / roster before leaving for Australia

So maybe Mark Davis doesn't hate Niners as much as some may think. Maybe he would wheel n deal with Niners if the deal favored Raiders more... those of you wishing for M Crosby

Originally posted by pillageDatazz:
According to Lynch, he mentioned that Raiders / Vegas agreed to have the last preseason game against each other on Thursday... Raiders / Davis could've said NO and went with later date (like Saturday), but they done the Niners a solid, which allowed more rest and time to figure out their injuries / roster before leaving for Australia

So maybe Mark Davis doesn't hate Niners as much as some may think. Maybe he would wheel n deal with Niners if the deal favored Raiders more... those of you wishing for M Crosby

Well Kyle Van Noy just signed with the Vikings, so please swing a trade for a pass rusher. I seriously can't they going into the season with injuries they have at the DE position. I feel like the 9ers pass rusher is gonna be non-existent like last season. I know it'll be improved it's just these damn injuries just don't give us any confidence.

Originally posted by Kolohe:
Well Kyle Van Noy just signed with the Vikings, so please swing a trade for a pass rusher. I seriously can't they going into the season with injuries they have at the DE position. I feel like the 9ers pass rusher is gonna be non-existent like last season. I know it'll be improved it's just these damn injuries just don't give us any confidence.

who has more sacks this year: the 49ers or Myles Garrett?

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by Kolohe:
Well Kyle Van Noy just signed with the Vikings, so please swing a trade for a pass rusher. I seriously can't they going into the season with injuries they have at the DE position. I feel like the 9ers pass rusher is gonna be non-existent like last season. I know it'll be improved it's just these damn injuries just don't give us any confidence.

who has more sacks this year: the 49ers or Myles Garrett?

F**k!!

It's like waking up from a coma after 3 years and not missing a thing with this team. Same holes, same philosophy and remarkably the same unrealistic expectation of winning a superbowl. Round hole square peg lynch gots to go.

Originally posted by pillageDatazz:
According to Lynch, he mentioned that Raiders / Vegas agreed to have the last preseason game against each other on Thursday... Raiders / Davis could've said NO and went with later date (like Saturday), but they done the Niners a solid, which allowed more rest and time to figure out their injuries / roster before leaving for Australia

So maybe Mark Davis doesn't hate Niners as much as some may think. Maybe he would wheel n deal with Niners if the deal favored Raiders more... those of you wishing for M Crosby

Mark may not have the influence he used to have. I think the new business partners appear to be pushing a new culture.

wonder how loud Brady's voice is in the building.

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by Kolohe:
Well Kyle Van Noy just signed with the Vikings, so please swing a trade for a pass rusher. I seriously can't they going into the season with injuries they have at the DE position. I feel like the 9ers pass rusher is gonna be non-existent like last season. I know it'll be improved it's just these damn injuries just don't give us any confidence.

who has more sacks this year: the 49ers or Myles Garrett?

49ers

Originally posted by FL9r:
It's like waking up from a coma after 3 years and not missing a thing with this team. Same holes, same philosophy and remarkably the same unrealistic expectation of winning a superbowl. Round hole square peg lynch gots to go.

Okay.

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:
I'm good with them revamping their draft philosophy and if they do I'd be looking at someone like Alec Halaby as GM.

I'm hopeful the 2026 draft signals more boldness in ShanaLynch's draft strategy. They were willing to trade down instead of trading up. I think trade-downs go to their draft strengths because ShanaLynch does better in the later rounds anyway.

It also adds more bodies - instead of just 7 draft picks, you potentially can get 8 or more draft picks. Thats important because the 49er injury gods need their annual player sacrifice to the IR squad. More draft bodies mean more ability to deal with injuries that seem to plague the 49ers year in and year out.

Finally, you can use the injuries to your advantage. Example - conner colby and Brock Purdy were discoved draft gems after being forced to play because of injuries. You dont expect 7th round picks to start in their *rookie* years. Starter level talent (aka Stribling, Black, for example) are found usually in day one or two, *not* day three picks. Colby and Purdy are day one level picks in my book. Injuries gifted them to us.

Originally posted by TD49ers:
Good track record? Thats laighable. Lymch needs to go.

the internet is where pro football HOFers get called lymch and told the situation is laighable, what a time to be alive

Where is Joey and where is Mike !!??

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:

Originally posted by TD49ers:
Good track record? Thats laighable. Lymch needs to go.

the internet is where pro football HOFers get called lymch and told the situation is laighable, what a time to be alive

The Niners are tied with the Eagles for the 5th best W-L record since 2019. I use that year because it's the first year after Lynch and Kyle rebuilt that terrible roster. They've been in the playoffs every year except the 2 times they had major injuries. 4 NFC conference title games and 2 SBs. I know they lost thise SB games but they've still been way better than most of the league. Lynch and Kyle must be doing something right. They missed on some high draft picks but they've hit on some mid and late round picks. Sure they got lucky when they drafted Purdy. Probably the greatest overall last pick in history. But if they were lucky with Purdy and Warner they were just as unluckey with some of the firs grounders like Lance, Foster, Pearsall and Aiyuk. Serious injuries derailed 3 of those 4 and Lance ws thrown into a bad situation. Most people viewed him as a project but he was forced to start sooner than expected . He wasn't ready and then suffered an injury.

I just think that Lynch has done a pretty good job overall. Missed in sme high picks. Hit on some lower picks. Made a couple of big trades (Williams and CMC) and signed some good free agents. Maybe they could find a better GM but they could also do a lot worse. Not a lot of good GMs available on Amazon.

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by Giedi:
I look for the 2026 draft class to be as good as the 2025 draft class and solidify that playoff potential spot and if any of the last two draft classes generate a hall of fame level player - (Romello Height, Stribling - hope hope) we could be looking at a remake of the legendary 1986 draft.

Huh? The 2025 draft class looks horrendous. Upton Stout is the only player from the class who might make an impact. Collins and West looked awful in the preseason at the one thing they're supposed to be good at; Mykel is recovering from a serious injury and likely won't do anything this year; Nick Martin doesn't look to be any better than last year and is at the bottom of the depth chart; nobody from the day 3 picks looks to be anything more than a role player/back up.

We better pray that the 2026 class is nothing like the 2025 class, or this team is royally screwed because the 25 draft is starting to look like another catastrophic failure.

It's way too early to call it on the 2025 class but one issue with that class was it was pretty much Saleh's blank canvas draft. We brought him in here and gave him free reign to bring in his guys via the draft after likely telling him that free agency would be bargain shopping.

I know you're the local DL expert but I'm not ready to call it with Collins and West(though I wasn't a huge fan of Collins in the draft, he hit a need but I personally preferred Darius Alexander at DT there but felt we should've gone with Will Johnson, Aireontae Ersery or Donovan Ezeiruaku/Mike Green position need be damned) still I think he can get it together. He was a slow starter last year too but came on to make some impact plays for us. Certainly not the Chris Jones like 2nd year many of us were hoping for but I'll see what he can do this year before being out on him.

Like I said before I tend to give guys who battle through injuries to make impact plays for us more rope to hang themselves.

We'll see what Mykel does when he comes back and long term. His career is far from over. He's what 22? Still one of the youngest guys on our roster. Martin was my least favorite pick and unfortunately he hasn't shown much to make us feel otherwise but the class still has potential to help us with quality depth at worst.

I would've been curious to see last year's draft class without Saleh making those defensive picks.

Originally posted by TD49ers:

Originally posted by genus49:
It was meant to be anecdotal to push the point. I could've brought up much less extreme(likely HOF) examples.

The main point is having successful drafts is the best way to build a roster. This regime for all its faults does have a good track record overall.

Bosa, Warner, Kittle - all HOF level players

Purdy, Greenlaw, Lenoir, Hufanga, Deebo, Puni, McKivitz, Jennings, DJ Jones - all really good players drafted outside the first round.

I still believe by far our biggest problem was Trey Lance. We took a shot with minimal info given the covid season and really blew it. Thankfully landing Purdy in the 7th helped easy that f up but it cost us a lot of depth pieces that could've been added.

Also our philosophy in 2022 and 2023 was terrible and they admitted to it. Going into those drafts thinking we don't have a lot of holes caused us to make some really poor choices. Ironically they're the same drafts that helped the Rams rebuild their roster. We have 1 starter from the 2023 class and it's a guy we're all afraid to see on the field. Meanwhile Rams have 5 starters from the same class. One of them is a top 5 player at his position in Puka. 2 are excellent players for their DL(one of whom was drafted the pick after we selected Ji'Ayir Brown) we drafted Robert Beal 4 picks ahead of Puka. Very frustrating...

Good track record? Thats laighable. Lymch needs to go.

It feels like you're falling back to just starting crap around here and not actually reading what's being posted. This is the 2nd time in the last few pages you ignored what I wrote and decided to do your little jab post.

If you're going to ignore what people actually write then don't bother quoting.