John Lynch - 49ers GM

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The Vikings are not trading us Jennings. Not in a million years.

We are 5-0. They are 5-0. We play each other this season.

They would be boneheads to give us WR stability, as much as I would love it.

Originally posted by SB49er4life:

Originally posted by Giedi:
Personally I think Kyle's gained a lot of confidence in John's scouting and player evaluation skills. I think he's developed a trust in John to let Kyle offload to John a lot of personnel decisions because he's confident John *knows* the type of player he and his assistant coaches want. It also helps that John can also talk to Kyle's father too if he needs to -- to help in making some of the more difficult personnel decisions.

Ever since Adam Peters left the 49ers' scouting department, the drafts have been GREAT. Since Peters' departed, the 49ers have drafted:

Upton Stout
Dominic Puni
Ricky Pearsall (TALENT is there, injury woes have been unpredictable
Jaden Dugger
Mykel Williams
Gracen Halton
Tatum Betune (Would start on probably 50%+ of NFL teams)
Malik Mustapha
Kaelon Black
Connor Colby
Renardo Green
Marques Sigle
De'Zhaun Stribling

I don't EVER wanna hear "John Lynch can't draft" again.

I agree your overall point.

But Bethune has been a healthy scratch in every game this season, I don't think he would start in 50% of NFL teams, probably not even close. I don't know what is going on to him. You would think he can contribute with Warner and other veterans next to him...

"I want a hamburger...no, a cheeseburger. I want a hot dog. I want a milkshake. I want potato chips..."

"YOU"LL GET NOTHING AND LIKE IT!"

If nothing else, would be happy if the Niners could somehow trade for K. Mack and give the pass rush a jolt to hopefully be effective throughout the long season.

Originally posted by Fanaticofnfl:
The Vikings are not trading us Jennings. Not in a million years.

We are 5-0. They are 5-0. We play each other this season.

They would be boneheads to give us WR stability, as much as I would love it.

I don't think Lynch would waste a draft pick on Jennings anyway. If they're gonna trade for a WR do it for Jerry Jeudy or another veteran.

Originally posted by Crown:

Originally posted by Giedi:

Originally posted by SB49er4life:

Originally posted by Giedi:
Personally I think Kyle's gained a lot of confidence in John's scouting and player evaluation skills. I think he's developed a trust in John to let Kyle offload to John a lot of personnel decisions because he's confident John *knows* the type of player he and his assistant coaches want. It also helps that John can also talk to Kyle's father too if he needs to -- to help in making some of the more difficult personnel decisions.

Ever since Adam Peters left the 49ers' scouting department, the drafts have been GREAT. Since Peters' departed, the 49ers have drafted:

Upton Stout
Dominic Puni
Ricky Pearsall (TALENT is there, injury woes have been unpredictable
Jaden Dugger
Mykel Williams
Gracen Halton
Tatum Betune (Would start on probably 50%+ of NFL teams)
Malik Mustapha
Kaelon Black
Connor Colby
Renardo Green
Marques Sigle
De'Zhaun Stribling

I don't EVER wanna hear "John Lynch can't draft" again.

Agree 💯%, regarding John's drafts. I've been pleasantly surprised that the middle and late rounds (49ers day 2 and day 3 picks since Adam Peters left) that have really generated some good late round talent that have made an impact in 2026.

Just looking at Adam Peters in Washington. His drafts remind me of the 49er drafts from 2017 to 2023 but without the late round successes. Pretty mediocre in my opinion. They got a good player in Jaden Daniels, but not much else and they are sitting at 1-3-1. Whereas the 49ers have had two strong drafts (2025 and 2026) and are sitting at 5-0, in addition to the late round surprises of Purdy, Puni, etc...

I am curious if this years was even better because of Raheems influence.

I think so. Raheem was John Lynch's positon coach when he played in Tampa Bay. Both Raheem and John know the kiffen Tampa two defense inside and out. John played the hybrid Linebacker/Pass rusher(Blitzer)/Defensive Back that the Tampa Two relied on to confuse QB's on third downs.

The Tampa Two has since evolved into what Raheem, Spagnuolo and Mike MacDonald essentially play today. However all three have their own blitz, coverage, and DLine Scheme flavors. All three hate giving the QB an easy reads that the Saleh/Demeco defenses gives to opposing QB's.

Raheem and Kyle coached under Jon Gruden, who coached under George Seifert. Mike Shanahan was George Seifert's offensive coordinator. So, the coaching lineage to Walsh is strong in both Raheem and Kyle.

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by Cosmo:
Isn't he an X like Evans? Be great to spell Mike, but I'm not sure they'd be on the field at the same time. Hopefully Cooks gets more comfy in the scheme and guys return healthy after the bye.

You can lineup either guy at split end or in the slot. Only real reason he played outside was because BA went awol.

Jennings is a way better weapon when he isn't at the X. He can do it in a pinch but it isn't his best fit. He could go back to being a monster on third down.

i originally didn't care to trade for him but ive thought about it and if we can keep him as WR3/4, he is a weapon. Also love his aggressive run blocking