John Lynch’s nine-year-old daughter thinks 49ers are “horrible”

San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch spoke with reporters for the first time since signing wide receiver Deebo Samuel to a three-year contract extension valued at up to $73.5 million. The conversation took place via a conference call on Tuesday morning. "I can't tell you how happy we are as an organization, how proud, really, that I am of Deebo Samuel," Lynch said. "... There's something magnetic about his personality, not just his play, but about the way he carries himself, that smile, all those things. Then what he's done for this organization. ... His play is incredibly inspirational." Getting to this point wasn't easy, though. In April, Samuel even requested to be traded. That came after the All-Pro receiver removed all 49ers-related photos from his

San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch spoke with reporters via a conference call on Tuesday. He did so from his office at the team facility, noting that he could see quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo on the practice field from his window. "I'm watching him throw right now, and he looks pretty good," Lynch said. The general manager confirmed that Garoppolo is cleared to practice. However, both sides have "mutually" agreed that the best thing right now is to have the quarterback work on the side. Garoppolo doesn't have any restrictions, though. "Jimmy's doing a really good job, kind of building his stamina in the throwing program that was prescribed all along, and working out really strongly and aggressively," Lynch

San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch spoke with reporters on Tuesday, a day after signing star wide receiver Deebo Samuel to a three-year contract extension. Here is everything he had to say. Transcript provided by the San Francisco 49ers Communications staff. Opening comments: "It's somewhat embarrassing, but I had a little biking incident, situation. Ironically right after we finished [WR] Deebo [Samuel], Linda said time to get some fresh air and we went outside and I happened to land on my face, so I'm a little bruised up I'm not interested in becoming a meme going forward, so. I'm laying low for a little bit, but we're not here to talk about me. We're here to talk about Deebo and in the statement the other day,

Trey Lance spent last season as the backup quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, sitting and learning behind veteran Jimmy Garoppolo. However, things are different this year. Lance has taken the reins from Garoppolo as the team's starting quarterback. While there was media speculation that Garoppolo might eventually work his way into a quarterback competition, for the 49ers, Lance has been the guy for a while now. "We got into the offseason, and the thought really was this is going to become Trey's team," general manager John Lynch recently told The Athletic. "We go through OTAs and all of that, and he really just asserted himself. Those decisions are Kyle's. We obviously