Lynch confident all sides will find ‘best solution’ on Aiyuk contract

INDIANAPOLIS — Re-signing wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk is a high priority for 49ers general manager John Lynch. San Francisco's front-office executive spoke to local Bay Area media Tuesday at the NFL Scouting Combine and shared where the two sides are on working out a future long-term contract extension. "I think he's our player, so we can have those conversations and we will," Lynch said. "Brandon is a tremendous football player. He's a homegrown guy. We like to reward those guys. He's done everything in his power to help our team become the team that we've become, and we want Brandon to be around here." After the team's Super Bowl LVIII loss, Aiyuk seemed unsure of his 49ers future when speaking to the media on locker clean-out day. The GM is empathetic to what the wideout had been through and believes that above all, Aiyuk would like to remain in the Bay. "I think it starts with real good communication, letting Brandon know, which I have done," Lynch said on "49ers Talk." "I have a great affinity for that young man. We drafted him, and to watch him develop and continually improve and the will that he plays with - that's something that we take a lot of pride in, and I know...