Niners Nation
Hope everyone had a good feast to those who celebrate the holiday, where you eat numerous comfort foods. The San Francisco 49ers are going into a bye this weekend, so we get to sit back and watch the chaos.
The NFC is wide open. I agree with this. While the 49ers can win a playoff game or two, I still have reservations about them winning it all. Why? That defensive line is still a work in progress. I don’t necessarily blame the secondary when there are issues. Quarterbacks are getting over three seconds to throw the ball at times, and any secondary is going to get exposed at that point. I think that very issue may be the 49ers’ downfall.
The thing I’m looking at is how se the 49ers are for the future. They held onto their draft picks, they will be middle of the road in salary cap, and Mac Jones may bring some decent trade value, should they decide to trade him.
All I’m saying is there’s parity in the NFL this year, but the 49ers are positioned to become a juggernaut again sooner rather than later.
Ok, onto your questions. As you know, I patrol the feed and make a post there when I’m going to do a Golden Fool. You want to see your question answered by someone completely unqualified? Then you need to ask a question there, and I’ll (try to) answer it.
I think John Lynch is one of the best GMs in the NFL? Thoughts?
—billthebiker
I agree. Has he made mistakes? Absolutely. Has he also made good draft picks? Absolutely as well. Sure, the first round is often a bummer, but Lynch has been right more often than wrong.
Not just the draft either. It wasn’t just Kyle Shanahan; John Lynch pushed for the three first-round picks to get Trey Lance. Now the pick itself didn’t work out, but the logic was sound. Lynch publicly said he and Shanahan felt the 49ers were good enough to make a deep run in the playoffs the next two or three years. Sitting at 12 was the best they’d be able to sit in for the next few years. They wanted to make a change at quarterback and thought this was the best time to do it.
Now, that didn’t work out as we wanted, but he was right. The 49ers were set for the next couple of years, if they were going to make that trade for Trey Lance, 2021 was the year to do it. It didn’t work out, but just having that foresight can’t be understated. Contract awareness has also been great for Lynch, as his team has made the tough decisions (well, except for Brandon Aiyuk) rather than holding on to players and going into cap hell. Those are just two examples.
I also wrote for this site during Trent Baalke’s days, so I know what the other end of the spectrum looks like. Lynch is underrated...
