New San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch made an appearance on Pro Football Talk’s PFT Live show, and you can watch the video below. Lynch discussed a wide range of topics over the course of 20 minutes.
- What got him interested in being a general manager: He spoke about getting to know John Elway and talking with him off and on about personnel issues. He was already interested in it, but that pushed it forward further
- Why the 49ers made sense: He spoke about the time at Stanford getting to know Bill Walsh at Stanford and learning more about the 49ers as one of iconic organizations in football
- Talked about his conversation with Kyle Shanahan during the HC search process. They initially were talking about people around the league, and it developed from there
- Best advice he has gotten during the process
- On why he’s qualified to do this job
- How roster control will be handled
- On the request for secrecy with the 49ers
- On Paraag Marathe’s role
- On Kyle Shanahan’s performance in Super Bowl
- On timeline for rebuilding process
- On message to fans