John Lynch declines to set timeline for construction of new offense

Posted by Mike Florio on February 7, 2017, 8:54 PM EST
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With Kyle Shanahan taking over as coach of the 49ers, it’s safe to say he won’t be crafting an offense based on the players available to him. Instead, he’ll embark on putting together the kind of personnel who will be able to run his chosen offense.

As a result, it will take some time to get the 49ers offense to the point at which the players can run the offense the way Shanahan wants it to be run — with quarterback obviously being the most important factor.

New G.M. John Lynch declined to provide a timeline for the adjustment of the offense to the Shanahan approach during a visit to PFT Live that will be included in Wednesday’s show. For those of you who frequent the website, you get a preview. And by preview I mean the entire, wide-ranging, 20-minute, unedited interview.

Enjoy. And then tune in for Wednesday’s edition of PFT Live at 6:00 a.m. ET on NBC Sports Radio, followed by a temporarily shortened simulcast that launches at 7:30 a.m. a.m. ET on NBCSN.

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10 responses to “John Lynch declines to set timeline for construction of new offense”

  1. This will be fun to watch. It’s possible to go from worst to first in three years. It’s really going to come down to how well they do in the draft. Hopefully Lynch is hiring the right personnel people. Matt Millen didn’t do that, John Elway did. It looks like John Elway is helping Lynch with some of this stuff. It’s going to be fun for Jed to be in the building with a professional. He’ll learn a lot from Lynch, and it should be fun for him too. Even if they don’t win, Jed will learn some valuable stuff. The kid’s going to own this team for 40 or 50 years, so he’ll be all ears when Lynch is talking.

  4. It will incorporate a lot of pass plays in run situations that will lead to unfathomable losses.

  5. Wonder how many “At least he won’t need a running back” comments there will be……

  7. charliecharger says:
    Feb 7, 2017 9:08 PM

    This will be fun to watch. It’s possible to go from worst to first in three years. It’s really going to come down to how well they do in the draft. Hopefully Lynch is hiring the right personnel people. Matt Millen didn’t do that, John Elway did. It looks like John Elway is helping Lynch with some of this stuff. It’s going to be fun for Jed to be in the building with a professional. He’ll learn a lot from Lynch, and it should be fun for him too. Even if they don’t win, Jed will learn some valuable stuff. The kid’s going to own this team for 40 or 50 years, so he’ll be all ears when Lynch is talking
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    So Lynch learning from Elway in hiring the right people to do HIS job, then York learning from Lynch who is learning on the job?

    Lets be real, York went from giving Baalke full autonomy. To giving Shanahan full power to bring him on board, Lynch is nothing more than a puppet. Since any GM worth his salt probably walked. Lynch called KS, who told York. And apparently he was the one calling the shots in regards to leaks? Nice PR spin Lynch.

  8. Lynch is already recruiting talent for the 49ers FO better than his predecessor. The Adam Peters hire was gold. More to come. Kyle Shanahan, John Lynch, & Adam Peters represent the best leadership the 49ers have had in a very long time. I think they’ll do well. Let the rebuild begin.

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