49ers Gm 2025r John. The san francisco 49ers made a surprising move sunday, announcing they hired fox analyst and former nfl safety john lynch to be their new general manager. The san francisco 49ers announced multiyear contract extensions for coach kyle shanahan and general manager john lynch on friday.

How john lynch went from tv analyst to 49ers general manager so rapidly and secretly was anybody’s guess until he explained for himself. The phone lines are open, but the 49ers aren’t in a rush to make a trade at tuesday’s deadline.