49ers GM John Lynch On His Evolution From Player To Front Office, Hard-Nosed Football Approach 

This is one of the best sports interviews I’ve ever seen possibly

We are blessed as niners fans to have such a humble yet strong leader as a GM. What him and Kyle and the rest of that front office and staff have done with the niners is nothing short of amazing. I hope his legacy as a niners GM is just getting started! Nothing but love and respect for John Lynch. What a role model.

Out of all his accolades, and he has many, you left out 3 important facts: 1) With the Bucs John Lynch and Mike Alstott had a no hitting each other rule implemented by Herm Edwards for the safety of the entire solar system. 2) In a game he once knocked out cold his brother in law (Mrs. Lynch's brother) who played TE for the bears. 3) Used his helmet like a weapon probably more than AJ.

Wow, John Lynch seems like a truly solid dude. Great storyteller, too.

John was great; and Pat, great job for letting him speak uninterrupted; keep up the good work!

Listen closely all you NFL owners. This is the type of professional you need to hire. Not some verbal diarrhea car salesman that you tend to hire.

The difference in personalities between this and the Poles interview is night and day. John has so much charisma, it’s hard to hate the 9ers

Best GM interview yet! Keep up the good work boys!!

John Lynch was and is a DAWG!!

I'm from Jersey (Passaic), so when he mentioned Craig "Ironhead" Heyward. I knew exactly who he was talking about. Yeah, that man was a beast when he played for Passaic High School. God rest his soul 🙏.

It took me a hot minute to appreciate pat mcafee, but I’m on board

What a great interview. Big (and old) 49ers fan going back to 1955. Our GM, John Lynch, comes across so well in this interview. Go 49ers!

all the other GMs should use this interview as a learning process...

49ers are very lucky to have him as the GM. They find studs to fit any scheme they want to do and it works. It's unreal how tactical they are with their picks each year. Trey Lance was a major bust but they couldn't have predicted all his injuries.

Wow, John Lynch seems like a truly solid dude. You can see why he is the perfect fit for the Niners and why this team has been consistently good!

C’mon Pat. Lynch set the bar. Let’s get AJ hooked up with that camera setup!!!

I've been a Bucs fan since the late 90s and John Lynch is my all time favorite player. Watching him knock people's heads off with that legendary late 90s Bucs D was incredible. His nickname within the defense was Friendly Fire because they were all trying to avoid the missile flying up from the secondary. Definitely a HOF human!

John Lynch is a Living Legend! 💯 Tampa loves ya, John! Forever!

John Lynch is the best! I’m a Broncos fan and it makes me so sad that we hired Vance Joseph in 2017 and missed out on the possible Shanahan/Lynch duo. Glad they’re both having success in SF though.

John is drafting like he knows he’s gonna have to pay Purdy a max contract 👀

So thankful we have Shanahan and Lynch leading this team. Awesome to hear the behind the scenes stories. Go 49ers

Amazing interview. Lynch is a legend. What a treat of an interview. Great football mind.

John Lynch aka Captain America. Fantastic interview

49ers studios hooking him up with the 8k. Great interview. Hell yeah!

Lynch would hunt and kill WRs daring to catch on a crossing route. He was one of the fiercest Hitters of all time!

Phenomenal interview!!! Thanks Pat, John, A.J. and all.

Niner fans better treat this man like the gold he is

My favorite non 49er became our GM and he turned out to be half decent. Coach Kyle deserves some credit for the building that team as well

Blessed in SF 😌

The pro athlete/GM version of Matt Damon

I met John in the pit at a Morgan Wallen concert last summer in San Diego. As a huge niners fan I had to say hi and he couldn’t have been cooler. Took a quick pic with me and then left him to enjoy the concert with his family. I hope he’s our GM for the next 25 years. Awesome dude.

In the past there have been many coaches and GM's that did not get along with each other, Shanahan and Lynch have managed to help each other put together a team working together. Today GM's have to help coaches get the players they need to fit their system.

Great interview! Very enjoyable.

The two greatest players to be both a hof player and a hof GM is both Lynch and Elway

We couldn't be happier having Lynch as our GM

forgot to mention one small detail: HALL OF FAME

Was such a fan of him.... and I am a Packers fan. Such a great interview

Love John and as a Niner fan have nothing but respect and full faith in this legend leading the organization!

An incredible interview!

Can not begin to express how stoked I personally have been with Lynch as tue GM of the 49ers.

Greatest football human of all time

Ironhead Heyward, Rod Bernstine, Marion Butts, Jerome Bettis, The Nigerian Nightmare, Barry Word, Natrone Means were all dominating power RB back in those days. In Tecmo Bowl, if you ran Rod Bernstine dive up the middle, there's a 70% you'll get a TD. It was when Emmitt Smith and Barry Sanders came into the scene and changed the game forever.

Lynch's recall, articulation, thoughtfulness and humble attitude are awesome. Wish he was management at where I work.

Happy Birthday Pat!!!

Great interview🤙🏼 Lynch is great person🙏🏼let’s Go Niners!!💪🏼🇺🇸🍺 🏈

All time episode

We have a Superbowl window as long as we have JL KS and Brock!!!

John Lynch was a BEAST on the field... that is all....

C’mon Lynch. Beat the Chiefs for once

Need to get AJ on John Lynch's mic/video setup

Most amazing GM we've ever had! Go niners!💕

One hellava live story.. especially the SF/Kyle Shanny part

Let's Go!!! 740!!! Happy Birthday!!!🎉🎉🎉

Awesome

BEST GM IN THE LEAGUE

Happy birthday Pat

I imagine the story of the current 49ers organization is very similar to the movie Moneyball, except instead of runs they focus on character

Saw John Lynch at Cherry Hills Easter brunch once that dude is the the size of The Rock

Epic dude

As a niners fan, I feel like I speak for many other niners fans when I say that I honestly trust Lynch even more than Shanahan lol. The man always has a plan, and for every swing and a miss, he has an absolute piss missile home run. For every Reuben Foster, there's a Fred Warner, for every Trey Lance, there's a Brock Purdy, for every Kinlaw a Bosa, for every Pettis a deebo. Lynch just GETS football. Personally, I feel like Kyle can sometimes miss the forest for the trees. He can get lost in the sauce, he can lose the plot and overthink. I feel like Lynch NEVER over thinks. Honestly, I am low-key terrified that Jed might get fed up with Shanahan and can Lynch cause he wants to clean house. We have this stacked team because John Lynch has been fantastic every step of the way as the brain of the entire operation. If we had John Lynch instead of Trent Baalke when we had Jim harbaugh, I think the niners win multiple super bowls

49ers on top

Just curious, this aired on ESPN? With the language being allowed?

man, John Lynch, great story man, you believed in yourself to be a GM and claimed it! Hoping for Niners SB win 🎉🎉

Flores was not the coach of the Dolphins when Brock Purdy got his first start. You’re wrong John.

Dude what a story!!!

Is it just me who's ready to run through a wall for this team after hearing Lynch like that?

John, make the future be the number 6, you’ll enjoy!!!

That was a good question that wasn’t answered! Qb doesn’t matter to Kyle Shanahan. It’s going to be a revolving door!

Happy birthday

Brooks and Sapp were jacked to meet and play with Lynch...3x hof for believe it or not tampa...

DAWG!!!

Can’t blame the d coordinator for not letting aj play against mike Vick he knew aj was a dawg

2 years in a row - Missed blocks ended our season. I never hear this.

If John lynch was at the panthers I would 🥜… they’d be so much better

lip balm. for the guy who has everything. get Lynch some chapstick

Mike McDaniels was the dolphins coach at the time not Brian Flores lol

The only tradition I care about is winning the Super Bowl. Kyle levi Shanahan.

i love the fact he went from a guy who talked about kim jong un on barstool to interviewing two playoff GMs in the same day on his birthday for old times sake pat, can we get a jim kong update

Bring on Kwesi you cowards

Brock Purdy literally saved this man’s job any other GM gives up the farm for trey lance would get canned.

Mistake #1: $34 Million to Trey Lance in advance and 3 first round draft picks for a guy we couldn’t really get around to seeing because of Covid. Mistake #2: Getting stingy AF with the guy who’s taking you places.

The 49ers championship window has closed

The 49ers let the entire NFC down with their Super Bowl loss to the Chiefs. NFC was UNDOUBTEDLY the better division. SB choke job. Should have been eliminated in the Packer game.

Just remember that I own you guys; if you make it back to the superbowl, I Pat Mahomie will win again😂 I live rent free in 49ers fans heads and especially the front office that passed on me. Join the bills in losing 4 straight superbowls😘

He should have been fired for Lance,

Happy Birthday Pat!!!