the tests on the nearby substation,<\/a> these evaluations are still underway as Jennings remains unsigned.<\/p>\n\u201cHe\u2019ll find a good home, and Jauan will go play great football for someone,\u201d Lynch said. \u201cI can\u2019t say enough for what that guy did; when that guy stepped between the lines, man, he was a presence, and they had to deal with him, and he won us a lot of games.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lynch was also asked about the prospect of signing free agent defensive end Joey Bosa to play with his younger brother, 49ers stalwart Nick Bosa.<\/p>\n
Lynch smiled.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know that would make Mama Bosa happy,\u201d he said, \u201cbut I don\u2019t know if we can afford him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cheryl Bosa has taken to social media to post an edited picture of her sons in 49ers uniforms.<\/p>\n
The team looked into signing Joey last offseason, but he wound up getting a one-year deal with the Buffalo Bills for $12.6 million. The two were last teammates at St. Thomas Aquinas High in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in 2012.<\/p>\n
Bosa is 30, and the 49ers have said they want to get younger and faster. That was, of course, before they signed Evans, who turns 33 in August.<\/p>\n
Lynch said coach Kyle Shanahan had a vision of how Evans would fit with the 49ers after a dozen years putting up \u201cHall of Fame numbers\u201d for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Evans took less money \u2014 $14.3 million next season \u2014 than other teams were offering.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe got him on a good deal,\u201d Lynch said. \u201cHe really wanted to be part of our organization. That\u2019s humbling.\u201d<\/p>\n
The same goes for former Arizona Cardinals and Houston Texans receiver Christian Kirk.<\/p>\n
\u201cVery similar to Mike, Kirk could have gone some other places, too, but he wanted to be in the right situation, and he liked our place,\u201d Lynch said. \u201cAlways been a huge fan of Christian since Arizona. I feel lucky to get both of those guys.\u201d<\/p>\n
There has been some speculation the 49ers might draft another receiver in the first couple of rounds of next month\u2019s NFL Draft, but Lynch downplayed that possibility. They have Evans, Kirk, Ricky Pearsall, Demarcus Robinson, Jason Cowing and Jordan Watkins at the top of the depth chart and could add someone later in the draft, Lynch said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, he is excited about the example Evans and Kirk will set, which will benefit receivers coach Leonard Hankerson in meetings and at practice.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose (receivers) rooms are always interesting ones, with a lot of dynamics,\u201d Lynch said. \u201cTo have two grown men is really exciting. Hank\u2019s looking forward to it, and we\u2019re all looking forward to it, not to disparage anyone we\u2019ve had. \u2026 Those guys play the game the right way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Extra points:<\/strong> The 49ers are \u201chopeful,\u201d Lynch said, that tight end George Kittle will make it back for the season-opening game in Australia against the Los Angeles Rams. He suffered a torn Achilles on Jan. 11. \u201cThere\u2019ll be some management during training camp,\u201d Lynch said. \u201cHe\u2019s progressing at a good rate.\u201d<\/p>\nNick Bosa, meanwhile, is expected to be ready for the start of training camp as his recovery from a torn ACL is going well. Last year\u2019s first-round pick, defensive end Mykel Williams, is a little behind Bosa\u2019s schedule, as he tore an ACL in November, and Lynch said the team will ramp up his workload over the summer. \u201cIt could go into the season, but he\u2019s doing really well,\u201d the GM said.<\/p>\n
Lynch envisions a competition among Robert Jones, Connor Colby and Brett Toth for the starting left guard spot but didn\u2019t say the starter would be one of those three. \u201cI don\u2019t think we\u2019re done there yet,\u201d Lynch said. \u201cYou know, we still have a draft.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX \u2014 As the NFL owners\u2019 meetings were about to get underway, 49ers general manager John Lynch took…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":691583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[1318,1317,1315,1316,9005,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-691582","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-ncaafootball","12":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116316049632066962","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}