Thompson: For John Lynch, the 49ers’ job isn’t finished, and so neither is he

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Thompson: For John Lynch, the 49ers’ job isn’t finished, and so neither is he
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John Lynch should be long gone by now. But he passed up TV money to make trades like Tuesday's in his relentless quest for a 49ers title.

John Lynch is supposed to be long gone. He should be on the “Thursday Night Football” crew, preparing for –, his simple white pocket square classing up the joint. But Lynch didn’t take that Jeff Bezos money. The job wasn’t finished. That’s what the general manager told the heartbroken 49ers in the visiting locker room of SoFi Stadium following the loss to the in the NFC Championship Game at the end of the 2021 season when coach Kyle Shanahan asked him to address the team.

Everyone’s kind of looking at you close to the trade deadline when you haven’t done something yet. And you’re saying, ‘Hold on. . We did that.'” This is a pressure they’ve earned, a reputation that’s been built over the last six years. Beginning with the trade for in 2017 — young fans, it may not look like it now, but that was a huge deal six years ago — Lynch & Co. have built a roster worthy of a championship. It got real in 2019 when they got with the No.

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