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10 Questions 49ers GM John Lynch Must Answer Before the Draft

Lynch will speak to the media on Tuesday.
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Feb 27, 2025; Indianapolis, IN, USA; San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch speaks during the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine at the Indiana Convention Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
Feb 27, 2025; Indianapolis, IN, USA; San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch speaks during the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine at the Indiana Convention Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images | Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

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John Lynch will hold his annual pre-draft press conference on Tuesday. Here are 10 questions he needs to answer.

1. Did Brock Purdy show up to OTAs? There's a report that the 49ers and Purdy have made progress toward a contract extension but that Purdy still hasn't decided whether to show up for OTAs.

2. Would the 49ers consider trading Purdy for the right offer? It seems like he could hold out unless the 49ers pay him more than $50 million per season.

3. Did George Kittle show up to OTAs? There's a report that he's a long shot to show up because he wants an extension as well and hasn't gotten one yet.

4. Would the 49ers consider trading Kittle for the right offer? It seems like he could hold out and he will turn 32 in October. If the 49ers trade him now, they could get something good for him. Remember, the 49ers traded Joe Montana for a first-round pick once upon a time. No one is sacred.

5. Did Trent Williams show up to OTAs? He hasn't posted on social media or spoken publicly since October.

6. Is Trent Williams retiring? If so, what's the plan to replace him? If not, how much longer do the 49ers expect him to play?

7. Are the 49ers prepared for their quarterback and tight end to hold out of mini-camp and training camp?

8. Did Fred Warner show up to OTAs? If so, why? Doesn't he want an extension, too?

9. Why do the 49ers allow players to hold out every year?

10. Is the Super Bowl window still open?

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Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.

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