Even Matt Millen can admit that the similarities are striking.
Sixteen years after the Detroit Lions lured Millen out of the broadcast booth and into the front office, the San Francisco 49ers are handing the keys of their struggling franchise to another Pro Bowl-player-turned-analyst, John Lynch.
"When I heard the news, good luck," Millen told the Free Press today. "He’s a bright guy. I mean, the parallels are kind of funny, actually. He was a defensive guy, he was a really good player. All those things, all that crap. But none of those things are factors.