John Lynch was the type of safety who put ball carriers on their backs, whose hits snapped chinstraps, who made receivers crossing the middle of the field hear phantom footsteps.
Running back Ricky Watters' infamous short-armed catch attempt in 1995 when he was with the Eagles -- which led to his even more dubious "For who? For what?" quote -- came with Lynch and another Buccaneers defensive back bearing down on him.
So when Lynch watched Ahkello Witherspoon in run defense and tackling at Colorado, the 49ers general manager didn't like what he saw. And he told Witherspoon exactly that when the cornerback visited the 49ers facility last month.