Earlier Friday it was announced the San Francisco 49ers were exercising wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk’s 5th-year option, an obvious decision. Following the 2nd and 3rd rounds of the 2023 NFL Draft, 49ers general manager John Lynch announced another obvious decision: The 49ers are declining defensive lineman Javon Kinlaw’s fifth year option.
During the recap of Day 2 of the 2023 Draft, Lynch gave some background on Kinlaw’s place with the 49ers:
“We won’t [exercise the 5th year option] with Javon. I talked with Javon. Still looking for great things from Javon. Javon’s having an outstanding offseason.