49ers general manager John Lynch had his long-awaited pre-draft press conference. Kyle Shanahan wasn’t in attendance, and we’re unsure why.
During his opening statement, Lynch made it clear that he had no intention of discussing Deebo Samuel: “I’m not going to talk about that much today because I don’t think it’s productive.”
Five questions about Samuel followed that. While Lynch said he “doesn’t envision a scenario” in which Deebo gets traded and “I can’t ever imagine wanting to move on from Deebo, he’s just too good of a player,” you can’t help but think Monday’s presser where Lynch kept quiet was to make sure he didn’t say anything to make Samuel upset.