According to various reports on Sunday evening, the San Francisco 49ers are going to be hiring Fox NFL analyst John Lynch to fill the team’s general manager void.
Adam Schefter of ESPN was among the first to report the news, and Schefter also broke down the six-year deal.
SF is hiring Hall-of-Fame candidate and FOX analyst John Lynch as GM, sources tell ESPN. Lynch back to Bay Area, where he went to Stanford.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 30, 2017
49ers are giving John Lynch an almost unprecedented six-year deal to become their GM, per sources.