First-time general manager John Lynch is learning on the job. This week's lesson: supply-and-demand economics.
The 49ers badly wanted to sign the top fullback in free agency, the Ravens' Kyle Juszczyk. The problem was that other teams did, too, especially the Buffalo Bills.
"What I’ve learned very quickly: The price goes up in free agency when there’s numerous suitors," Lynch said Friday. "There were numerous suitors for him and at some point Kyle (Shanahan) and I said, ‘Wow. This is getting real.’"
The 49ers eventually outbid the competition for Juszczyk by offering him a four-year contract worth as much as $21 million.