San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch was on KNBR Friday morning, providing updates about the team. The lovefest for rookie safety Talanoa Hufanaga continued. Lynch was asked about Hufanaga making an impact this season:
“Yeah, he does. Both in special teams and on defense. Opportunities in this league are earned. That’s exactly what he’s done. This guy is vying for a starting job.”
That’s high praise, considering Jaquiski Tartt just returned from the PUP list, and Tavon Wilson had been running with the first-team defense all week.
Lynch said Chargers DE Uchenna Nwosu, Hufanaga’s teammate at USC, came up to him last week during joint practices and said, “I just wanna let you know that you have the best football player I’ve ever played with.