One of the San Francisco 49ers’ best players on defense, outside linebacker Aaron Lynch, won’t be suiting up with the team for the first four games of the upcoming 2016 season.
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Lynch was suspended four games for violating the NFL’s policy in place against substance abuse, and the Niners now find themselves without their top pass-rusher over the first quarter of the regular season.
Fourth-year pro Tank Carradine, the pressure is on you.
Carradine was one of the most highly touted pass-rushers coming out in the 2013 NFL Draft, but a collegiate knee injury dropped the Florida State prospect into Round 2, where the 49ers picked him up with the 40th overall pick.