San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch felt the need to step in and defend head coach Kyle Shanahan after a reporter referenced past comments the coach made about special teams. During the duo’s end-of-season press conference,

The 49ers’ coaching staff is the center of the team’s attention right now, but the coming offseason will include a number of major roster-building decisions. The most significant of those, of course,

Brock Purdy has already laid out what he wants from the San Francisco 49ers this offseason in terms of getting his contract extension resolved quickly. While general manager John Lynch did not commit to expressly commit to having the same desire to getting what will likely be an extremely lucrative deal tied up before the Niners return for OTAs,