Lynch takes unusual path from field to booth to 49ers GM (Yahoo Sports)

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2009, file photo, ESPN football analyst Matt Millen looks on before an NFL football game between the New England Patriots and the Buffalo Bills in Foxborough, Mass. Millen could not help but chuckle about the similarities to his own career path when John Lynch was hired as general manager of the San Francisco 49ers. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes, File)

Ever since watching John Elway step into an NFL front office in Denver and build a Super Bowl champion, John Lynch was intrigued about leaving the broadcast booth for a management job. Lynch told Shanahan he’d be interested in a front-office job and Shanahan quickly relayed that information to San Francisco CEO Jed York.


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