Don’t Believe the Hype: Schefter Says 49ers Have No Plans to Replace Shanahan and Lynch
San Francisco 49ers fans calling for sacking general manager John Lynch and head coach Kyle Shanahan might be more disappointed than watching Sunday’s 35-10 loss against the Buffalo Bills.
“I mean, I don’t think so,” Shefter said when asked by McAfee if there were worries about anyone in Santa Clara. “I think you’re asking about the head coach or the GM, right? If they wanted to move on from John Lynch or Kyle Shanahan, which I’ve gotten zero indication that they’d want to do.”
We discussed last week how removing either of them would be ill-advised, and even after Sunday’s thumping, there should be little question about their job status.
This is a friendly reminder that Kyle Shanahan built the roster everyone criticizes and then took it to two Super Bowls and three straight NFC Championship games. For 2025, the 49ers are being hit with just about every distraction you can think of: multiple teammates dealing with family tragedies, players unable to stay healthy, defensive growing pains under a new coordinator; you name it, and it sums up the 2025 season.
Is some of this on Shanahan? Yes. A large portion of it is just a lot of bad things happening at the worst possible times. Kyle Shanahan’s teams have flaws, but so does every team in the NFL, yes even the Kansas City Chiefs.
Of course, there’s always the question of the front office, and Schefter has made it pretty clear there isn’t even an eyelash being batted about the job status of their general manager and head coach.
