The San Francisco 49ers will hire retired SS John Lynch as general manager, according to a source.

Footballguys View: Wow! Talk about your surprising moves, no beat writer around the team was mentioning Lynch as a candidate for 49ers general manager. After 15 years in the NFL, Lynch retired in 2008 and has been a color analyst with FOX ever since. We love this out of the box thinking, but let’s hope Lynch can put more experienced personnel men around him. He has no experience running a team or officially evaluating talent.