Undoubtedly, Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch have been waiting for this for a while – they have been on tiptoe with great bargaining possibilities for years, teasing themselves and 49ers fans with potential box office successes and never getting over the finish line. Khalil Mack. Odell Beckham Jr. Perhaps Deshaun Watson. There were others.
Shanahan and Lynch are dying for something so dramatic and meaningful, the way Shanahan is always eager to call that audacious killer game he’s preparing for the whole game. Dying to make a move that redefines everything about the 49ers’ mandates.
Shanahan and Lynch don’t always look like high-risk players at press conferences or casual conversations, but believe me, they are.