John Lynch, entering his ninth season as the 49ers general manager, spoke at the NFL combine about Brock Purdy’s contract extension and Deebo Samuel’s trade request.

San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch said the team has begun negotiations with quarterback Brock Purdy about a long-term contract and believes both sides want to get a deal done. Purdy’s contract extension is one of the main items on the offseason to-do list for San Francisco.

GM John Lynch told reporters at the Combine on Wednesday that they have opened extension talks with QB Brock Purdy. Lynch reiterated the plan is to lock Purdy up on a long-term deal. “We want Brock to be our quarterback as long as we’re here,

The San Francisco 49ers on Tuesday announced a slew of changes to their coaching staff. Perhaps the most notable aspect of the announcement was new quarterbacks coach Mick Lombardi. He’s replacing Brian Griese,

In addition to confirming a new set of coordinators Tuesday, the San Francisco 49ers promoted Mick Lombardi to quarterbacks coach, replacing Brian Griese in the role.

The San Francisco 49ers have promoted assistant Klay Kubiak into the offensive coordinator role that had been vacant the past two seasons and replaced Brian Griese as quarterbacks coach. Coach Kyle Shanahan announced several changes and additions to his coaching staff on Tuesday after previously hiring Robert Saleh as defensive coordinator to replace the fired Nick Sorensen and Brant Boyer as special teams coach to replace Brian Schneider.

The 49ers announced shortly after the end of their season that they planned to make Klay Kubiak their new offensive coordinator and they officially announced the move on Tuesday.

Brian Griese, who served as San Francisco’s quarterbacks coach the past three seasons, has been replaced by Mick Lombardi. Griese no longer is listed on the 49ers’ coaching staff. Griese joined the 49ers in 2022 and was uncertain at the end of his first season if he wanted to continue coaching,