The San Francisco 49ers under general manager John Lynch have been one of the NFC's dominant powers for the past four years. But Lynch is wary of the re-emerging Seattle Seahawks.
In a recent interview, Lynch said that the team can see the Seahawks ascending into an elite team again. He praised them for their 2022 draft class and congratulated them on a great 2023 draft as well.
Lynch made it clear that the 49ers have to focus on themselves but believes that they did a good job with their own 2023 draft class.
"We feel the Seahawks coming," Lynch said, via 49ersWebzone.com. "They're really good. They had a really good draft last year. I think they've repeated it this year. But the most important thing is that we continue to focus upon ourselves, and I think we continue to make our roster better. I think this draft class will only add to that. And we're excited about our football team."
The Seattle Seahawks shocked the world by how good they were in their first season without Russell Wilson at quarterback. Geno Smith broke all of the Seahawks' single season passing records while rookie Tariq Woolen emerged as an elite cornerback.
But the 49ers had little trouble beating the Seahawks three times. They knocked off Seattle twice in the regular season and in the first round of the playoffs.
The 49ers are heading into a bit of a transition year though. There are question marks abound at quarterback now that Jimmy Garoppolo is gone and Brock Purdy is coming off a serious arm injury.
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