John Lynch said he and Kyle Shanahan went into free agency looking to recharge the 49ers’ defensive line, and that began with Javon Hargrave’s signing.
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“We’d been good but felt we had fallen off a little,” Lynch said. “It’s a hard thing to do. Either you have to pay someone or draft real high, or get real lucky.” That will allow defensive tackle Javon Kinlaw to work part-time in a robust rotation. Kinlaw, by the way, is starting this offseason with a healthier knee than in past years. The 49ers have no designs to trade him ahead of the fourth year of his rookie contract.Isaiah Oliver, after five seasons with Atlanta, is the front-runner to take over at nickel back, an overlooked but important role Jimmie Ward reluctantly played last season after K’Waun Williams 2022 free agency exit.
Lynch said the 49ers’ scouts liked Oliver coming out of Colorado in 2018, and that they liked him even more once the second-round pick was converted to nickel back by the Falcons. “And he’s another year off the ACL, which is a really good thing,” Lynch said of Oliver’s 2021 knee injury. “Even he was saying, at the end of the season, he finally felt his legs were back. I think we’re getting him at the right time.
“I feel we’ve studied him forever, back when he was the No. 1 pick and we were looking for trade options,” Lynch said of Darnold, the New York Jets’ first-round pick . Darnold got traded two years ago to Carolina, a run-oriented team that better fit his skills.
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