This is it for the 49ers’ duo of head coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch .

No, the duo isn’t on the hot seat, but consider the 2025 season the beginning of either a glorious future or the end for the pair, which came in Santa Clara in 2017 and retired the winning standard of the red and gold.

But even the most successful of franchise leaders only have so much leash, and Shanahan and Lynch have already used up every inch of theirs, going through two “franchise” quarterbacks before finding Brock Purdy , the last pick in the 2022 NFL Draft.

Now Purdy is the third franchise quarterback, signed to the largest contract in 49ers history.

It was a no-brainer deal for the Niners and a win-win for the franchise and player — both parties earned serious concessions from the o

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