There has been a lot going on at San Francisco 49ers headquarters in the last few days so it’s no surprise that a few things that don’t have anything to do with the draft momentarily fell through the cracks. One matter of slightly lesser priority was making the decision to exercise the 5th year option for Jimmie Ward.
John Lynch admitted in the post draft press conference that when we asked him about it a few days ago, his focus was on the draft and he had no idea about the extension.