John Lynch explains why the 49ers hired Brandon Staley

Photo by Jevone Moore/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesThere have been countless head coaching stints that was far worse than Brandon Staley’s tenure with the L.A. Chargers, but he’s been the subject of ridicule since his team blew a 27-7 lead in the playoffs last season and then was fired after an embarrassing loss to the Las Vegas Raiders in December. Were it not for those two losses and an injury to Justin Herbert, or maybe better work by former general manager Tom Telesco, we might still be talking about Staley as the head coach of the Chargers.

Now he’s neither a head coach nor a defensive coordinator.

John Lynch, the general manager of the San Francisco 49ers, told SI’s Grant Cohn that…