San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan wanted former Utah running back Joe Williams in the 2017 NFL Draft.
The only problem was general manager John Lynch didn’t.
“I was like, ‘uh uh — not interested,’” Lynch said of Williams after last year’s draft, via Matt Barrows of the Sacramento Bee. Lynch’s concerns, of course, centered around Williams being dismissed from Connecticut’s program and then taking a break from action while at Utah.
“He’s got to beat guys out. In order to beat guys out you got to be better than them – better than them at running the ball, better than them at protecting it.