Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch have the cap room, the job security, the draft capital and the working quarterback expertise.
They just don’t have a QB. Any QB.
Yep, after Colin Kaepernick’s long-assumed opt-out last week, the 49ers have zero signed quarterbacks currently on their roster, and that is several less than ideal.
But all of this probably is not a terrible thing for the 49ers’ new power tandem as they head home from the NFL Combine and right into free agency this week.
(Teams can start talking to free agents tomorrow, deals will start to get done immediately but unofficially, and players can officially sign the deals on Thursday.