“There is a number of different directions it could go,” Lynch added. “But we appreciate the heck out of Brandon and who he is as a player. We want him to be a part of the Niners, so we’re going to work towards making that a reality.”

Championship chatter

Chiefs coach Andy Reid, six weeks after beating the 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII, believes coach Kyle Shanahan and quarterback Brock Purdy make up a “deadly” combination that is destined for more success. That said, Reid’s Chiefs will try to become the first team to win the Super Bowl in three straight seasons.

“A lot of respect for Brock,” Reid told reporters, according to The Athletic. “He does a nice job. I don’t really care where he got picked; that doesn’t matter to me.

“He’s just a good player, he sees the field, he’s got good accuracy, great timing with his receivers, and he’s calm. You feel like he’s got everything kind of under control.”

Reid also praised Shanahan as “a smart guy and a heck of a football coach,” adding that their Super Bowl encounters in the 2019 and ’23 seasons “could have gone either way. It was just a toss-up. … So you just keep plugging, just keep doing what you’re doing, and somewhere you pop over the hill there. I know he’s got a great young quarterback, and him with a great young quarterback is deadly.”

Shanahan, in a Sunday interview with NFL Network, also endorsed Purdy’s potential and the potential benefits of this upcoming offseason work.

“Brock’s gone through a lot in two years in these games, so that’s been great for him. But the way you get better is doing it over and over in practice and just drilling it. It’s all about getting those 10,000 reps,” Shanahan told NFL Media’s Steve Wyche. “He spent it all last year knowing what he had to do, but he was just focusing (on getting) his arm healthy. Now he can go into this offseason knowing what he has to do but training his footwork, training his arm, training his mind. Just getting in the reps.”

Reid noted that the 49ers were “potentially” among the teams who tried to hire away defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo for a similar role.

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