{"id":775024,"date":"2026-02-25T08:47:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/775024\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T08:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:47:16","slug":"49ers-hire-former-vikings-gm-kwesi-adofo-mensah-to-join-john-lynchs-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/775024\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers hire former Vikings GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah to join John Lynch&#8217;s staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch announced a notable front office addition on Tuesday while speaking with reporters at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. The 49ers have hired former Minnesota Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah as a personnel executive.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">49ers are welcoming back ex Vikings GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah as a personnel executive, Lynch said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Barrows (@mattbarrows) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattbarrows\/status\/2026435687461884259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Adofo-Mensah is already working with the organization, though his official title is expected to be finalized following the 2026 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>This marks Adofo-Mensah&#8217;s second stint with the 49ers. He began his NFL front-office career in San Francisco in 2013 as the manager of football research and development. He was promoted to director of football research and development in 2017, during Lynch&#8217;s first year as general manager.<\/p>\n<p>Adofo-Mensah later served as the Cleveland Browns&#8217; vice president of football operations from 2020 to 2021 before being hired as the Vikings&#8217; general manager in 2022. Minnesota announced his dismissal in January.<\/p>\n<p>The addition of Adofo-Mensah strengthens Lynch&#8217;s front office staff as the 49ers prepare for free agency and the 2026 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch announced a notable front office addition on Tuesday while speaking with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":775025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2073],"tags":[220,7,2810,233,259,2529,6,252,234],"class_list":{"0":"post-775024","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-vikings","8":"tag-49ers","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-john-lynch","11":"tag-minnesota","12":"tag-minnesota-vikings","13":"tag-minnesotavikings","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","16":"tag-vikings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116130404573108996","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}