I dont know. I wanted to be here. I was excited to be here. I am happy we got it done as fast as we did. We wanted to make jimmy a 49er for a long, long time. Do you have to have faith for that . Absolutely. But he earned the faith that we have in him. I know it wasnt a super long time. But like we said, we felt like we had a good grasp on the talent. That was confirmed when he got here. What we learned about is what kind of person he is, what kind of teammate, what kind of competitor. When you see that and have the two things, thats special. Its an opportunity to be special. Lynch went onto thank the owners of the 49ers saying a big thank you for letting me be able to do my job. Garopoulo says he is excited and the ultimate goal is to win a superbowl. San francisco based uber agreed to settle a law suit that alleged the Ride Sharing Company stole Self Driving Car Technology from a subsidiary of google. Alex savage is live with more on what the settlement means. Reporter it really is a
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