Could QB Trey Lance be a long term option? [update: Chargers sign Trey Lance to 1-yr deal] (2 Viewers)

[RJS]

Trey Lance, Tribusky and maybe Richardson are the poster children for why you don't draft a QB with less than 2 seasons as a starter. The NFL is not a developmental league anymore with the current CBA. Even then, it's a crapshoot.

 

[Elvis]

I don't recall facts having an expiry date.

You just keep on ignoring facts that don't agree with your take on things. And handing out clown emojis in a fit of pique. You gotta do you.

You’ve stated no facts despite calling them facts. And if the clown emoji fits a post, I tend to lay them where you found yours.

And for your reading pleasure, here is a SI article saying he was never a good fit for Shanahan.

 

[TribuneUK]

Let's be accurate on a few things.

Lance was drafted because the team saw him as a *great* fit for Shanahan's offense, that was well documented.

He was given every opportunity to be 'the guy' and got outshone by a lowly draft pick, literally the lowliest possible. The fact that the Niners went with Mr Irrelevant proves that draft status played zero part in Lance's fall from grace. It's a meritocracy in the NFL.

And the NFL has proven time and again that if you get injured, they don't hold your spot for you. When you come back, you either earn it or you don't. He didn't.

I'm still happy to stand behind each of these statements.

Meanwhile Tom's opinion piece seems mostly concerned with demanding accountability for a bad draft choice and not much more than that. Not too surprising from a disappointed lifelong Niners fan (at the time of writing in 2023), but hardly dripping with objectivity.

 

[Elvis]

I'm still happy to stand behind each of these statements.

Meanwhile Tom's opinion piece seems mostly concerned with demanding accountability for a bad draft choice and not much more than that. Not too surprising from a disappointed lifelong Niners fan (at the time of writing in 2023), but hardly dripping with objectivity.

And I will still be happy to clown you for saying your opinions are facts.

 

[BELOWSEALEVEL]

As his niner teammates once echoed. "One play Trey"
N....ot
F.....or
L.....ance

 

[webster]

Lance and many other first round busts show how even professional talent evaluations are often wrong, the draft is a roll of the dice.

 

[SonOfNOLA]

 

[DerrickB]

Maybe he turns into Alex Smith under Harbaugh.

 

[Elvis]

Good for Lance, unlike Shanahan, Harbaugh develops QBs.

 

[RadsRock]

I didn't understand how the entire league would cut bait on a guy said to have so much potential, after only 143 passing attempts.

He must've looked REALLY bad because it seems nobody gave him an opportunity to develop.

 

[jasonsw]

Could have been worse, it could have been drafting Zach Wilson with the second pick in the same draft

It's worse the 49ers gave up a Ransom to draft him.

They are very lucky they got Purdy a year later

 

[SystemShock]

One of the worst draft picks in NFL history.

What a QB class that was! Trevor Lawrence (whose done nothing in Jacksonville), Zach Wilson, Trey Lance, Justin Fields, Mac Jones...

 

[saintfan1972]

Any hope for former top pick Trey Lance to reignite his career?

Did it ever have fire? You got to have something to reignite something.

 

[St. Geezy]

I didn't understand how the entire league would cut bait on a guy said to have so much potential, after only 143 passing attempts.

He must've looked REALLY bad because it seems nobody gave him an opportunity to develop.

Always important to keep in mind that we are only exposed to the 143 attempts.

The teams themselves got to watch him stink it up on the practice field and possibly also in the meeting room, not understanding things fully.