There’s extra details about why the San Francisco 49ers did not commerce quarterback Trey Lance earlier than or after the 2023 NFL Draft.
“There actually was by no means a number of curiosity in Trey Lance,” ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter stated throughout a Wednesday look on “The Pat McAfee Present,” per David Bonilla of 49ers WebZone. …”There was no commerce market, and (head coach) Kyle Shanahan has stated that they did not have any commerce talks with groups. He isn’t going wherever proper now. He is there.”
Lance is coming off a season-ending ankle damage he suffered in September, misplaced his beginning job to 2022 rookie sensation Brock Purdy and has tried solely 102 profession regular-season passes within the league. Whereas it was reported forward of the draft that the Minnesota Vikings and 49ers “talked about” Lance through the scouting mix, a number of in-the-know people later identified the 23-year-old had little worth as a tradeable asset.
49ers common supervisor John Lynch made it recognized earlier than the draft he anticipated to carry onto Lance by way of the summer time months as Purdy recovers from the March surgical procedure he needed to restore a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his proper elbow. Whereas the 49ers consider Purdy is on observe to start out the regular-season opener on the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sept. 10, it is thought that free-agency signing Sam Darnold has leapfrogged Lance on the depth chart forward of coaching camp.
“And I believe going into camp, Sam Darnold, I believe, has the sting going into camp,” Schefter continued. “However, by the way in which, Trey Lance might play nice. He labored over the summer time with [Chiefs quarterback Patrick] Mahomes, and I heard he is made super enchancment. I am anxious to see how a lot he is improved and whether or not he could make that soar. Let’s have a look at it.”
The 49ers nonetheless do not know when Purdy will obtain clearance to follow or how he’ll look towards dwell defenses following the damage he suffered in late January. Thus, it is smart the franchise would not commerce Lance for pennies on the greenback, particularly after they in the end misplaced three quarterbacks to severe setbacks from September 2022 by way of the NFC Championship Recreation loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.
