on Thursday night or Friday, morning talked about it with
Peter King trade. Lance. Is he ready to start? And
people, I know people, I talked to comes up that the 49ers are
concerned and
I don't know how concerned they are.
They don't know what he can do. You don't know what a guy can
do until he's the week in and week out starter. You just
can't say, okay. He's going to be fine. What did we see last
year that would make us think that he is absolutely ready to
take the reins of this.
We're not going to know it
until he starts playing. Like we didn't know what Patrick my
homes until week. One of the 2018 season, after he'd sat on
the bench, all of all of
his rookie year, except for week 17 against the Broncos and
it wasn't like he came out and had some spectacular day that
made us a oh boy. Oh, can't wait here. Comes Mahomes. He's
going to pick up where you left off week 17, so
which is not going to know until we see trade, Lance week
in and week out. Defenses, can game plan against him. He can
Rise Above It or Not. And that's when we'll see but
I think it is a fair question
as to whether or not. He's ready Chris. Well, I yeah,
I think that's that is real. I mean, we know he's raw, you
know, it was simple in college. We all talk about the the talk
last year as a man. You don't want them to sit too long
because
he's a guy that hasn't played and throw never and through a lot.
Didn't, you know, had a lot of games in college where it was
like, well, he threw the ball 12 times. This game 15 times
this game, you know, when a quarter without throwing
the ball, never had a two-minute drill in college. So there's
Is that we saw Talent there though. I mean, like you see
here on this highlight right here. I mean,
he's got an explosive arm
and he's got good size and he's a good athlete. There's no
question. But yeah, there's some some unfinished,
you know, or unpolished things in his game. Like we talked
about so many times whether in the preseason, you know, it's
not an easy catchable ball that he throws. He doesn't throw
spirals at times,
you know, we got to see him continue to work with in the pocket,
but Shanahan gave us
The,
they think he's ready to start at the NFL owners meeting,
right? That's when he said that.
So I think that they're, they're there. But are they
scared a little bit or not know what they're gonna get?
I think, of course they are, you know, anybody you talk to that
saw training camp last year,
either. That was part of the 49ers staff or when they
they went and worked with
the the Los Angeles Chargers there
and you hear people that witness those practice,
you know, they're there had to be concerned. Coming out of San
Francisco early on in the year last year. I know there was,
there was too
many people there were like, well, man, Trail ants
practices, whoo, the balls everywhere its history. It's
that way, it's everywhere. Who man, he's not ready yet. So
that's got a scare them to a degree. But at some point like
to your point, you got to rip off the Band-Aid and see what
he's got. We saw a little last year. Shanahan, I'll manage him
the right way.
Well, and look
extra pressure on the guy when you devote three first-round
picks in the third round, pick to get him and you still have
Jimmy Garoppolo there. It's a lot of pressure on a guy and
I know, hey if he's ever going to thrive on the biggest stage in
sports. He's gonna
be able to endure
the pressure that goes along with this stage of his career,
but still, it is a lot of pressure and you have to manage
it the right way. And Chris. I remember,
I think it was the preseason game against the Chargers. Yeah.
Garoppolo struggled, right?
And That was Lance's Opera coming and I know being
disappointed. Yeah, it was his opportunity and he didn't and
and you sense that Kyle Shanahan really wanted to see
him do it
and he didn't and it wasn't long after that that the whole
to quarterback thing kind of fizzled out. We only saw Trey
Lance when Jimmy Garoppolo was injured. He started two games
last year. He injured his knee
in his first start against the Cardinals which knocked him out
for several weeks, which is not encouraging. You need
a quarterback to be durable, especially when one of And
you're getting rid of the guy you have is because he isn't
durable,
but there's there is cause for concern. And I know some people
are thinking that even though they were close to trading,
Jimmy Garoppolo. And even though Kyle would like to
move on and focus on trade, Lance
that there is a feeling in the organization and maybe care,
how kind of feels this way to. Let's keep Jimmy around. Let's
keep Jimmy around because maybe Jimmy is our better option for
2022,
you know, I don't know,
you know, you talk about the trail and Ants part of it, and
the pressure on him.
And this real, you're right. It's tangible. I mean again,
it's, you know, three first-rounders for a player.
I mean, only the elite of the elite, get that? I mean,
that's, I mean, nobody really gets that. There's nobody in
the NFL with a
get that other than the Aaron Rodgers, the Mahomes of
the world anybody. So, yeah, there's pressure there.
More pressure on Shanahan. He's the guy that made the deal when
it's supposed to see the talent and the guy has got to be worth
the 3 verse round picks. So
that's where it's a very dicey. Situation where?
Yeah, I think Shannon because of that pressure
and all of that wanted it to happen last year and that
specific game you're talking about and Lance was all over
the place and missed a lot of throws and
had balls that yes were dropped. But you go many
through the mall hundred miles per hour in the guy was five
feet in front of them. And I think that's when he realized.
Oh, wow. He's not ready for prime time.
And I'm sure that scared him a little bit and put pressure on
the situation. And now there's just even more to
the situation. And man. There's a lot of moving Parts here in
a lot of things, they got to deal. With for a very good
football
team.
They got a big issue here.