being used that I don't
think mean what the speaker thinks. They mean I don't think
holistically really is what
he meant
but what the hell, Let's Just Go With It. The Sims ISM trend
is catching on
Route football. Maybe it was always there and you've just
helped us notice it but the holistically or otherwise hurt.
He's their guy, he's earned the gig,
I continue to believe Chris. If he's not healthy Week 1,
they're laying the foundation for it to be Sam. And Arnold
where Trey Lance is just kind of there
as emergency option because
they had to use their emergency option.
Last year they had to use their third string quarterback. Last
year, they went from last to Garoppolo
to Purdy for all, we know they're going to go from Purdy
to Donald to Lance at some point this year.
I mean I would think so
if I mean the first thing there's like two parts of
the conversation first. There's still a part of the fan base
and for than San Francisco and things where I feel like
they're still like wait,
Not going to let Trail ants compete with Brock Purdy
and it's like no
we're not
Brock / D. I mean the 49ers finally got something here and
got something they can build on for the future. And that's why
I think they probably wanted to trade Trail. And so they could
set it up for. Hey, this is guys are
our leader will go from there,
but I also think within those signals. Yeah, and I agree with
you. I think the other car conversation is, yeah, they're
setting it up for Sam Donald, to beat out, train lands.
I mean, Sam Donald's, better than tray lands, period
there. Is no question about that
through. Sam Donald's, played a good amount of football. And
yeah, it's not been always great looking but there's still
a lot there to tell you. It could be great-looking. He's
been in some crap situations. Like we've talked about your
around crap a lot, you know, you're going to start smelling
like it. It's gonna get on you. That's the way it goes.
Especially a quarterback position that a swamp ass
complication. Well yeah, well yeah, get that. That's
a different kind of
smell there, altogether but II
and then, you know,
I think yes Sam Donald is more like Brock Purdy and that that
offense could be similar there. And
here we are betray. Lance like we talked about when he got
drafted and this is even worse now is like, he has his still
hasn't played football. There are still things we haven't
seen him do he hasn't been able to grow on the
field in any capacity
and that would scare the hell out of me and knowing a guy
like Shanahan. I guarantee that scares the crap out of him too
because he doesn't know what to expect.
It went real ants is the quarterback. So
yeah, I totally think it's Purdy.
When he's healthy
Sam. Donald holds the Ford down and he's not, and Trey Lance,
is the insurance policy like you explain
that, you have to have around its low cost with a third
overall pick in the draft. The bulk of his compensation comes
in the form of the signing bonus that you've already paid.
I mean, you're not getting back
by the time you get to year three. It's a low cost
investment to have a third string.
Break glass in event of emergency and look at what
happened last year when they got down to qb3. That's why
I think.
Yeah, they would have traded him if somebody would have made
them an offer, they can't refuse. But why are you going
to trade a guy even if you don't view him as the guy
circumstances may make him the guy
and you'll be glad you had him around. If it's not him, they
need someone else there. They're the reason that there's
a new rule allowing three quarterbacks to dress in
a given game. They're not going to give up on their third.
Quarterback because they've seen what can happen. It just
happened to them last year. It would be ridiculous, it would
be foolhardy, it would be Reckless for them to not, go
3D, but the position. So
again, somebody could still show up with an offer. They
can't refuse a plan so that I think it's pretty darn old
land, right? And then it's showing up an offer like, you
know, they think about Mike, you're running a football team,
you need it, somebody gets hurt,
you know, during training camp is trained. Lance the guy
you're going to think of first with the guy that hasn't played
football and the guy. It seems like the 49ers who traded all
those assets, a way
to get them, they don't even want them anymore, but we
should want to, we should trade for him, that's where, just
the rubber doesn't meet the road. I think that's where, you know,
that's where the 49ers probably realized at some point, whether
teams were calling them or,
you know, they said they were open for business, whatever.
Like,
that's where the rubber meets the road and the fact that
I just don't think any team was willing to offer, anything
substantial to get Trail Ends, let alone, I don't know if they
offer anything at all.
Altogether, I'm not even making the call because the 49ers have
proven that they have unreasonably, high expectations
for quarterback trades. They wanted too much for Jimmy
Garoppolo.
They're going to want too much for Lance to make them
an offer. They won't refuse. It's going to be half, have to be
a lot more than what you want to offer. So, I'll go a different
route and you're right, the guys hardly played any football
for three years. We're talking about Ken Baker, Mayfield
and DeShaun Watson. Right back what we saw three years ago.
Hello. I mean, he hardly even played in 2020. That was
pandemic year and they played like one game exactly in 21
but for a few Cameo appearances, right? Yeah. To
start against the Texans, I believe you got banged up,
banged up, his knee then, and then week two of last year
that, that game, it Soldier Field in the monsoon. What
would you really take from that? Exactly breaks his ankle
and that's it. So
we don't know anything about trade Lance, we don't he I feel
bad for the kid, he's had no opportunity. No real
opportunity to develop as an NFL quarterback and show
people. What he can do and it's unfortunate but who would give
up significant trade value
at this point for him.
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