Originally posted by 5_Golden_Rings:
Originally posted by Rsrkshn:
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Originally posted by mayo49:
Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
Originally posted by mayo49:
Originally posted by 49er-from-Yavin-IV:
Originally posted by Young2Owens:
Cmon Trey! Please get us out of this QB purgatory we've been in since Steve retired.
For real, we're rooting for him to become the franchise. There are kids who are now of drinking age since we last had a true FQB.
If we drop out of the playoff race, I think then we'll see Trey.
That doesn't deserve a smiley
Yeah, I know - I'm rooting for Trey.
Switch or belt, you decide.
One is not exclusive of the other.
Howse about . . . Switch and belt? Or rather . . . Incorporate and belt?
I'd wager that the Niners win this week. Kyle will scheme to the Bengal's weaknesses play into what Garoppolo does best. But it's what happens after that which will matter. Does Shanahan have the foresight manage this success?
Garoppolo is the Steve Deberg of the 2020's. It's already late days. Irrespective of the next game's outcome, Trey Lance HAS to be getting some serious practice with the ones. And game exposure too. Thinking long and short term, that's critical to Trey's level of "readiness". Which may also be needed if we make it as far as the play-offs this season.
Anything else is a waste, as Steve Young put it. I do have my doubts that Shanahan gets on with it, though. It'll be a wasted opportunity.
It's best for Trey and the team long term, but possibly not the 2021 49ers, and in Shanahan's scales, it has to be that 2021 carries more weight. He'll risk losing the team if he benches Jimmy and Trey doesn't immediately show he's obviously better (unless the team is eliminated or essentially eliminated).
I'm not saying bench Jimmy. NO!!
Jimmy remains the starter. I'm saying
incorporate Trey into the gameplan. As was planned from the outset. Get him more ready. Some experience.
IMO this team isn't going to the Superbowl solely on the back of Garoppolo. No way. No how. He's simply not good enough; in fact, he's a liability who's holding back the team. If everybody is healthy, they get lucky bounces and play error free football, they could get past the first round. But even to do that they will need an X-factor.
Trey could be that X-factor. Giving Lance the reps and game experience. You might need him now. It'll help determine if he's the guy going forward too.