Originally posted by NYniner85:
Originally posted by SmokeyJoe:
Originally posted by NYniner85:
Well then let's just let the dude play and get some answers? That's all I'm saying. You drafted him for a damn reason.
Again, he's not the only priority. If Purdy can't go because he's hurt, Lance will almost assuredly be playing. If Lance comes into the offseason program and makes major strides, and the staff feels he's a better option than a healthy Purdy, he'll be playing.
But if Lance comes in and is inconsistent, struggles, or fails to make progress, and Purdy gets healthy, Purdy's going to play.... Lance's development be damned.
He's always been the main priority. Multiple 1sts and plays the most important position in sports.
Not sure if people remember all the training camps this off season. Brock was not good. he was inconsistent. Struggled and threw a bunch of INTs. Not until he played did he show everyone what he can do. He's not going anywhere and should be allowed to get 100% healthy.
I agree this is a massive off season for Lance. Anyone just saying he's done is being foolish though.
I think you could make a sound argument that the improvement that happened between training camp and Miami was what he picked up in practice since he was not actually playing.
The 49ers did draft Trey for a reason, I just don't know if they had a do over of that draft if they would draft him again.
When Shanny was talking about the complication Trey has had with such limited college time and trying to move to the NFL..... I don't know that Trey met their expectations.
I never got the notion from Shanny that he much cares about early season success. The 49ers seem to start the season slow all the time, and build up steam as the season goes on. It probably would do Lance some good to get some burn early in the season, I just don't know if they will prioritize that over making sure Brock picks up were he left off. They probably don't want to mess around with Brock's development.
I am in the same boat as you guys, This is THE offseason for Trey. It needs to be 100% football and I think he absolutely needs to be able to run the 49ers offense 100% by Training Camp. I highly doubt they install a gimmick offense again this year to try and make him function in the NFL.