Originally posted by krizay:
Originally posted by Bay2Bay9erAllday:
It's a big assumption to think we have two franchise QBs. The way Purdy was playing as a rookie it was looking that way....until the injury. Let's see how he comes back from injury before we assume he's a FQB.
Lance is hopes and prayers until he shows he's capable of being a FQB like Purdy before injury.
Yea, I have yet to see anyone outside of this board (or current/ex 9er) that think anything of Trey. Literally the only people that think Trey has it are the ones on here that keep telling us that.
I hear alot of positive things about Purdy. Everyone outside this forum was 50/50 on Jimmy.
Damn near NO ONE outside of our posters here really think Trey has it
Do you think the circumstances and results from their brief stints have something to do with it?
We know the plan Kyle had was to sit Trey last year and to start him this season.
We got injured finger Trey Lance starts last year - one vs a hot Arizona Cardinals team without Kittle, struggling Aiyuk and beat up Elijah Mitchell. One vs a less than stellar Houston Texans team but one that just beat a pretty good QB in Justin Herbert the week prior. It happened to be Trey's best game of his career so far and was the only start he had with George Kittle in the lineup.
This year we got the Chicago monsoon game. Arguably our worst OL play of the season until the Eagles game. Sloppy play across the board and penalties galore.
We're also getting a very different looking offense with Trey vs Jimmy and Brock. Obviously reactions will be less than ideal but that means little in the grand scheme of things.
We have seen what happens when talented, hard working players get time to develop and work on their skills. Chris Simms had Jalen Hurts as his 25th ranked QB on his top 40 QB list. He didn't even have him on his top 40 heading into the 2021 season. Look what Hurts was able to accomplish this season?
Now Chris Simms isn't Bill Walsh or a QB guru but he's a good example of where Hurts was thought of the last few years since coming into the league. I know Eagles fans weren't sold on him much like people here aren't sold on Trey. Yet you could see Hurts improve and I'd say the Eagles are in a great spot right now with him as their starter.
Many here will claim we are not in a position to develop a QB. Sure but that implies Lance is at a point where he's going out there and just losing games for the team left and right as he's learning. That's definitely NOT the case. He hasn't looked like a Zach Wilson. The offense may not look like a juggernaut with him but when you look at the circumstances there could be a reason for that and there haven't been instances where he made critical mistakes or turnovers due to being fooled by the defense. You can make the claim the pick he threw in Chicago was that but he saw the safety, just figured he looked him off enough to fit the ball in there. Jackson made a great play on the ball but we've seen winning QB Jimmy make interceptions WAY worse than that and yet the narrative is Jimmy wins, Trey isn't able to develop and win games with us.
So long ass post short - how people outside of the building think about Trey means little in the grand scheme of things.