Originally posted by Montana:It's hard to compare lance to anyone because he is freaky inexperienced. By the time Young got to the 49ers he had played 34 games in college (908 pass attempts) ,25 games in the USFL (560 attemps), 19 with tampa bay (500 pass attempts). That is essentially 2000 pass attempts & 78 games played from college through the pros BEFORE getting to the 49ers.
"I mean, Steve Young took a while to get going, and he's one of the best quarterbacks of all time," Shanahan said. "I don't like to compare anyone to Steve, cause of how good he is, but why can't Sam be like that? He's got that type of ability. He is that type of person. And I'm just pumped that we could get a talented guy like him here."
The hype before the dump of Lance. Also..if it took Steve a while, who was also injury prone, why not give Lance a bit more time? Hopefully, he will get a *good amount* of time in the Chargers game. I just don't see how Sam could be the next Young lol.
Lance has 500 pass attempts and like 30 games including high school/College/Pros - I don't think another year is going to make lance blossom. He really needs at least 2-3 years of playing MIN, IMO. at that point, he will be in his fifth year and second contract. our salary cap numbers will have exploded so we would have to lose talent, and we still arent even sure if thats enough development for him.