Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
Originally posted by NYniner85:
Haha if you call that opportunities for the biggest trade in franchise history, more power to ya.
Meanwhile turds like Sam, Zack Wilson s**t even Josh Rosen got at least a seasons worth of starts before coming to a conclusion on them. I can name a TON of 1st rd picks that were given more opportunities than Lance before turning the page.
moral of the story is if everyone and their mother KNEW he needs to play football to develop. Then you give him next to none of that, either don't draft him in the first place (if you don't plan on giving him that) or you completely whiffed on your draft eval and should be held accountable for making the worst draft pick in NFL history. You chose which is it??
Welp the plan was to develop Lance. It wasn't a great plan but it was a plan. Then he got hurt, Purdy took over, went nuts and now there's no going back.
In the future, teams should think twice about drafting a one year starter from the FCS that is going to require several years of development. The modern NFL just does not allow for that. Guys have to be ready to go sooner rather than later. The 49ers and Lance unfortunately will be a draft cautionary tale for a long time to come.
So spot on, Jimmy is the only FCS conference QB starting in the NFL. Lesson learned, Purdy has shown there is something to be said for playing multiple years in a quality conference has it's value.