Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
Originally posted by Heroism:
The only gripe I have with Shanny is that he didn't get the ball to Deebo in the final half of the 4th quarter. McVay was going to live and die with the ball in his best player's hands in Cooper Kupp. Live and learn.
It all comes down to Lance. If he's as good as they are all hoping, then this team should be making playoff runs for years to come. How he plays is going to determine what the outlook for the next five years is. If he's good, real good then they are a regular SB contender yearly. If he's average then they are going to need to build up a suffocating defense and if he's worse, then they might be looking for new people to run things altogether.
If Trey Lance isn't at least a starting level NFL QB, that's the kind of thing that gets Shanahan and Lynch fired. We traded a boatload of picks for Lance and unless something insane happens, are getting rid of Jimmy.
I, for one, am excited for the Trey Lance era and really like our current regime, but yeah… if he doesn't ultimately become an upgrade over Jimmy, that would be very bad.