Originally posted by JTB1974:
Originally posted by captveg:
Everyone so worried that Jimmy G will "beat out" Lance in training camp, yet think he's dogs**t.
Guess everyone is scared about Lance.
Don't be scared about Lance, guys.
I am worried Trey is not going to be given a fair shot at competing due to Jimmy's contract and the lockerroom being familiar with Jimmy. Trey was better than Jimmy in training camp last season but Kyle still went with Jimmy.
That's debatable. Lance flashed big time early on but there were reports that he hit a rookie wall after a few weeks.
Shanahan started the 2021 offseason declaring Jimmy the starter, so it would have needed a remarkable training camp for Lance to surpass him, which didn't quite happen. They outright wanted a Chiefs 2017 situation where Alex Smith started and Mahomes sat for a year. And that's exactly what the 49ers got.
It wouldn't be the same thing in the 2022 training camp. Lance would be the declared starter from the beginning, and we all know Jimmy's ceiling and therefore he'd be unlikely to have such a remarkable training camp to change Shanahan's mind.
All that being said, chances are draft weekend is the longest they wait to get trade compensation for Jimmy, and afterwards they simply release him. Like I said in another post, they probably are more concerned with bringing in competition with Sudfeld for the backup role than keeping Jimmy.
[ Edited by captveg on Mar 21, 2022 at 12:15 PM ]