Well, for what it’s worth (and thank God, BTW), the powers that be have named Trey Lance as quarterbacko numero uno. At least he’s getting the starting QB reps. In OTAs. In May. Zzzzzzzz.
So, yeah, whatever. Funny how the world is suddenly in tune with Lance being the savior of the team now rather than the guy the team wanted to kick out the door a month ago.
But, hey, it’s still May, and we are slowly grinding toward the start of the season when camp opens in July. Much like Trey Lance’s reincarnation though, the Giants have provided a spark to the summer as they brought up some young guns of their own and are starting to actually play interesting baseball. They’ve blown past the Padres and have their sights set on the D-Backs.
Fun fun!
How this latest QB deal shakes out, I have no idea. But I mean really, what if Lance comes in guns a-blazin’ and puts up early Kaepernick numbers? What if he blows away the world in his first few games? Will he even get a shot?
We don’t even know, seeing as all reports are that Purdy will start throwing next week, and that his scheduled recovery is on schedule. Strange days indeed. There is a long time before all this is hammered out, but it still makes me excited about this upcoming season. This team is poised at the pinnacle of success, and have only themselves to stop them.
Party on!!
San Francisco 49ers Forever 
If the media would stay out of it and let the chips fall where they may it would just be another day at the office. However, the media will forever stir the pot when in actuality most of em really don’t know shit. I am really rooting for Lance and it’s a long season which I believe all 3 of our QB’s will get some starts. From the middle of June until TC will be a total dead time with rumors galore. Just read this morning that Frank Gore Jr. is going to be in the next draft. I doubt we will have a chance to get him but I sure hope we do.
Gore looks like an easy 5th round get. Pretty small and lacks power but if he translates to the field like his dad, he’d be great.
Yeah, the whole QB thing is ludicrous but it generates clicks, so there you go.
I was saying the same shit what Wentz flew up the draft board from a mid-day 2 guy to the #2 overall based on nothing but endless squawking by the media.
Yeah, I really think Lance has the smarts to make it big in the NFL. Better than Purdy? That remains to be seen, but the upside is certainly limitless. I mean, Purdy, for all his success, is a lot like Alex Smith. He isn’t making a lot of mistakes, and he keeps the ball moving down the field.
I think he has bigger balls than Smith, and that changes the perception of him dramatically, but in the end, he’s a move-the-chains guy rather than the high-risk shot-taker downfield.
I think Purdy is miles ahead of Smith. For years all Smith would do when he couldn’t read the D or was pressed a little was throw the ball out of bounds.
wow, thanks never heard that one before. Same guy that recorded with Muddy Waters Little Walter/Big Walter Otis Spann for Chess? I had one fantastic LP with Act Like you Love Me, Chicago Bound (title track iirc)…
I was not happy that we drafted Trey Lance. I was even more bummed that we traded 3 1st round picks for any QB that year. It was such a breath of fresh air to see Purdy as a QB who can process what is happening on the field, even though he doesn’t want to audible for blocking a wide 9 who has a free run on him.
Having said that, I am still rooting for Lance to be our starting QB. One major problem I had with him is his throwing motion was incredibly inconsistent. It looks like he might have fixed that. The other issue is the game just seems too fast for him. He doesn’t process what he sees very well. He will probably never be great at that; I’m just hoping for a big improvement. He has the athletics tools to dominate but has to process what he sees more like what Purdy does.
I want the QB who gives us the best chance to win to be our starter. I hope Lance can win the job. If not, I like Purdy a lot.
Purdy IS miles ahead of Smith but his ceiling is lower than Lance’s. But part of Smith’s problems were the passing schemes that Harbaugh ran for him. Gore was rarely used as a checkdown and Smith had nowhere to go with the ball on a lot of those broken plays. Shit, even Nolan used Gore as a pass catcher. Harbaugh had him blocking most of the time.
Say what you will about Smith, but he was in a lot of poorly designed offenses. Teams crowded the lines and short passing lanes all the time because Singletary, Nolan, and Harbaugh all refused to throw deep. Even as simply a decoy.
Yeah, in Smiths second year when we had Norv Turner he showed flashes of some pretty good QB play.
The fucking coaches do make or break a lot of players.
Woulda been interesting to see what Martz would have done with Smith. But he got Shaun Hill.
Our offense for Smith was run on 1st and 2nd down and then on 3rd and 9, we would play action fake and design a bad route. We would actually lead the league in play action on what was considered 3rd and long.
McCarthy had little to work with. Turner did OK. After that, I’m not sure any of our OCs knew how to run an offense. Of course, the fans on these 49er blogs blamed Smith. It was like the old Western where the hanging posse would hang the wrong person. I had to stop blogging with some of those posse members, there was absolutely no talking with them, if you disagreed, they turn the debate into denigrating. I wouldn’t join in until I would get drunk. Then I would let it rip. Reading my tirades the next morning used to crack me up.
Shit used to drive me nuts, Bergs. NO ONE is biting on play action on 3rd and long. And our pass routes seemed to be run to the nearest DB and sit.
I gotta admit I was one of those that completely disliked Smith. It was all because from 2005 – 201i we never had a winning record and it really didn’t matter whose fault it was. And, if it wasn’t for our defense we probably would have never had a winning record any of the years Smith was with us.
The 49ers in 2005 were basically a junior college team talent-wise. Scottie McCloughan drafted spectacularly well from 2005 till he left in 2010.
I should post Scottie’s drafts as the ones starting in 2010 (the Baalke era) were shit to creamed shit.
Harbaugh reaped the rewards for those great drafts and bailed for Michigan when Baalke’s failures were becoming relevant.
Yeah once a couple of defensive players got hurt/retired Harbaugh’s coaching style didn’t fool anyone. Frank Gore should be a first ballet HOFer.
https://apple.news/A086MNzoBS4arKdOWiIXvpg
https://apple.news/AaXpmrpXmSeCYq3GD-j9yBg
I do believe he’s the same guy that played with a lot of Chess artists. I was looking for the Louisiana Red version but I just couldn’t find it.
Oops, that was a comment meant for williedav 8:10.
But thanks for the link Kevin. We were lucky McCaffery stayed healthy. That is my only worry about him.
Yeah, I don’t think there’s any pressure on CMC. Other than to stay healthy.
I’d say Deebo should be feeling the pressure. He had a down and injured year last year, and for all his demands, didn’t really come through.
Deebo agrees . . .
https://www.nbcsports.com/video/san-francisco-49ers-deebo-samuel-vows-not-repeat-awful-season
New thread is up.