Going from the 49ers to the Cowboys, Trey Lance will face the same problem — a lack of opportunity to develop as a quarterback.
Having been around a team that pushed all its chips into the middle of the table for JaMarcus Russell and come up empty, it’s clear the damage that can be done to a franchise that whiffs with a premium draft pick on its quarterback of the future.
The Lance gamble was a regrettable mistake — coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch admitted as much in postgame press conferences late Friday night — but it’s hardly the ruination of the franchise.What happened to the 49ers in the 2021 draft and the 2022 draft was like blowing all your winnings at the tables one year and then winning the lottery the next.
Lance isn’t going to make a move on starter Dak Prescott. Cooper Rush was 4-1 as a starter last season when Prescott was out with a broken thumb. Like taking Reuben Foster in the first round in 2017 and getting Fred Warner a year later in the third round. The third overall pick that year by the 49ers was Stanford defensive lineman Solomon Thomas. They later got tight end George Kittle in the fifth.
— The draft isn’t the only way to add star players: Trades that brought in left tackle Trent Williams from Washington in 2020 to replace Joe Staley and do-everything running back Christian McCaffrey last year landed standard bearers at their respective positions.
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