The 49ers plan on going with Sam Darnold as the backup to starting QB Brock Purdy and will explore their options with Trey Lance, a source told ESPN.
Now, it appears the quarterback depth chart has taken shape with Purdy at the top, Darnold in the backup spot and a bit of uncertainty after that with Lance and veteranThe Niners don't plan to keep more than three quarterbacks on the active roster, which means one of them will have to go at some point. That player could be Lance, who a year ago at this time was heading into the season as San Francisco's starter.
"Yeah, I think there's a lot of smoke really," Lynch said in April."It hasn't been extremely active and it's not like we've put it out there that, 'Hey, we're taking offers for Trey.' That's not been the process. ... It hasn't been that substantive." If the 49ers trade Lance, he will count $5,540,956 in dead money over each of the next two seasons and the team will save $3.76 million in 2023 and $5.31 million in 2024 against the salary cap.
Another option would be for the Niners to keep Lance as the No. 3 quarterback. Since Shanahan and Lynch arrived in 2017, the team has had only one quarterback make it through an entire season healthy --Josh Johnson
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