Brock Purdy is QB1. Trey Lance will have to gain Kyle Shanahan’s confidence to beat out Sam Darnold to be the backup.
SANTA CLARA — It turns out the three-way quarterback battle to lead the 49ers in 2023 is down to two.Forget the fact that the 49ers once traded an obscene amount of draft capital to Miami just to move up from No. 12 to No. 3 and get Lance. Although they traded first-round picks in 2021, 2022 and 2023 and a third-round pick in 2022 for their supposed quarterback of the future, the NFL is a fast moving train.
The signings of Garoppolo first and Darnold later could be viewed as buyer’s remorse on the part of Shanahan regarding Lance. Yet one of the most interesting things about training camp is that Lance is beginning to look like the prospect the 49ers thought he was back in 2021 and he’s still only 23. Which is why next week’s joint practices in Las Vegas against the Raiders on Thursday and Friday will be a big test to see if Lance or Darnold emerges as Purdy’s backup when the regular season begins on Sept. 10 in Pittsburgh.
Lance’s first two seasons were marred by a broken finger on his throwing hand which altered his mechanics and a broken ankle last September that needed a clean-up surgery. He is throwing the ball better now, with help from quarterback guru Jeff Christensen and some counsel from the Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes.
While Lance still misses the occasional short timing pass, he’s throwing with more confidence everywhere else. He also is showing the foot speed to get outside when things break down, whereas in limited opportunities the last two years he was running more up the middle.
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