I’m no football expert, but here’s what I do know about Trey Lance: If I was in my 20s, and not a former sports writer, I would blame the San Francisco 49ers for his plight as a failed draft choice. I would be right there with a lot of current younger 49ers writers, bloggers and media. But I’m not in my 20s, and I was a former sports writer, so I see Trey Lance’s unproductive stint as a direct result of simply not cutting it.
As you might know, the big news in Bay Area sports is that the San Francisco 49ers traded Lance on Friday, whom they drafted number 3 in 2021, to the Dallas Cowboys. Not only did the 49ers draft Lance high, but they got to that number 3 slot by dealing three first-round picks and a third-rounder to Miami in 2021, all to move up from No. 12 . So this decision is the final admission of an organizational disaster, only it’s for a team that perennially competes for Super Bowls.
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