Few would argue how fortunate the San Francisco 49ers were to stumble upon a potential franchise quarterback in Brock Purdy with the 262nd pick of the 2022 NFL Draft.
His emergence took some of the sting out of the decision to mortgage part of the team’s future to jump nine spots in the 2021 draft to get Trey Lance. It was a bad decision that was made even worse when he couldn’t even beat out Sam Darnold to be the No. 2 QB on the depth chart.
Just two years removed from taking Lance third overall, it’s clear exactly how much of an oversight it truly was.
The team paid Lance over $27 million to just to take 262 regular season snaps. Not to mention, it cost them three 1st-round draft picks to take him third overall.
Lance is now QB3 in San Francisco and maybe ending one chapter of his career that never really began.
Lance was given the keys to the 49ers offense last season but suffered a season-ending ankle injury in Week 2. The injury gave Jimmy Garoppolo his starting job back, but he would soon be lost for the year when he injured his foot in Week 13, paving the way for Purdy’s takeover.
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Lance is 2-2 as a starter in his two NFL seasons and has completed 54.9 percent of his passes for 797 yards, five touchdowns, and three interceptions in eight career games played.
It remains to be seen how much Lance can improve at the NFL level, and now it appears he will have to figure that out with another team.
