49ers quarterback Trey Lance is still a massive question mark heading into his third NFL season. All indications are he’s a distant QB2 behind last year’s Mr. Irrelevant, Brock Purdy, on San Francisco’s depth chart. It remains to be seen whether Lance improves and becomes the top-flight QB the 49ers were hoping to get when they moved up to No. 3 in the draft to get him. Regardless of the outcome though, the team’s decision to take a swing was the right one.
A slew of factors play into a QB’s success in the NFL, and none of the signal callers available when the 49ers picked third overall have proven one way or another whether they can succeed long-term in the NFL.
