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Good move?  Yes and no.  Nice to have a qualified backup.  And the base is less than the cap hit if he was released.  But no, cause it’s not so good to have Lance looking over his shoulder.  

Let’s run a scenario.  Niners open with Bears. Let’s say Lance stinks. Bears (with a QB Niners could have probably gotten at 12 - or traded much less to move up a couple spots) beat them in a low scoring game (17-14 for example). Fans will be howling.  Question is how locker room reacts.

Lance has enough pressure.  This, imo, increases it.  

The Niners, imo, have handled this poorly from the ‘2021 draft forward. To make the move they did, they should have been as certain as possible that Lance is going to be a star.  There is no such thing as “can’t miss”.  Elway was about as close as they come. Denver didn’t trade a whole lot more for Elway, than Niners did for Lance.

I agree that the pressure on Lance could increase if things do not go well for the niners. If the problem is the o-line, I think the locker room, if not the fans, will realize JG would not make it better. He wouldn't survive. If Lance makes a lot of mistakes, I agree the pressure will mount. I am not sure having JG there will make it mount faster, because fans would boo mistakes by an expensive #1 draft choice whether there was a qualified backup or not. However, having JG there isn't reassuring to Lance, I am certain :-).

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Good move?  Yes and no.  Nice to have a qualified backup.  And the base is less than the cap hit if he was released.  But no, cause it’s not so good to have Lance looking over his shoulder.  

Let’s run a scenario.  Niners open with Bears. Let’s say Lance stinks. Bears (with a QB Niners could have probably gotten at 12 - or traded much less to move up a couple spots) beat them in a low scoring game (17-14 for example). Fans will be howling.  Question is how locker room reacts.

Lance has enough pressure.  This, imo, increases it.  

The Niners, imo, have handled this poorly from the ‘2021 draft forward. To make the move they did, they should have been as certain as possible that Lance is going to be a star.  There is no such thing as “can’t miss”.  Elway was about as close as they come. Denver didn’t trade a whole lot more for Elway, than Niners did for Lance.

I agree that the pressure on Lance could increase if things do not go well for the niners. If the problem is the o-line, I think the locker room, if not the fans, will realize JG would not make it better. He wouldn't survive. If Lance makes a lot of mistakes, I agree the pressure will mount. I am not sure having JG there will make it mount faster, because fans would boo mistakes by an expensive #1 draft choice whether there was a qualified backup or not. However, having JG there isn't reassuring to Lance, I am certain :-).