(09-18-2022, 08:00 AM)OutsiderFan Wrote: The stupidity coming out of Niners media coverage has reached a level of only matched by national political media.
Trey Lance has started 3 games as an NFL QB and he has 3 first time starters - two with one NFL start - in front of him at LG, C, RG. Moreover, Lance only played one season in college.
Lance needs to start 4 straight games before he can really be judged, but even then, it’s going to take a couple years to see his true ability. If Garoppolo starts ahead of him, that timeline will be further delayed.
If the rest of the team was great and Lance was responsible for losing, then maybe there is an argument to be made he isn’t ready. The team around him was not great in week 1. Singling out Lance as the reason for losing is only credible when that is the case.
Not stupidity at all. They aren’t going to give him 4 games unless they squeeze out wins. Period. This is not a rebuilding team. It’s a team built to win now. Not two years from now. If he doesn’t, he will be benched. If he wins today, no matter how it looks, he will stay in starting role. If he plays poorly against what is not a good team, and they lose to go 0-2 (against two below average teams) the calls for JG will be deafening.
I’m not a JG fan. Made that clear. Hoping Lance plays well and shuts people up. But if he doesn’t and they lose, we very well could see a change.