[Mick]

Two questions...

I  think many people, if not most, thought of Trey Lance as a not-ready-for-primetime quarterback. No disrespect, but he had one year of minor college experience, with lots of downtime. It's not a slam that he showed lots of room for improvement, he's just 22.

So I'm just wondering out loud, but did Kyle Shanahan call plays knowing that he was making the most potential use  of Lance's strengths, but also that there was a non-zero chance that Lance could get hurt enough to bring in Jimmy G for the game?  Or as it turns out...the season?  And thereby forcing Lance to spend another, much-needed year on the bench studying Garoppolo? In other words, was Lance's injury really the worst-case scenario...or the best case scenario?

Also wondering out loud...how many GMs are kicking themselves for not acquiring Garoppolo? After one game, he doesn't have a QBR, but his passer rating would be #11 in the NFL.  Not too shabby. BTW, Garoppolo led the NFL in yards per catch last year with 12.7 and net yards per attempt with 7.68.

And incidentally, Trey Lance's QBR is #20 in the NFL...pretty good for a full game played in that Chicago monsoon.

[Mick]

Two questions...

I  think many people, if not most, thought of Trey Lance as a not-ready-for-primetime quarterback. No disrespect, but he had one year of minor college experience, with lots of downtime. It's not a slam that he showed lots of room for improvement, he's just 22.

So I'm just wondering out loud, but did Kyle Shanahan call plays knowing that he was making the most potential use  of Lance's strengths, but also that there was a non-zero chance that Lance could get hurt enough to bring in Jimmy G for the game?  Or as it turns out...the season?  And thereby forcing Lance to spend another, much-needed year on the bench studying Garoppolo? In other words, was Lance's injury really the worst-case scenario...or the best case scenario?

Also wondering out loud...how many GMs are kicking themselves for not acquiring Garoppolo? After one game, he doesn't have a QBR, but his passer rating would be #11 in the NFL.  Not too shabby. BTW, Garoppolo led the NFL in yards per catch last year with 12.7 and net yards per attempt with 7.68.

And incidentally, Trey Lance's QBR is #20 in the NFL...pretty good for a full game played in that Chicago monsoon.