bluejerseyjinx wrote:Cactus Jack wrote:JT puts out good content. Especially for someone who played in the league at one time. He's going to always give you the good & the bad.
Lance just happens to have more of the bad than what is the norm. I think it's completely fair to say that
he still has a lot of stuff in his game that he needs to clean up.
I can't add anymore than you already covered. I couldn't agree more. Granted Lance is only 23 years old, but his lack of experience coming from a small school has been exposed imho. I haven't seen all his games, however the ones I have seen, he has been extremely disappointing considering the draft capital the Niners gave up to get him. In hind sight its easy to say that it was a bad draft pick considering San Francisco has been in win now window that is beginning to close.
I think in light of what's happened in his very short career, its not fair to judge him as a bust the way many TV analysts and fans (usually of 49ers rivals or fans of teams that drafted a QB in 2020) have done.
Season 1: He sits on the bench to train behind Garappolo. Fair enough. He starts one game, which was quite an important one, and performs well in the win.
Season 2: Hurt right away. Bad luck.
Season 3: Had two preseason games where he played a total of three quarters. The first game was bad. The second game was really good.
He has flaws, no doubt. He looks like he's trying to figure out what's going on out there for a beat longer than he should. Although in the last game he played he had two up and down drives and then settled in and was decisive and accurate and played great. So it seems like an issue with getting game experience, which is normal for young QBs.
The Niners just so happened to draft a guy in Purdy who fits Shanahan's offense perfectly and performed like a top-5 QB instantly. Tough luck for Lance. Even Darnold, who is a very talented player, might become the choice at QB2 this season due to his experience.
The pick itself does look like a very poor value for SF due to how things have worked out. There's no other way to look at it. But they didn't know that Mr. Irrelevant would become their potential franchise QB. If Purdy hadn't been around, and Lance hadn't hurt himself he would likely be starting and might have gained the experience last year to really utilize his huge potential.
That's why I think him on another team (assuming the QBs in SF stay healthy) could unlock him. Let him compete in camp next year and give him some time to gain experience, and he could become a very good QB. He has all the skills and the intangibles, he just hasn't played enough football and likely won't get that chance in SF.