Plenty of Friday nights got interrupted by the breaking news that the Dallas Cowboys traded for quarterback Trey Lance, the former third-overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. With just a fourth-round pick headed to the San Francisco 49ers in exchange, Dallas has added a potentially significant talent at football’s preeminent position for relatively minimal cost.
Despite sending a bevy of future picks to the Miami Dolphins to move up and get Lance two years ago, the Niners have already given up on a supposed future franchise player. He sat behind Jimmy Garoppolo as a rookie and was named the starter in 2022 but was lost to a season-ending ankle fracture.