The decision to select Trey Lance with the No. 3 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft certainly was not an easy one for Kyle Shanahan and the 49ers.
With multiple other intriguing quarterback prospects on the board, such as Justin Fields and Mac Jones, San Francisco went with Lance, the least experienced of the first-round quarterbacks.
Shanahan joined former NFL players Brandon Marshall and Chad Johnson on an Aug. 8 episode of the "I Am Athlete" podcast, where he was asked about how he came to the decision to select Lance over Jones -- a prospect many had believed was Shanahan's target from the get-go.