Trey Lance #5 of the San Francisco 49ers (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
The 49ers will look to make some transitions from incumbent starters to new faces this season, and these four backups should be starting by year’s end.
It’s inevitable for starting players on any NFL team to be ultimately phased out in favor of younger, sometimes cheaper players for the betterment of the team overall.
The San Francisco 49ers are pushing this notion through already, especially heading into 2021 and particularly in the wake of so many injuries that essentially forced the matter a year ago.