Shockingly, it took until Week 17 for someone to finally ask head coach Kyle Shanahan the question likely already on a lot of fans' minds: Who's going to line up under center for the San Francisco 49ers next year?
There's Trey Lance, whom the Niners mortgaged their future for — they sent out their 2021, 2022 and 2023 first-round choices, plus a 2022 third-round pick, to move up in the 2021 draft to select the North Dakota State product — only to see him break his ankle in Week 2 of this season, his first as San Francisco's starter.