The San Francisco 49ers are lying in a bed they started making around this time last year, and have only continuously soiled since the offseason began.
Despite every notable figure within the 49ers' organization clearly wanting to enter a future where Trey Lance, the third-overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, is the team’s starting quarterback, there’s a Jimmy Garoppolo-sized vacuum pulling them back.
The team’s inability to find a trade partner for the 31-year-old quarterback, who was last season’s starter in the 15 games he was healthy, has meant that a lot of the focus for reporters speaking to general manager John Lynch and head coach Kyle Shanahan in Palm Springs, Fla.