I want to see why the 49ers gave up three first-round draft picks for Trey Lance as much as the next person. There wasn’t one person who watched the first quarter of Sunday’s game and thought to themselves something along the lines of, “Lance can’t do this?”
That’s the emotional part of watching football. That’s normal, and I’d go as far as to say that’s needed. That can be true while understanding why Lance has played four snaps in two games, with all of those coming against the Lions.
First, you have to put yourself in Kyle Shanahan’s shoes.