HENDERSON, Nev. — Bad trades usually cost general managers and coaches jobs and set a team back for years. And make no mistake, the San Francisco 49ers' trade for Trey Lance was bad.
The 49ers' trip back to the Super Bowl is even more impressive given how badly they whiffed on the Lance decision.
Here was the deal, which should be remembered as one of the worst in NFL history but probably won't because the 49ers overcame it so well: San Francisco acquired the No. 3 pick in the 2021 draft and traded first-round picks in 2021, 2022 and 2023 along with a 2022 third-round pick to the Miami Dolphins.