Trey Lance’s readiness to play quarterback in the NFL is the 49ers’ single biggest question mark going into the offseason. That makes it the talking point when it comes to assessing what’s next for San Francisco in the post-Jimmy Garoppolo era.
Former Chiefs quarterback Joe Montana, who was drafted by the 49ers in the third round of the 1979 draft, weighed in on the 49ers’ QB situation in a pre-Super Bowl interview and gave a popular take: Lance isn’t ready.
This take isn’t necessarily wrong, but it’s flawed because of course Lance isn’t ready to play. If he was he would’ve started for San Francisco in the NFC championship game. The problem with the “he isn’t ready” take is that it leaves out crucial months of Lance’s development and picks him up on January 30 and drops him into Week 1 of the 2022 season. In that event, sure, Lance is not ready.
The problem with that line of thinking is it leaves out the entire offseason he has to hone his mechanics. He has…
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