Jeremiah believes Lance would have gone No. 1 in 2022 draft originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea
The 49ers are without a first-round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, but they should still feel good about how that draft capital was spent.
Trading three first-round picks to the Miami Dolphins in order to move up and select quarterback Trey Lance with the No. 3 pick in the 2021 draft, San Francisco will not select in the first round this year.
A likely Jimmy Garoppolo trade this offseason will officially begin Lance’s tenure as the starting quarterback. He’ll be playing in his first full season at the same time as some of the rookie quarterbacks from the upcoming draft class.
NFL Network’s draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah believes that if Lance was coming out of college this spring instead of last, he would be the first-overall pick in 2022.
“In my opinion, yes,” Jeremiah said Friday on a conference call with reporters. “He’s more talented than any quarterback in this draft class coming…