The San Francisco 49ers certainly had big plans when they selected quarterback Trey Lance out of North Dakota State University with the No. 3 overall pick of the 2021 NFL Draft.
However, a little more than two years later, and the 49ers already cut their losses with Lance by trading him to the Dallas Cowboys, an NFC team they could see in the playoffs.
49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan appeared on KNBR 680 radio and called the decision to draft Trey Lance “a mistake.” But he contended the team only made that move due to the state of the veteran free-agent quarterback market.
“When you move up, and it doesn’t work out, that’s definitely a mistake,” Shanahan said, according to Fox News.
“But we did like our decisions when we looked into the two veterans that were available, and we didn’t get that. And we knew what way we were going to have to go two years from then. We knew we needed to go up and get a quarterback at that time.”
Lance appeared in eight games during his two seasons with the 49ers. He also dealt with a myriad of injuries. Still, Shanahan contended the trade to the Cowboys benefitted the team and Trey.
“It didn’t work exactly the way all of us wanted it to, and once you realize that it’s time to move on — and we did for us, and we did for him — and I think we’re both in a much better position now,” he said.
[Fox News]
