Welcome Trey Lance

[Topcat]

Isn't Stick still around?

No...Stick is a FA...and hasn't been signed by anybody...

UPDATE 4/22/25: Stick signed by Falcons

[gzubeck]

No...Stick is a FA...and hasn't been signed by anybody...

I'd rather watch Lance make 1 read and then Tuck and run or just Hand the ball off. Yes, Stick is that bad the your offense grinds to a halt. Stick might make a better coach than a player at this point in time.

[Topcat]

I'd rather watch Lance make 1 read and then Tuck and run or just Hand the ball off. Yes, Stick is that bad the your offense grinds to a halt. Stick might make a better coach AT A HIGH SCHOOL OR SMALL COLLEGE than a player at this point in time.

There...fixed it for 'ya!

[La Costa Boy]

Actually, this is what makes me so skeptical about Lance. Shanahan is the most QB friendly offensive mind in the NFL. Purdy would be a journeyman, fighting for the third spot on the roster after being cut by multiple teams QB if he didn't luck out and get drafted by the 49ers. Shanahan knows how to get the most out of the QB position and makes it easy on them. If Lance could not be successful there, I really doubt that Shane Day and Roman can work a miracle. But we can dream I guess.

He was cheap, he has some talent. Line him up and let him compete for a back-up role. No harm, no foul, no blood, no ambulance as Chickie baby used to say.

[sonorajim]

Actually, this is what makes me so skeptical about Lance. Shanahan is the most QB friendly offensive mind in the NFL. Purdy would be a journeyman, fighting for the third spot on the roster after being cut by multiple teams QB if he didn't luck out and get drafted by the 49ers. Shanahan knows how to get the most out of the QB position and makes it easy on them. If Lance could not be successful there, I really doubt that Shane Day and Roman can work a miracle. But we can dream I guess.

No big deal. Reasonably low cost 3rd QB in camp who may or may not have some NFL potential. Let Harbaugh & Co spend some time with him and decide what to do after some hands on.

[Topcat]

He was cheap, he has some talent. Line him up and let him compete for a back-up role. No harm, no foul, no blood, no ambulance as Chickie baby used to say.

Chickie Baby: "And Baylor puts Havlicek into the popcorn machine, and John is spitting out the salt!!!"

[rensoul]

They don't want to develop a QB. They want someone to come in and play right away. They don't want to take the lumps that come with a inexperience QB, which is what Lance is.

If we take our time, spend time on his mechanics and then bring him along a bit at a time, he could turn into a pretty good QB. Pick some his best plays, put them in the game plan, hopefully when we think we can dictate the coverages either situationally or by personnel, and then ask him to run a couple per game. It would give him some confidence and not ask him to learn to do everything at once. Then, next week, change things up, pick some new plays, new situations and let him run a couple more.

Making him learn to swim by kicking him into the deep end is probably not the the most elegant way to teach him to be an NFL QB. He only played in 19 games in college, with only 1 year as a starter. That's fine if you are a small school QB, but he just hadn't played much against top caliber competition. He needs to play, but not to the point where he is set up to fail. He might be able to learn enough in practice, preseason and then get lucky, but do you want to bet his development on hoping and wishing.

IF Lance does have to start, then we need to go to the Ravens plan. There is no way he is going to a great passer right off the bat, so run the ball a lot, go play action and RPO and don't ask him to do too much.

I think this staff will be able to tailor a package for him if he needs to play, Roman has had plenty of experience with Kaepernick and Lamar Jackson to design plays to use his mobility and keep things manageable.

[AK47]

No...Stick is a FA...and hasn't been signed by anybody...

UPDATE 4/22/25: Stick signed by Falcons

Gone huh?

I can't recall getting a win under Stick.

[Formula 21]

Who’s Stick?

[gzubeck]

Who’s Stick?

Paycheck collector?