You say that like Garoppolo is total trash. He’s not. Still played a key role. If Lance plays in a consistently high level and get them back to NFC championship game. Doesn’t have the occasional games where he ***** the bed completely like Kyler etc… Either a lack of college snaps is a viable excuse or they aren’t… If Lance comes in and kills it with his less snap counts then Kyler in college and at a much much lower level of competition then I don’t think that excuse could be used for Kyler anymore at all. Honestly I think it’s overused as it is.
I don't think Lance will be as good as Kyler but it's not apples to apples. Kyler started from jump with a team that had one of the worst offenses in recent NFL history the year before, and a rookie head coach. Lance spent most of his first year learning from Jimmy G, with a IMO very good coach in Shanahan.
Lance's first full year as starter will be year 2, on a team that was in the NFC title game the prior year. he has far less pressure to excel they don't need him to be Mahomes they just need him to make some of the big plays Jimmy left on the field every game and not make a bunch of mistakes. He's more raw than Kyler coming in I agree, but you can't just make comparisons most QB's that get picked that high don't go to a team that is that close to a SB team.
Jimmy is not trash but the point is there's a reason they are trying to dump him after being to a SB and a NFC title game with him in the last 3 years, they know he's simply not good enough. For them to win the defense and run game has to dominate and they're not convinced that's possible right now in a league so dominated by passing. You're just not likely going to beat KC or now the Bengals with just defense and a run game, you have to be able to make SOME plays in the passing game.
Remember the SB he has a guy wide open for a game winning TD and misses him. A couple of plays later has a guy wide open for a huge gain and doesn't throw the ball and IIRC gets sacked. That's why they drafted Lance.
