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49ers Ready to Lance Opponents – 2023 NFL Post Draft Odds

49ers Ready to Lance Opponents - 2023 NFL Post Draft Odds

The San Francisco 49ers drafted their QB of the Future two years ago.  Namely, Trey Lance was selected as the modern mobile quarterback for betting on NFL.  Lance caddied for then-starter Jimmy Garoppolo as a rookie.  Last year, he was promoted to starter.  However, Lance had his season end almost as it began.  He missed nearly all of the 2023 campaign with a fractured right ankle in Week 2.  Following his injury, 3rd-string QB Brock Purdy led an improbable run to the NFC Championship Game.  In turn, Purdy is injured.  And the door is open for Lance.

2023 NFL Post Draft

Super Bowl Championship Future Odds  

When:  Season Opens Thursday, September 8, 2023; Super Bowl LVIII is Sunday, February 11, 2014

Lance Begins His Long Road Back

Trey Lance’s road back to San Francisco’s offseason program has been paved with the frustration of a pair of season-altering injuries.  As a result, Lance was limited to only 102 pass attempts in his first two sportsbook odds seasons.  In 2021, a fractured right index finger lingered longer than expected.  And then it created mechanical adjustments that Lance is just now putting behind him.

As mentioned earlier, after becoming the starter in 2022, Lance suffered a fractured right ankle early in a Week 2 win against the Seattle Seahawks.  That injury ended his season.

Also, through both Betting on football seasons, Lance dealt with arm fatigue he attributes to his inability to manage the workload he put on his arm.  Specifically, Lance did too much in the run-up to the 2021 NFL draft and beyond.

Now, Lance estimates his ankle was back to 100% by the end of March.  Subsequently, the finger injury was put to bed last NFL bets offseason.  According to Lance, the arms fatigue has also dissipated, and he hopes the discussion can finally end.

All of this has brought Lance back to Santa Clara for OTAs in a vastly different NFL Betting odds position than he occupied in 2022.  Last year, Lance had ascended to the Niners’ starting job.  There would be no competition with Jimmy Garoppolo or a then-freshly-drafted Brock Purdy.  Lance didn’t have to win the job; it was his to lose.

Indeed, much has changed since Garoppolo departed for the Las Vegas Raiders.  Purdy has emerged as the presumptive starter when he recovers from right elbow surgery.  Cause by a 7-1 record in leading the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game last season.

And then veterans Sam Darnold and Brandon Allen signed as free agents.  Despite interest from teams, the Niners never received a substantial enough offer to consider trading Lance.  Further, general manager John Lynch has said he expects Lance to be with the Niners in 2023.

So where does that leave Lance?  Well, he took the first reps at quarterback in the opening week of OTAs.  Although coach Kyle Shanahan has repeatedly said he intends to give Darnold a roughly equal amount of reps with the starters when the team begins 11-on-11 drills.  Lance and Darnold are competing for the backup job.  But until Purdy is healthy, Darnold and Lance are ostensibly battling to be the interim starter.

Even with all of that swirling, the Niners’ quarterback room is unfazed by outside speculation.  Indeed, Lance seems at peace with the current state of things.  Shanahan and Lynch had informed him of where Purdy stands when healthy and about trade interest in him.  Yet Lance made clear that he intends to push to reclaim the job he lost last season.

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