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Steve Young on Trey Lance's next step as a QB

June 4, 2022 by Niners Wire Leave a Comment

The development of 49ers quarterback Trey Lance isn’t the only thing that matters this season for San Francisco, but it’s by far the biggest piece of the puzzle they’re putting together.

Lance’s 10 quarters last year gave some glimpses of what the 2021 No. 3 overall pick can do. They also generated a handful of question marks about his ability to succeed in the NFL. Hall-of-fame quarterback Steve Young believes there are two things a good QB must do on the field, and that Lance has one of them down.

Young at the Dwight Clark Legacy Series event in Walnut Creek on Wednesday said a good quarterback has to process what he’s seeing, and then deliver the correct throw. He thinks Lance has the former, but needs to prove he can do the latter.

“Trey as a young player actually is processing as well as anybody,” Young said via NBC Sports Bay Area. “He can understand what’s happening, and he can get to the opening. He can figure out who it is. And that’s a real talent. It’s not easy, and that’s just not given – there’s a real skill there. I have 100 percent confidence that Trey will figure out where to throw it. The challenge for Trey is once he knows, then how to deliver it, and that’s another great talent that you have to have and develop.”

That’s where the unknown really sets in with Lance and why it’s impossible to evaluate what he brings to the table in his first year as a starter.

He struggled with some accuracy issues last year in the preseason and his 10 regular-season quarters. His completion rate on 71 throws was just 57.7 percent.

That’s why this offseason is so significant for him. By all accounts he’s been working since February with a quarterbacks coach in Southern California.

OTAs and training camp will offer a little bit of insight, but the questions with Lance aren’t about practice. It doesn’t matter how well he does in a controlled environment. He has to put it all together on the field. Like Young said, Lance has to process and then throw a good ball.

It’s unlikely Year 1 for him as a starter will go perfect. There’ll be bumps and growing pains. Improvement over the course of the year will be vital though, and if by the end of the season he’s both processing quickly and throwing a good ball – the 49ers might be in for the type of run they had when Young walked the sidelines.

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