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There’s no doubt that Trey Lance is a big question mark on the San Francisco 49ers roster for the upcoming season. We’ve only seen two starts from last year’s No. 3 pick and only 71 pass attempts. Still, even though there are growing pains in his second season in the NFL, there’s enough talent around the 22-year-old quarterback to win.
NFL Media analysts Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks recently put together a fantastic draft. It didn’t involve the players, at least not individually. The two alternately selected the teams they believe are most likely to win the most Super Bowls over the next five years.
Brooks selected the defending Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams with the No. 1 overall pick. Jeremiah followed that by picking the Los Angeles Chargers at No. 2. Then the Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs and Dallas Cowboys left the board.
With the No. 6 overall pick, Jeremiah went with the 49ers. And the possibility of Lance starting in the next five years hasn’t made him hesitate about the choice.
“Did I think Jimmy Garoppolo was a special, dynamic elite quarterback? No,” Jeremiah told Brooks. “Did I think that team was in the playoffs with him consistently, that team was in the Super Bowl with him? I actually think Trey Lance – I said that when they drafted him – I think he can give them something they haven’t had. He can take this group to another level.”
Lance won’t have to do it alone. Jeremiah likes the roster that head coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch have assembled in Santa Clara.
“You look at the defensive side of the ball, I don’t think there’s a pass thrower in the league, I’ll get the better of Nick Bosa in the future,” Jeremiah explained. “I know there are [other] dynamic guys [on other teams]. I have Myles Garrett. But man, I’ve seen Nick Bosa destroy games; just completely destroy them.
“So you’ve got a superstar young pass thrower. You’ve got the best scheme in football. Everyone imitates Kyle Shanahan, but there’s still only one Kyle Shanahan. So you’ve got that. other dynamic players on this offense that you can mix in. Deebo Samuel, obviously [they need] to get this thing going.”
The 49ers offense should be talented enough to score even with a quarterback change, especially if you have a happy Deebo on the field. Inside the offensive line is another question mark, but the team has strengthened other areas this offseason, including the defensive secondary.
“They’re going to score points and they’re going to rush the setter, so that’s kind of what I’m sticking with,” Jeremiah added. “Now I’m kinda buying into Trey Lance blindly here. I know we haven’t seen him, but I know, worst case scenario Buck, they’re going to bludgeon people to the ground with him. So that’s why I’m going to go with the 49ers.”
Although it took him by surprise, Brooks can’t argue with Jeremiah’s selection of the 49ers. He also likes the list.
“They’re going to be in the conversation,” Brooks said. “And to be on that list, you have to have a team that you can look at and say, ‘Will that team still be in the discussion? You can tell the 49ers are going to be in the conversation.”
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