“ We told Trey, when we told him that he wasn’t the two, I said we’d like to keep him here as the three, but we also wanna do what’s good for him too. ” Kyle Shanahan admitted back in 2023 when the 49ers traded Trey Lance to Dallas . At the time, Shanahan framed it as a favor; keeping Lance as a third-string QB wasn’t the plan, but neither was giving him a real shot. Lance disagreed. He wanted more. And he chose to move to Dallas.

Fast-forward to now, and the 25-year-old looks like a different player. In his second preseason game with the Chargers , Lance didn’t just manage the offense. Indeed, he won , scrambling for key yards and showing the kind of confidence that made him a top draft pick years ago. The stats from Sunday’s game tell one story. Lance’s 55 passing yards,

See Full Page