Let the Irrational Trey Lance Hype Begin
The San Francisco 49ers were asking for a quarterback controversy when they selected Trey Lance with the third pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. Well, they've essentially created one right at the start of camp. Lance took snaps with the first-team offense on Tuesday and folks, get ready for a ton of irrational hype.
Here's how things played out during Tuesday's practice session:
Trey Lance just took — I believe — his first-ever rep behind the first-team offensive line.
— Matt Barrows (@mattbarrows) August 3, 2021
Trey Lance just tossed a perfectly placed deep TD pass to WR Trent Sherfield, three snaps after taking his first training-camp snap behind the first-team offensive line. Go crazy, folks. #49ers
— Eric Branch (@Eric_Branch) August 3, 2021
A sequence for #49ers QB Trey Lance: took first team rep with starters (a designed run) and then with twos a few plays later, broke pocket contain and delivered the best throw of camp on the run deep down field to WR Trent Sherfield for a long touchdown.
— Nick Wagoner (@nwagoner) August 3, 2021
Trey Lance just threw a 50 yard bomb to Trent Sherfield who was being covered by S Tony Jefferson and LB Jonah Griffith.
— Jennifer Lee Chan (@jenniferleechan) August 3, 2021
The play resulted in a TD and the #49ers Faithful in the stands let out their biggest cheer yet.
And here's the coup de grâce for the hype machine:
Trey Lance just made a throw I didn’t know humans could actually make. Video game nonsense — step up, roll left, across this body on the jump, 50 yards in the air on a rope into the pocket to a crossing receiver. Touchdown.
— Dieter Kurtenbach (@dieter) August 3, 2021
Yes, it only took a few snaps for someone to break out the, "I didn't know humans could do this" line.
Hide your kids, hide your wife, because the Trey Lance Hype Machine is here and it'll be rolling down your block in no time. Following one afternoon of practice, fans are already clamoring for Lance to start over Jimmy Garoppolo in Week 1.
Lance is an immensely talented kid and has been compared favorably to Patrick Mahomes. But he's only 21, sat out most of the 2020 college football season and is making the jump from FCS to the NFL. He's going to impress everyone physically, but let's pump the brakes a bit on him being the second coming.