49ers’ Rookie Trey Lance Faces Crucial Test Against Raiders: The San Francisco 49ers allowed Trey Lance to demonstrate his abilities to the team and its fans. Instead, he failed to impress in his preseason debut on Sunday. The quarterback completed 10 of 15 passes for 112 yards and a touchdown against the Las Vegas Raiders in preseason play.
49ers’ Rookie Trey Lance Faces Crucial Test Against Raiders
While Lance’s statistics do not appear to be terrible on paper, he held onto the ball for too long, and the only reason he was not intercepted more often was because the Raiders missed two easy passes.
In the second quarter, the Raiders’ defence made one of the most spectacular plays of the game by intercepting a touchdown pass destined for Lance.
Duke Shelly of the Vegas defence appeared to have intercepted the pass, but he dropped it before he could do anything with it, and Ross Dwelley of the San Francisco 49ers recovered it.
After Lance threw an easy-to-intercept pass, Amari Burney was in prime position to make an interception shortly thereafter. The pass was deemed incomplete due to Burney’s drop, which was unfortunate.
The Athletic columnist Jim Trotter wrote on Twitter, “I’m rooting for Trey Lance because he’s a talented young man who’s had a difficult start to his career.” “However, he did not assist himself during the first half.
Four times on Sunday, Lance was sacked for a loss of 18 yards. It was a plus that two of his passes to Chris Conley and Troy Fumagalli went for at least 20 yards.
In accordance with the strategy he had previously signalled he would employ, head coach Kyle Shanahan gave former Jets quarterback Sam Darnold an opportunity in the second half.
There are still two weeks of preseason left, so perhaps Lance will find his rhythm then. The 49ers are crossing their palms that he does not sustain a similar injury to the one that sidelined him for the majority of last season.
