Who is qb for 49ers

To leave a comment, you will need to Sign in or create an account if you already have an account. Typed comments will be lost if you are not signed in. John Lynch said Odell Beckham Jr. Please enter an email address. Something went wrong. San Francisco 49ers. Rams add Beckham Jr. Los Angeles Rams. Superman returns: Cam rejoins QB-thin Panthers.

Carolina Panthers. Brissett starts for Dolphins; Tua active as backup. Miami Dolphins. Seattle Seahawks. Ruggs' lawyers: Witness says firefighting slow. Las Vegas Raiders. Cowboys' Gregory calf to IR, out next 3 games. Dallas Cowboys. Jets' Wilson focused on his health, not job status. New York Jets. In order for Lance to start now, Garoppolo has to start playing poorly consistently. It has to be for a two-to-three game stretch at least so that Shanahan can justify making the switch to Lance.

There is nothing Lance can do at this point to win the job other than wait for Garoppolo to start struggling. Not unless Lance actually gets a handful of pass attempts in a game where he makes highlight-worthy plays. That is what will get everyone imagining what it will be like with him as the starter. Until then, Garoppolo dictates how long he will be the starter. GM Report. Game Day. The Niners invested heavily in Lance this offseason, trading three first-round picks to take him third overall in the draft to be quarterback of the future.

San Francisco wanted to be patient with Lance, who had only one season as a starter in college at lower-level North Dakota State. Lance played just seven snaps in a situational role the first three weeks before playing the entire second half in last week's loss to Seattle. Now he gets his first chance to start when he will try to become the first Niners rookie quarterback to win his first start since Jim Druckenmiller won his only career start in You try to prepare a guy as good as you can from our standpoint.