The San Francisco 49ers didn't trade up to select Trey Lance with the No. 3 pick in the 2021 NFL draft for him to sit on the sideline for multiple years, and head coach Kyle Shanahan said the team is ready for the North Dakota State product to take over as starting quarterback.
"I think our team's ready for Trey, going through OTAs," Shanahan told Tim Kawakami of The Athletic (h/t Rohan Chakravarthi of 49ers Webzone). "I'm just pumped to get to work [and] provide him some practices because I know the kid has the abilities, made of the right stuff.