SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- In the weeks after the San Francisco 49ers again fell short in the NFC Championship Game -- this time because they ran out of healthy quarterbacks -- Trey Lance met with coach Kyle Shanahan in his office.
In that meeting, Shanahan informed Lance that Brock Purdy, if fully recovered from the torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow suffered in the NFC title game loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, would be the team's starting quarterback entering the 2023 season. According to a team source, Lance didn't blink, informing Shanahan he would find a way to convince Shanahan he should reclaim the job he lost because of the broken right ankle he suffered in Week 2 last season.