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Gold Standard: Is Kyle Shanahan’s future with the 49ers tied to Trey Lance’s success?

Guy Haberman sits down with Niners Nation

If the 49ers were playing a game of poker, all their chips would be in the center of the table right now. They traded three first-round picks (plus more) to move up to draft Trey Lance, and now it appears he’s going to be in the driver’s seat in 2022.

Conventional wisdom would tell you that just as the team’s fate this year is tied to Lance’s success, so, too, is the tenure of the head coach that drafted him. On today’s Gold Standard podcast, however, Guy Haberman doesn’t necessarily believe that’s the case.