The Athletic’s Mike Lombardi has taken a lot of heat over the past couple of days as he’s dug his heels in stating that the 49ers listened to the pressure from social media — which is a very real thing and teams absolutely put stock into — and switched their pick from Mac Jones to Trey Lance.
Do you realize how that sounds when you say that out loud?
It was always going to be Trey Lance. Shanahan and general manager John Lynch have said as much, with their zeroed-in focus dating back to January.