After the first round, head coach Kyle Shanahan told reporters, "We've been very high on Trey since the beginning, since day one," while audibly laughing at the Jones rumors. General manager John Lynch said on "SportsCenter" later in the evening that Shanahan became "obsessed" with Lance in January, and was prone to sending Lance tape to Lynch.
If Shanahan and Lynch are to be believed, the only major media personality who accurately reported this story was NFL Network's Rich Eisen, who stated last week, "I'm hearing it's Trey Lance... I'm hearing it might have been Trey Lance all along.