Lance is a bum. Niners knew this and moved on as soon as they saw this. It's really saying a lot when the QB friendly system they have can't even make him look good. Like it did for Alex Smith, Jimmy G, Kap and now Purdy. None of those guys are great by any means but SF knows how to build a team and those guys benefit. Lance looked bad even under that system.
SF knows when QBs are done with and they move on. They did it with Kap, Jimmy G and then Lance. They don't care what capital they spent on them. They didn't keep Lance just because they traded draft capital and drafted him high. You see this a lot. First chance they got, found his replacement.
Dallas trading for him was ridiculous and dumb.
The Atlanta Falcons moved on from Bret Favre.
The Tampa Bay Bucs moved on from Steve Young
The San Diego Chargers moved on from Drew Brees
All three of them won Super Bowls with their 2nd team. Two were SB MVP's. Two of them are in the Hall of Fame.
Favre played one game for the Falcons. He was zero for four with two INT's.
There are literally hundreds of NFL stories where a player was released or traded from one team and found great success with another.
I understand that we all love the instant gratification of a generational player but that isn't typically how things work out. Some players have to endure some pretty challenging situations.
I couldn't believe some of the names and insults hurled at young Cowboys players who eventually became impressive contributors in their own right. It just took them a little longer. Some of the "pure garbage" that were mentioned included Cooper Rush, Dalton Schultz, Dorance Armstrong, Terence Steele, Brandon Aubrey and Tyler Biadasz.
The Cowboys are approaching this with a new concept. This is a reset of a QB's career that will be treated differently, the franchise will patiently work with him to eliminate those negative aspects without the pressure of immediate result that typically shorten and end the careers of so many young QB's.
