Trey Lance Plans to Throw this Weekend
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Here comes Trey Lance.
While Brock Purdy waits for the inflammation in his elbow to go away so he can have surgery to repair his ruptured UCL, Lance is throwing passes. Of course, he won't be fully cleared until OTAs in April, but he's showing progress, which is important, considering he's the only semi-healthy quarterback on the 49ers roster and he's had two ankle surgeries in the past five months.
Lance went on Instagram on Thursday to invite college wide receivers to practice with him in San Jose on Friday.
Lance presumably needs receivers to run routes so he can throw passes. Obviously, he can't organize a full practice, because he's not fully cleared and he doesn't have an entire roster. But a group of wide receivers will allow Lance to practice all the throws he needs to make in the 49ers offense, and will give the college wide receivers a unique opportunity to practice with an NFL quarterback.
Even Brandon Aiyuk took to Instagram to help Lance solicit players, writing, "Brother said he tryna lock in he need wideouts!"
Aiyuk's social media efforts on behalf of Lance are admirable, but it's odd that Lance couldn't get any of the 49ers' actual wide receivers to work with him this weekend. Not even Aiyuk. Last year, those two were attached at the hip -- they worked together frequently away from the 49ers facility before OTAs began.
Wouldn't Lance get more out of throwing to players he will play with this year as opposed to players he never will play with? Couldn't Deebo Samuel or Jauan Jennings or Ray Ray McCloud or Danny Gray or someone on the practice squad meet up with Lance today?
Strange.
