49ers George Kittle Trey Lance respond to reports of concern about second-year Q

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Trey Lance is heading into his second season in the NFL after being on the field for 179 snaps in 2021, but that hasn't stopped reports from emerging that there is concern about the 49ers quarterback. Star tight end George Kittle is rushing to the defense of his young teammate.Speaking with USA Today's Mackenzie Salmon on "Sports Seriously," Kittle said that the people reporting that there is concern might say they have their sources, but they have not seen Atlas FC Jersey  Lance play."The people that are talking aren't in the building every single day, so how much do they really know?" Kittle said. "Everyone has sources: 'Oh, I know this.' You guys aren't in the building. What really do you know?"MOREance said it is "not my job to care what you guys say" when asked about the reports. He said he only needs to care what the players on the team think."You guys, unfortunately, aren't the ones making decisions for me or really have any effect on me, again, Kylian Mbappe Jersey  in the most respectful way po sible," Lance said, . "But I know everyone's got strong opinions one way or the other. Like I said, I'm going to go out and try to prove people wrong, prove myself right. But I'm doing it for the guys in the locker room."Lance also said that he was hampered for much of his rookie season by a finger injury."Towards the end of the season, I wasn't the best version of myself overall," he said, per 49ers Webzone. "It was a long season, a long predraft proce s, of me not being in school. Everyone says it's going to be, but you don't really realize it until it happens."MORE:Kittle was asked about , who wrote that he heard members of the San Francisco staff have been "continually underwhelmed" by Lance. ESPN analyst Booger McFarland,as have other analysts this offseason.Kittle, who compared Lance to Josh Allen earlier this offseason on continued to praise Lance's talent, saying he has "an insane ceiling" and has made some "incredible" plays in practice, but that he just needs reps."He didnt play in a ton of college games," Kittle said. "Theres FC Barcelona Jersey  guys that play in 48 college games before they come out. I think he played in le s than 20 and so it is what it is, hes got the play, hes got the ability, he's got the charisma for  Manchester United FC Jersey it, hes got the character for it. He just needs to go out there and play football."MORE:The most recent reports out of San Francisco have been positive. that Thursday "was believed to be his best practice of the offseason" and said he has impre sed team personnel in the offseason.Of course, that doesn't mean he has the QB job locked down. Jimmy Garoppolo remains on the roster despite trade rumors that have been around since Lance was drafted.And Kittle didn't shed any light on where the position stands when he spoke with Salmon."No one knows what's going to happen with the quarterback position, but like all these questions are out there now because Weston McKennie Jersey , hey, what are the 49ers if its not an offseason with quarterback controversy? We've had it my entire career, weve had quarterback controversy. Were used to it at this point," Kittle said. "Treys going to be just fine and if he is the starter, which I dont know, thats up to Kyle Shanahan."If theres growing pains, I think we've got enough good athletes and players around him, from Trent Williams to Fred Warner to Nick Bosa to Deebo Samuel, hopefully, Brandon Aiyuk, to me, like, we've got good players all over this team that can help him out, and thats the plan."            Related Articles