One Overlooked Way Trey Lance Will Improve the 49e

When people try Eric Rowe Jersey to project how Trey Lance will improve the 49ers offense, they mostly talk about his big-play ability, which is valid. He certainly will produce exciting highlights.But there's something more subtle and fundamental Lance also will add: the ability to escape pre sure.The previous starting quarterback, Jimmy Garoppolo, does not avoid pre sure well. So he typically throws the ball as quickly as po sible to his first read if that receiver is open. If not, bad things usually happen because Garoppolo doesn't move well.In 2021, Garoppolo was pre sured 89 times and got sacked 29 times. Which means he went down 33 percent Jevon Holland Jersey of the time he got pre sured Lynn Bowden Jr. Jersey . Compare that to Lance, who got pre sured 19 times in 2021, but got sacked only four times (21 percent). Big difference.Scroll to ContinueThere's more.Even though Garoppolo is a statue compared to Lance, Garoppolo still managed to escape 66 percent of the pre sure he faced last season. But even when he got away, he didn't make defenses pay because he scrambled just scrambled just six times all season and averaged a mere 3.7 Andrew Van Ginkel Jersey yards per scramble.Compare that to Lance, who scrambled 11 times in his limited action, and averaged a whopping 8.5 yards per scramble despite never gaining more than 15 yards on a run.That means Lance avoids pre sure much better than Garoppolo, and also is a significantly bigger threat to defenses after avoiding pre sure. This bodes well for the 49ers, because they do not invest in pa s protection at any position other than left tackle. Nat Moore Jersey Lance frequently will have to protect himself, and he's equipped to do just that.