{"id":64639,"date":"2022-09-03T07:44:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T07:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/49ers-great-steve-young-chimes-in-on-jimmy-garoppolo-trey-lance\/"},"modified":"2022-09-03T07:44:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T07:44:08","slug":"49ers-great-steve-young-chimes-in-on-jimmy-garoppolo-trey-lance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/49ers-great-steve-young-chimes-in-on-jimmy-garoppolo-trey-lance\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers’ great Steve Young chimes in on Jimmy Garoppolo, Trey Lance"},"content":{"rendered":"
SANTA CLARA \u2014 Steve Young was winding down from a 20-minute, enthralling phone interview on the 49ers’ quarterback dynamic when he captured his own feelings:<\/p>\n
\u201cI’ve got my fingers crossed. This is great. This is hairy stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n
Young is 30 years removed from the NFL’s gold standard in quarterback controversies, back when he competed against and eventually succeeded Joe Montana amid the 49ers’ Super Bowl-winning dynasty.<\/p>\n
He sees the parallels \u2014 \u201csure, of course\u201d \u2014 from those Joe-vs.-Steve days to this past week’s Trey-and-Jimmy evolution.<\/p>\n
Shocked that Jimmy Garoppolo could not find a starting job elsewhere, Young says the 49ers now own a \u201cperfect scenario\u201d in welcoming Garoppolo back \u2014 at a reduced salary \u2014 to back up Lance, last year’s No. 3 overall draft pick who’s entering his first full season as the 49ers’ starting quarterback.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf Jimmy is a problem, it kind of speaks to the ability to do the job,\u201d Young said in an exclusive interview with this news organization. \u201cHe doesn’t seem like it’s bugging him, and I would say ‘hallelujah,’ because if it does, we have a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n
Young, an ESPN analyst who lives in Palo Alto, hasn’t approached Lance with any advice on Garoppolo’s sudden return to the 49ers’ quarterback room. But Young said Lance knows he’s an absolutely willing mentor, just as Lance said Thursday he sees Garoppolo as a resource, too.<\/p>\n
Here are the topics Young feverishly spoke on Friday afternoon:<\/p>\n
JIMMY GAROPPOLO’S ‘REFERENDUM’<\/strong><\/p>\n Garoppolo prolonged his 49ers’ tenure by taking a pay cut Monday and agreeing to return as Lance’s backup, but only after months of speculation amid a wild market and discussions with other teams. Garoppolo opted not to ask for his release, and he’s slated to hit free agency next year for the first time after nine seasons. <\/em><\/p>\n Young: \u201cWith his record and with how crazy the market is for quarterbacks, I’ve got to believe Jimmy’s thinking that’s not a good place to be. ‘The only market I can find is as backup? That’s not the news I wanted to find out in the offseason.’<\/p>\n \u201cI take Kyle (Shanahan) at his word: he loves Jimmy as a backup. That’s a true statement. He loves Jimmy as a backup. If I was Jimmy, clearly, there’s two jobs in the NFL as a quarterback: processing and delivery. They’re both necessary elements. He can do that.<\/p>\n \u201cSomething’s not right. He just had a referendum on him. Something either perceptually or really is not resonating. If I’m Jimmy, I take the opportunity to change whatever narrative teams have \u2013 words, whispers, scouts, whatever \u2014 right now, it’s not good, because no one wants him to start for them.<\/p>\n