{"id":69599,"date":"2022-09-08T07:54:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T07:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/why-trey-lance-isnt-one-of-49ers-captains-per-coach-kyle-shanahan\/"},"modified":"2022-09-08T07:54:17","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T07:54:17","slug":"why-trey-lance-isnt-one-of-49ers-captains-per-coach-kyle-shanahan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/why-trey-lance-isnt-one-of-49ers-captains-per-coach-kyle-shanahan\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Trey Lance isn’t one of 49ers’ captains, per coach Kyle Shanahan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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During his shift to QB1 over the offseason, second-year quarterback Trey Lance has been constantly praised for the leadership he showed both on and off the field. <\/p>\n

When coach Kyle Shanahan announced the team captains on Wednesday and Lance wasn’t one of the six players named, the 22-year-old QB was very understanding. <\/p>\n

Shanahan explained why Lance was kept off the list of leaders. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t look into it that much, he was seventh in the voting. I just didn’t want to put seven on there,” Shanahan revealed to reporters on Wednesday. “Deebo [Samuel] was eight — that’s why I mentioned his name on accident. We just wanted to go with six. They don’t allow eight to the coin toss, I don’t believe. It’s also his first year of starting for us. There’s not many rookies who end up being the captains. I know this is his second year, but he’s a rookie for us in terms of this is his first time being our starting quarterback. \u201d<\/p>\n

Even though captains are strictly voted for by the players, Shanahan still has some kind of say in the vote. <\/p>\n

After seeing who the six players with the most votes were, Shanahan decided to keep it as is. <\/p>\n

\u201cI always get the final tally, and I could cheat if I wanted to,\u201d Shanahan said. I agreed with all their choices, and I just made the decision not to have eight of them.\u201d <\/p>\n

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While Lance might not be a captain on paper, his leadership in his new role is expected to continuously grow. <\/p>\n

After all, he’s barely entering his second season with San Francisco. <\/p>\n

RELATED: No excuses: 49ers’ Lance holds himself to highest standard<\/h5>\n

Being a captain someday is a goal for Lance though, and Shanahan shared whether he thinks this year’s decision will impact what he expects from Lance as a leader. <\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, captains are more. We got a lot of people we treat like captains,” Shanahan said. “I respect the hell out of our captains, and our team does obviously, too, because they voted on them. But that’s not everything to me at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

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