“It could be Sam Darnold time,” NFL Insider BOLDLY claims Darnold could be named 49ers starting QB over Brock Purdy and Trey Lance

Find out what Ian Rapoport had to say about Sam Darnold's chances to become the starting quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers.


“It could be Sam Darnold time,” NFL Insider BOLDLY claims Darnold could be named 49ers starting QB over Brock Purdy and Trey Lance

Sam Darnold and Ian Rapoport (via Twitter)

With quarterback Brock Purdy still nowhere close to match level fitness, it looks like the starting quarterback responsibility will once again fall on the shoulders of Trey Lance. However this time he might have some competition from Sam Darnold.

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The San Francisco 49ers signed Sam Darnold as a free agent this off season. Darnold spent the last two seasons with the Carolina Panthers and was picked up as the 3rd overall pick in the 2018 NFL draft by the New York Jets.

With both Trey Lance and Brock Purdy coming off injuries, there is a high chance that Sam Darnold might get the chance to start. “He won’t be able to do anything on the field until, who knows. It can be anywhere from six months to eight months. I think we’ll have a better idea,” said Head Coach Kyle Shanahan on Brock Purdy.

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Ian Rapoport backs Sam Darnold to start over Trey Lance

Sam Darnold (via Getty images)
Sam Darnold (via Getty images)

Speaking in the Pat McAfee Show, NFL analyst and insider Ian Rapoport said that there’s a big chance Sam Darnold could be named as the starting quarterback of the 49ers. Pat McAfee and Ian Rapoport discussed Brock Purdy’s injury and that the time frame for him to return is still unclear to which McAfee asked if it was ‘Trey Lance time’ for the 49ers.

To this Ian Rapoport said judging by what Kyle Shanahan said it seemed to him that Sam Darnold was first in line.”To me it seems more Sam Darnold time to start the season than would be Trey Lance time,” said Rapoport.

Kyle Shanahan too seems to hold Sam Darnold in high regard and praised his skillset. Shanahan feels Darnold was picked up as the third overall for a reason and has high quality.

Sam has as good of a skillset as there is,” Shanahan said. “That’s why he went as the third pick in the draft. When you study his play, you can see it, too. I don’t think he’s always been in the best situations.”

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It is true that Sam Darnold did bring in positive results for the Carolina Panthers last season who went 4-2 with his introduction.

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