Heading into training camp, questions surrounding San Francisco 49ers quarterback Trey Lance continue to swell. 

Throughout the offseason, Lance was subject to trade rumors, the organization coronating Brock Purdy has the starter through hell or high water, and questions surrounding his abilities. 

Several experts thought Lance would be better off being traded elsewhere, but one important voice, NFL Hall of Famer Steve Young, thinks the current Niners quarterback situation could help Lance become a better player. 

“First of all, if I’m Trey I’m not leaving because this is where I’m going to find out how good I can be," Young said on the 49ers Talk Podcast. "I said the same thing to Jimmy (Garoppolo). So, try to stay as long as you can and find ways onto the field. And force your way onto the field, make it your job. Someone has your job, go get it. Go prove that the limitations that we think that you’ve had in the past, that we have had so little data on that we’re guessing anyway. Go put all those things to rest, and say to yourself, ‘I am so much more than you ever thought I was.’ I think that would be fun, if I were Trey, I would be eager to go do that. Go show everybody.

“Anyone who says, ‘Trey can’t’, off what? What data? ‘Oh, one game. One playback at North Dakota State.’ Like, come one man. Stop. You don’t know. And I don’t think he knows. But he needs an opportunity to go prove it. I don’t know if he’s going to get it.

“If I’m Trey Lance, I am doing everything I can. And he’s doing it right now. That’s my job. I’m going to go get it. And I’m going to go create my own narrative about what I can and maybe can’t do.”

Young is offering some different advice than most people to Lance. Throughout the offseason, nearly every influential voice said Lance would be better position elsewhere. And to some degree, they are right. 

But Young is right as well. 

Competition brings out the best in everyone. On Lance's hand is a quarterback competition, and he will have an opportunity to show the real limitation of Purdy who is coming off offseason surgery on his injured elbow. 

For really the first time in Lance's career, he is healthy and will face a legitimate quarterback battle — until Purdy returns. 

He will have an opportunity to show what he is worth. And, as Young said, work his way onto the field. All that is left to do is for Lance to live up to his billing as a generational talent and unique prospect. 

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