Analyzing Day 1 of the 2023 49ers QB Competition

Breaking down the quarterback competition on Day 1 of 2023 San Francisco 49ers training camp.

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00:00 Here's what Trey Lance, Sam Darnold, and Brandon Allen did on day one of 49ers training camp.

00:06 Keep in mind Brock Purdy did not practice today.

00:09 Trey Lance completed 5 of 6 pass attempts during 11 on 11s, plus he scrambled for a

00:15 first down on 3rd and 7.

00:18 His best throw was his first throw, a 30-yard play-action pass to Ty Davis Price running

00:22 wide open up the left sideline.

00:25 Lance's only incompletion was a nicely placed touch throw downfield to Deebo Samuel that

00:30 got broken up at the last second by a leaping Fred Warner who makes plays like that all

00:34 the time.

00:36 Lance seemed to focus on throwing passes to his left, which was an issue for him last

00:40 year.

00:41 Not this year.

00:42 He's opening his hips early on throws to his left, which is key.

00:45 Plus his release is much quicker than the past two years.

00:48 Thank you Jeff Christensen.

00:49 And he's throwing short passes much softer, according to Deebo Samuel.

00:55 Good first day for Lance, who clearly was the best quarterback on the field.

01:00 Sam Darnold.

01:01 He completed 2 of 4 passes during 11 on 11s and took a sack after holding the ball for

01:06 at least 4 seconds in the pocket.

01:08 It's incredible how indecisive Darnold is despite all of his starting experience.

01:14 His best throw was a 15-yard completion over the middle to Brandon Iyuk on 3rd and 7.

01:19 His worst throw was a deep pass to Danny Gray who had beaten cornerback Ambry Thomas.

01:23 What else is new?

01:25 But Darnold's pass hung in the air and gave Tullanoa Hufunga time to run over and break

01:29 it up.

01:30 I still have no idea what the 49ers see in Darnold.

01:33 He's the same guy he always has been.

01:36 Brandon Allen.

01:37 He completed 0 of his 3 pass attempts during 11 on 11s.

01:41 His best throw was a deep one to Danny Gray, which led Gray out of bounds.

01:45 His worst throw was a deep one to Tay Martin up the left sideline, which almost landed

01:49 out of bounds.

01:50 Yesterday, Kyle Shanahan said he needs to get Allen more reps.

01:54 No Kyle, he's terrible.

01:56 Your job is to get more reps for Lance, the guy you drafted in round 1 this year, last

02:01 year and the year before that.

02:03 Figure it out.

02:07 (upbeat music)