Trey Lance’s Self-Deprecating Reaction to Not Being Named San Francisco 49ers Captain

The Trey Lance era in San Fran has begun.

But apparently that doesn’t mean he’s a captain. Niners Coach Kyle Shanahan announced the 49ers’ team captains for the 2022 season, and for the first time in several years, the list does not include the team’s quarterback. The captains were determined solely by player votes, and the coach decided to go with the top six. Quarterback Trey Lance received the seventh-highest amount of votes, and Deebo Samuel received the eighth most.

2022 49ers team captains:

• LT Trent Williams
• TE George Kittle
• LB Fred Warner
• DE Nick Bosa
• S Jimmie Ward
• DT Arik Armstead

Shanahan said that when he was delivered the final count of votes, he agreed with all of his team’s choices. The coach said that he could have cheated if he wanted to, but he didn’t want to do that.  Shanahan simply decided to go with six, and explained why.

“If you look into it that much, he was seventh in voting,” Shanahan said speaking of Lance. “I just didn’t want to put seven on there. Deebo was eight. We just wanted to go with six. They don’t allow eight to go to the coin toss, I don’t believe.”

Lance, who is in his second season with the 49ers, is set to begin his first year as their starting quarterback. The 22-year-old shared why he agrees with the choices the team made and explained why he is not upset about not being one of the six.

“Obviously that’s a goal of mine,” Lance said. “But I don’t think you can look at any six of those guys and think that guy’s a bozo, because all those guys have played football at a very, very high level.

“I voted for every single one of those guys, so I think each and every one of them deserves it. It’s obviously a goal of mine, but those guys have proved it.”

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Shanahan added that while a lot of quarterbacks are team captains, rarely is it a rookie.

But Lance is not a rookie, and they have given him the keys to the car. Not sure not naming him captain was such a good idea, clearly his teammates aren’t sold on him quite yet either.

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