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Trey Lance may well find himself as the starting quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers before the season's out, but he clearly won't be starting training camp that way based on what head coach Kyle Shanahan said Tuesday. The 49ers obviously plan on Lance eventually being the starter over incumbent Jimmy Garoppolo after trading up to select him with the third overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. But as of now, the job remains Garoppolo's to lose. "There's no open competition right now in terms of they're getting equal reps with the same group," Shanahan told reporters Tuesday, one day before the start of camp. "Jimmy's coming in as the one and Trey's coming in as the two." Lance

San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan spoke briefly with Steve Mariucci of NFL Network after Saturday's practice. Naturally, Mariucci brought up the team's quarterback situation. The plan is to enter Week 1 with the veteran, Jimmy Garoppolo, as the starter. However, the team used a high draft pick to add Trey Lance, who is the quarterback of the future. Mariucci asked Shanahan to once again confirm that Garoppolo is the 49ers' starter and how the coach manages the practice and preseason reps between the two, with Lance needing experience to eventually take over the offense. "It's not bad with the one and two," Shanahan said. "And yeah, that is true. Jimmy's our starter because he's our best quarterback right now. And obviously, we think a lot of Trey, and

San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel spoke with reporters after training camp practice today. Here is everything he had to say. Transcript provided by the San Francisco 49ers Communications staff. Opening comments: "I wanted to get out in front of this one. First and foremost, I'd like to say that any questions concerning [LS] Tabor Pepper, I defer to [special teams coordinator] Richard Hightower. All right, cool. I'm sorry. I apologize. So how are we doing good." We see number five, QB Trey Lance, out there looking at really impressive. What is he like behind the scenes? Is he doing all the stuff that you want him to do? "That's one of the best parts about Trey,

Most of the San Francisco 49ers training camp chatter has surrounded the team's quarterback situation with veteran starter Jimmy Garoppolo and rookie Trey Lance. So as a change of pace, let's hear from the team's best offensive lineman, Trent Williams ... ... as he talks about the quarterback situation. Williams, like his teammates, was quick to praise Garoppolo and Lance during a Thursday-morning interview on KNBR. He thinks highly of both and feels the 49ers can win with either of them. In his opinion, the roster is stacked. Williams feels San Francisco's roster can beat anyone in the league, assuming mass injuries don't sweep through the team like last season. What has Williams seen from the two quarterbacks at the top of the depth chart? Is