Trey Lance's preseason performance in the 49ers' 34-7 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday didn't started with a bang, but coach Kyle Shanahan saw a lot of positives from his young quarterback. "I thought he played a lot better as it ended," Shanahan said on a conference call Monday. "He came out, first play was tough. The corner keyed his three step drop and sat on it. [He] did the right thing, he reset to go to the tight end over the ball, but one of our eligibles busted on the play, and put two guys in the same spot. He had to protect the ball and had to take the sack there." By the end of the first quarter, the 49ers' offense had run just nine plays and didn't record a first down. Lance had completed only two of his four attempts for nine yards and was sacked three times for a loss of 13 yards. "[The second] sack on the third-and-8 wasn't his fault," Shanahan said. "We kind of had a jail-break on it. The two after, that I thought he could have gotten rid of it a little before the sack. A couple of other things he just hesitated on a hair, earlier in the game." On the 49ers' fourth drive, the offense finally started getting into a rhythm. When asked if the slow start was due...
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