On day one of practice, cornerback Emmanuel Moseley shined.
While one might see why Samuel will be so important to Lance’s success, and the Niners’ offense as a whole, the flip side of the argument might just be San Francisco’s defense is, well… pretty good. Something about sharpening iron and stuff. Most defenses Trey Lance faces during the season are going to seem like a significant step down from what he’s facing on a daily basis at training camp.
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This led to backup linemen Colton McKivitz and Jaylon Moore serving as first-team tackles, which isn’t exactly a recipe for sustained success against Pro Bowl EDGE Nick Bosa, who was dominant during practice. Lance wasn’t the only quarterback tossing an interception, as both Brock Purdy and Nate Sudfeld also threw picks.Īnd while Lance’s interception will be the one drawing the most focus, it’s important to point out he’s still without All-Pro wide receiver Deebo Samuel, who’s present but not practicing amid contract-extension discussions, and a completely revamped offensive line that was missing All-Pro left tackle Trent Williams and recovering-from-a-2021-injury right tackle Mike McGlinchey. Is the 49ers offense bad, or is the 49ers defense that good? In fairness to Lance, it wasn’t as if he was the only one who struggled. You’ll read about those and see overreactions in no time. Still, there are going to be some overhyped concerns and worries.
Best throw was last - a nice sideline throw to Aiyuk over the underneath coverage.Īdditionally, according to Sports Illustrated’s Grant Cohn, Lance was also sacked five times but had three of his incompletions bounce off the hands of his receiving targets. Rough day for Trey Lance, who completed just half of his attempts, including one that was thrown directly to Jimmie Ward. Trey Lance doesn’t have his best outing at 49ers training campĪccording to The Athletic’s Matt Barrows, Lance was able to complete only half his pass attempts, and the signal-caller also tossed an interception that was picked off by veteran safety Jimmie Ward over the middle: Granted, the 49ers haven’t even put on pads yet, and the second-year quarterback is still missing a large amount of his first-team support staff.īut, given how much attention is on Lance right now, it’s impossible not to look. However, on day two of San Francisco’s first week of camp, Lance and the offense weren’t quite at that same level. Perhaps it was due to all but being named the Niners’ starter heading into 2022 by head coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch the previous day. saw how formidable the defense might be this season.ĭuring the San Francisco 49ers’ first day of on-field practices at training camp, quarterback Trey Lance appeared to be exceptionally effective and brilliant, according to nearly every report out there. (We discussed some of the differences between our Classic and Deluxe versions of the forecast on this weeks podcast, and its a theme well revisit in coming weeks.The second day of 49ers training camp wasn’t one for the offense, as Trey Lance and Co. There, their chances sit at 67 percent, up from 56 percent at launch on June 30 and 52 percent in the June 1 retroactive forecast. In the Classic version of our forecast which doesnt use the race ratings published by the Cook Political Report and other expert groups the movement toward Democrats has also been steady. Democrats are now essentially tied with Republicans in our generic ballot polling average, after having trailed by 2 to 3 percentage points over most of the late spring and early summer. This is matched by Democrats improved position on the generic congressional ballot, which asks voters which party they would support in a congressional election. Its also up from 40 percent in a retroactive forecast dated back to June 1. Thats up from 47 percent from forecast launch on June 30.
Their chances of winning the Senate now stand at 55 percent. But within that category theres been modest, but consistent movement toward Democrats. AD The Political Environment Might Be Improving For DemocratsĪs was the case when we launched the forecast a month ago, the Deluxe version of FiveThirtyEights midterm model still rates the battle for control of the Senate as a tossup.