Uncertainty around Tom Brady’s future has pushed the seemingly retired quarterback back into the 49ers’ quarterback conversation. The team opted to pass on adding him in the 2020 offseason, and now he’s back in the mix again at least on some level as questions arise about whether he’s actually done playing football.
If Brady does get the itch to play one more year and finish his career with the team he grew up rooting for, the 49ers internally would have to at least discuss it. That’s why Brady’s name is going to stick in any Trey Lance conversation until either Lance is under center for Week 1 or Brady doubles down on his desire to hang up his pads.
This isn’t an indictment on Lance either. Brady is just the one quarterback who might force the 49ers to pause their plans on moving forward with the No. 3 overall pick and try one year with the most decorated QB of all-time who led the NFL in passing yards and touchdown passes last season.
