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49ers trade quarterback Trey Lance to Cowboys for 4th round pick

BY JOSH DUBOW
Updated 11:35 PM PDT, August 25, 2023

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have traded quarterback Trey Lance to the Dallas Cowboys for a fourth-round pick less than three years after trading three first-round picks to draft him third overall.

Lance had lost the competition to Sam Darnold to be the backup to Brock Purdy in San Francisco earlier in the week, setting the stage for his departure on Friday just hours before the Niners played their exhibition finale against the Los Angeles Chargers.

"When we told him that he was going to be the three, if he could find another opportunity that was good, we’d allow him to do that, and he did," coach Kyle Shanahan said. "We feel he'll be better for it, and I think we will, too."



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