Brock Purdy still wishes the best for Trey Lance
Lance, the third overall pick in 2021, lasted through training camp in 2023 before the Cowboys unwisely sent a fourth-round pick to the 49ers for him.
'It's tough, because Trey and I are tight, dude,' Purdy said during a recent appearance on the Bussin' With The Boys podcast, via David Bonilla of 49erswebzone.com. 'Absolutely, we're boys, and we're bros.'
Purdy is firmly entrenched as the 49ers' franchise quarterback, having signed a five-year, $265 million extension with the team. Lance already is on his third team, having left the Cowboys to sign a one-year, $2 million deal with the Chargers to back up Justin Herbert.
Lance's career has not gone how anyone expected.
'I wanted nothing but the best for him, and I know he wanted that for me,' Purdy said. 'But that's just how this business goes and all that. When it did happen, we're about to play our preseason game against the Chargers, and right before the game, they announced [the trade of Lance to the Cowboys], and I didn't really know how to act or what to think. I was just like, 'Man, I hope he can go to Dallas and compete and have a great opportunity.''
Purdy said he and Lance have never discussed exactly how everything went down, but nothing has changed about Purdy's feelings about Lance.
'We've just texted each other, like, 'Hey, dude, hope you're doing good,' like, randomly throughout the season, offseason, or whatever. 'Hope you're doing good,' this and that. It's really just been that,' Purdy said. 'We haven't really gotten to the details of, 'Hey, how do you feel with this happening?' or whatever. We just stay away from that.'
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