The 2021 NFL Draft was touted as one of the best quarterback draft classes of all time with many of them considered to be MVP caliber.
It would be an understatement to say the experts got that prediction wrong because it actually turned out to be one of the worst quarterback classes in recent memory.
The No. 1 overall pick, Trevor Lawrence, was viewed as one of the best quarterback prospects of all time, but his career has been mediocre at best to this point.
Perhaps the second-most notable signal caller from that year is Trey Lance who was selected by the San Francisco 49ers.
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Trey Lance (19) throws a pass against the Philadelphia Eagles in the fourth quarter at AT&T Stadium.
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Trey Lance (19) throws a pass against the Philadelphia Eagles in the fourth quarter at AT&T Stadium.
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San Francisco traded multiple first-round picks to get up to No. 3 and select the North Dakota quarterback, but he was off the team in just two seasons.
Lance finally got a chance to start in his second year with the 49ers, but he fractured his ankle in just the second week of the season which sidelined him for the year.
The last pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, Brock Purdy, took over the starting job and was so good that he never gave it back to Lance.
He was then shipped off the Dallas Cowboys where he sat and learned behind veteran Dak Prescott for a year.
He was given a chance to compete for the backup job, but a nightmare five interception performance in the preseason relegated him to being the emergency quarterback.
The plan was not for him to see the field last year, but in a cursed season that saw Prescott miss nine games, Lance got an opportunity to start the last game of the season.
He performed well enough that the Cowboys were able to offload him to the Los Angeles Chargers where they hoped they could build him up.
That plan seems to have backfired already as Lance is having a disastrous minicamp.
Cowboys fans are taking notice and they feel bad for Los Angeles because they knew exactly how he would perform.
Entering his fifth season in the NFL, Lance is running out of opportunities to stay in the league, let alone win a starting job.