Since then, Patrick Mahomes has won 12 playoff games (more than all but seven quarterbacks in NFL history) and never finished a season as a starter short of the AFC Championship Game.
The 49ers are the NFL's narrative busters. Need a top-10 quarterback to compete? Nope. San Francisco has gone to two Super Bowls with Brock Purdy and Jimmy Garoppolo at quarterback.
There are consequences for missing on a top-five quarterback? Not for the Niners. This team traded three first-round picks to draft Trey Lance No. 3 in 2021.
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