Trey Lance got good advice before the 49ers drafted him Thursday.
He knows not to call San Francisco -- the city in which the 49ers played games for over six decades and remain synonymous with, despite being based out of Santa Clara -- "San Fran," avoiding the mistake of misguided NFL announcers, tourists and transplants over the years.
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"That's the one tip I got," Lance said in an interview with NBC Sports Bay Area's Laura Britt and Matt Maiocco.
Not bad for someone who wasn't certain he'd be a 49er on draft night.
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Then again, evaluators lauded Lance's intelligence and ability to process information in the lead-up to the 49ers selecting the 20-year-old with the No. 3 overall selection on Thursday night, so it's fitting he retained an important piece of San Francisco information before his arrival in the Bay Area.
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With their new face of the franchise aboard, The Faithful can rest easy knowing he's not going to make such an irredeemable mistake early on.
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