49ers’ Trey Lance clarifies misunderstanding on “fully cleared” timeline

Trey Lance still plans to be full-go when the San Francisco 49ers kick off organized team activities (OTAs) in May. However, the quarterback wanted to make one correction to his comment last week.

“Probably about three, three-and-a-half weeks out from being totally cleared, from today,” Lance told reporters on January 31. “So I feel like I’m in a real good spot, so definitely planning on being 100 percent before OTAs.”

Lance’s comment may have been misleading.

“I did misspeak when I was doing my exit interviews, and I said that I would be fully cleared in the next three weeks,” Lance told Rich Eisen on Wednesday. “But that was cleared to run, not ‘fully cleared.’ People took that in a very different way, and my [physical therapist] gave me a hard time about it, I’ll say that.”