Former NFL executive Michael Lombardi, now a writer at The Athletic, recently joined SiriusXM’s shell and he seemed confident that at least he knew what the San Francisco 49ers were I’m not deals with the general election no. 3. The team traded on the spot on March 26, handing over four draft picks, including its own first-rounders in the next three drafts, to advance nine places to 12th.

The three candidates with the best odds to be the first team in San Francisco are Justin Fields of Ohio State, Mac Jones of Alabama and Trey Lance of North Dakota State, in that order.

Lombardi is convinced it won’t be Fields, though.

“Can I tell you the news I heard? Justin Fields won’t be in 3rd place,” Lombardi told Patrick Meagher (h / t to Sasha D. Robinson). – That’s what I heard.

The writer admits that there are skeptics on Twitter who feel they could be wrong. He even has a message for them.

– Where do you get your information from? a gloomy Lombardi asked. “Like, do you have better sources than me? Good luck. Good luck. I’m just telling you that if it’s not Mac Jones, it’s Trey Lance. So take this [how] You want it, Patrick. Please do with it what you want. “

Fields trained in front of the 49ers and other NFL teams last week, which made him jump over Jones in the eyes of the daily. Lance will hold a training session in front of the Niners on Monday, which could increase his chances of being the general choice no. 3.