The 49ers have continually made it clear that they intend to keep Brock Purdy around for the foreseeable future. Well, after extension negotiations reportedly started last month, it sounds like the two sides have made some progress.
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According to Jordan Schultz of FOX Sports, Purdy and the 49ers are “actively negotiating” a new deal. The hope is to finalize a contract before the start of the 2025 season.
The source did caution that an extension isn’t imminent, although they left the door open to the contract being finalized before next month’s draft. Either way, there’s a clear expectation that the two sides will cross the finish line over the next few months.
By now, we’re all familiar with Purdy’s story. The former Mr. Irrelevant guided his team to the NFC Championship Game as a rookie and the Super Bowl as a sophomore. While the 49ers’ 2024 campaign didn’t go as planned, Purdy has still established himself as a franchise quarterback…while also setting himself up for a lucrative pay day.
By virtue of his No. 262 slot on the draft board, Purdy has provided the 49ers with a massive discount over the past three years, with the QB earning $2.6MM over that span. Thanks to performance escalators, Purdy will see a significant jump to $5.2MM in 2025, although that’s still an obvious discount when compared to the rest of the market.
While it seems inevitable that Purdy will ink an extension with the 49ers, there’s still a question of how much that contract will be worth. Per Schultz, Purdy will have a difficult time matching Dak Prescott‘s $60MM AAV, but several sources believe he’ll still clock in at around $50MM to $55MM. A rival GM also suggested that Purdy could take a slight discount to continue helping his organization, although that same executive still believes he’ll approach the top of the market.
The 49ers front office hasn’t had the easiest time navigating recent extensions to star players. As Schultz notes, extensions for Nick Bosa and Brandon Aiyuk were completed right before the regular season, and deals for Trent Williams and Deebo Samuel also led to “drawn-out” processes. The organization will surely be looking to avoid the drama with their QB, and it sounds like there’s extra motivation to sign Purdy as soon as possible.
In other words, Purdy is now on the trading block. SF doesn’t want to give him 50m a year. Pittsburgh bound.
He’s not even worth 20mil a year.
Purdy is better than half the QBs in the league. But even if you don’t believe he’s a star-level QB, thinking he’s not worth 20mm in this market is asinine
No doubt. They will play hard ball with Purdy. There’s no way a franchise gets bullied by two players back to back. Aiyuk and now Purdy. It would be funny. Tag him for 2026. lol. Trading him for a total swap is on the table. Giving him 50 is wild. Trading him for jj or Richardson and picks. Might be good. Still amazing veteran support. 49ers need to start winning some of these. lol. 😂
what Do you think is a suitable contract? 5 years 250m 175 guaranteed?
Give him harbaugh money. 😂 med speak
Idk what you said means
@Rex
I’m not sure “bullied” is the right word but in any evident the 49ers bring a lot of this silly drama on themselves. We saw them play the same comic opera with Jimmy Garoppolo. They start by saying they love the guy…then they don’t…but then they do again…but not so much. Back and forth it goes until all concerned are too exhausted to negotiate further and a deal is struck.
I mean they went through this with bosa the year before, and also Trent last year. So we’re already way past this happening twice. And trading Purdy for Richardson is a death sentence wtf lol, he might not even beat out Daniel jones.
The goal of a franchise is to put together a team with a chance. We saw his chance last year. How does it get better losing key contributors. Paying 50 is crazy. Paying 30. Crazy. But sometimes people get paid on opportunity I understand this. It’s dumb luck and a series of events. But to pay and hope is what 20-25 teams do a contract year. And it is something that is better spent putting together rather than over paying. KEY POint. They have brock. Cuz the overpaid in the same draft. They are good at finding talent without paying. They have just been doing both.
I’ll also note. That a guaranteed first down on 4th and short won a superbowl. Not an elite 50 mil qb. lol. Tooshpoosh mvp. No one person. Period.
Richardson performs as good or better than Brock on that elite 49er team. And Brock would look similar on the colts. I’d bet the farm.