49ers CEO opens up about future Brock Purdy extension

Purdy took over for an injured Trey Lance and Jimmy Garoppolo in the course of the 2022 marketing campaign and he helped information the staff to the NFC title sport. Regardless of the key elbow damage he suffered in that contest, the previous ‘Mr. Irrelevant’ entered the 2023 season as San Francisco’s undisputed starter. His play throughout a lot of the 12 months didn’t do something to change that transferring ahead.

The 24-year-old led the NFL in passer score (113) in addition to different classes in a stellar follow-up to his rookie success. Purdy earned a Professional Bowl nod and completed fourth in MVP voting, confirming his standing as a franchise quarterback. The going price for gamers who match that invoice has surged in recent times, one thing 49ers CEO Jed York is conscious about.

“Once we signed Jimmy a number of years in the past, it was the biggest deal within the historical past of the NFL, for 3 minutes,” York mentioned, via Cam Inman of the San Jose Mercury News. “However Jimmy was at [$27.5M per year]. That’s what the market is and you need to settle for the fact of the world. To me, the quarterback is a very powerful place not simply in soccer, however all of sports activities, and people guys must be paid some huge cash.”

4 quarterbacks have reached the $50M mark when it comes to annual common worth (all ascending passers who agreed to monster extensions final offseason). The likes of Trevor Lawrence and Dak Prescott are amongst those that may additionally attain that mark, and offers with both of these would add additional to the profitable setting the QB spot is at the moment in. Purdy – who has two years remaining on his rookie pact and is due $985K in 2024 – may have appreciable bargaining energy subsequent offseason if he is ready to stay a key determine in San Francisco’s offense.

Every of that unit’s different prime contributors (Aiyuk, fellow receiver Deebo Samuel, left sort out Trent Williams, working again Christian McCaffrey and tight finish George Kittle) are already on the books for no less than yet another season, although. Aiyuk will be a part of the others in being a monetary dedication in 2025 if an extension will be labored out. San Francisco’s cap state of affairs will look a lot totally different if a Purdy extension is finalized, however properly earlier than that may happen York’s feedback convey an consciousness it will likely be a really dear endeavor.