Will the San Francisco 49ers keep Brock Purdy around for the foreseeable future?
Purdy is just 24 years old and already has proven that he is capable of leading the 49ers. San Francisco made a run to the Super Bowl last year, although it wasn’t able to get over the hump. The 49ers have had a tough year in 2024 largely due to a plethora of injuries. While this is the case, Purdy has remained steady.
He was a steal in the seventh round of the 2022 National Football League Draft but is under contract for just one more season before hitting free agency unless the 49ers hand him an extension. Purdy’s due just over $1 million in 2025, but if they want to keep him around for the foreseeable future they are going to have to pay him a whole lot more.
There has been chatter that it would take a deal of roughly $50 or $60 million per year to keep him around on an extension. That’s the going rate for star quarterbacks now. For example, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott got a four-year, $240 million deal and he hasn’t led the team to the Super Bowl once.
Will the 49ers pay what it will cost to keep Purdy? Star tight end George Kittle weighed in, as transcribed by NBC Sports Bay Area’s Jennifer Lee Chan.
“I think Brock has done nothing but play at a very, very high level,” Kittle said. “The nice thing about contracts is when you play at a high level, you can compare yourself to other people in the league and when other guys are getting paid $50-60 million, and you’re a better quarterback than they are, it’s hard not to get that same amount of money…
“I don’t know what Brock is going to do,” Kittle said. “I think the Niners are going to figure something out to be as team-friendly as possible, but still reward him for the things that he has done and the things he is going to continue to do for this organization.”
Kittle knows a thing or two about contract talks with San Francisco after landing a five-year, $75 million deal with the 49ers himself.
Hopefully, the two sides can work something out this upcoming offseason.
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