SANTA CLARA, Calif. — From the second Brock Purdy stepped in as their starter in 2022, the San Francisco 49ers have informed anybody who would hear that he’s not solely their quarterback of the current but additionally their future.
On Friday, the Niners put important motion behind these phrases, as they agreed to a five-year, $265 million deal that features $181 million in general assured cash with Purdy, sources informed ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
It is a large pay elevate for Purdy, generally known as “Mr. Irrelevant” for being the final decide within the 2022 NFL draft.
He earned $2.6 million complete over his first three NFL seasons, making him the NFL’s 76th-highest-paid QB over that span (2022-24), in line with Roster Administration System. His new contract has a mean wage of $53 million, which means he’ll receives a commission extra per week underneath his new deal ($2.9 million) than he did over the primary three years of his profession mixed.
On the league conferences in Florida, common supervisor John Lynch made it clear that he believed a deal was within the offing.
“I believe we’ll get the deal accomplished,” Lynch stated March 31. “That is what I imagine. We’ll simply go away it at that.”
From there, Purdy reported for the beginning of the offseason program in April, an indication that issues had been trending towards a deal. The week of the NFL draft final month, Lynch stated there have been “substantive talks” that had issues entering into a “good path.”
Lastly, all of it got here collectively on Friday.
Maybe that ought to be no shock, although, given the 49ers’ perception in Purdy. A couple of days after a disappointing 6-11 season that noticed his manufacturing dip from his Professional Bowl degree in 2023, Lynch and coach Kyle Shanahan stated they needed Purdy round for the lengthy haul.
“Brock is the chief of our crew,” Shanahan stated Jan. 8. “I’ve beloved these three years with Brock. I plan on being with Brock right here the entire time I am right here. Brock’s been a stud. He is a man I’ve acquired loads of confidence in simply as a human, however it begins with what he is accomplished within the subject these final two and a half years and [we’re] able to successful a Tremendous Bowl with him. We simply nearly did. And I do know he’s able to getting the Niners a Tremendous Bowl sooner or later.”
Because the Niners cleaned out the locker room after the 2024 season, Purdy left little doubt that he needed to stay round, too, but additionally repeatedly identified his want to get one thing accomplished earlier than later.
Lately, the 49ers have had drawn-out, extra contentious discussions with the likes of defensive finish Nick Bosa, receiver Brandon Aiyuk and left sort out Trent Williams. These negotiations all dragged deep into coaching camp and saved that trio away from the crew for a lot of the offseason program. As a result of Purdy performs quarterback, although, there gave the impression to be loads of urgency on either side to search out widespread floor lengthy earlier than the late-summer offers of latest years.
“Greater than something for me, I would like to have the ability to deal with enterprise the suitable approach and do it in a decent method and get again to my crew as quick as I can to get going,” Purdy stated on Jan. 6. “That is my mindset, my focus. And clearly I need to assist the crew throughout the board with all the opposite guys who must get their offers accomplished, however all people will deal with it the suitable approach and the way they should.”
Because it turned out, that is precisely what the Niners and Purdy had been capable of do in a negotiation that extra intently resembled the contract extension San Francisco labored out with quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo in 2018. That yr, the 49ers signed Garoppolo to a five-year, $137.5 million deal on Feb. 8. On the time, it made Garoppolo the highest-paid participant within the league. As a result of Garoppolo was set to be an unrestricted free agent and Purdy nonetheless had a yr left on his rookie deal, the Purdy deal did not get accomplished as shortly because the Garoppolo one, however it nonetheless occurred lengthy earlier than different large San Francisco contract extensions.
Purdy is coming off a 2024 season by which he was usually with out key members of his supporting solid. Working again Christian McCaffrey (Achilles, knee), Aiyuk (knee), Williams (ankle), tight finish George Kittle (hamstring) and receiver Deebo Samuel (calf, sickness, ribs) all missed various quantities of time.
In 2024, Purdy completed seventh within the NFL in QBR (68.0), tenth in passing yards (3,864) and third in yards per try (8.5) in his 15 video games. Purdy additionally struggled in a handful of bad-weather video games and was unable to guide fourth-quarter comebacks in some shut and late conditions. His 1.7 touchdown-to-interception ratio was tied for twenty third and a dip from the two.8 he had in 2023.
Nonetheless, the Niners’ perception in Purdy by no means wavered largely due to his physique of labor. He took over because the starter for an injured Garoppolo in Week 13 of 2022 and, together with playoffs, the Niners are 27-15 in video games he has began. In that point, Purdy ranks fourth amongst all quarterbacks in QBR (70.2), third in passing yards (9,452), first in yards per try (8.9) and seventh in landing passes (64). His contract state of affairs settled, Purdy can flip his consideration to serving to the Niners get again to contending after a down season.
“I need to be in San Francisco and play my soccer profession right here,” Purdy stated. “I do know that I am the man for this group and that I can do what it takes to assist lead us the place we need to go.”
The 49ers additionally had been busy on the particular groups entrance Friday, reaching a one-year cope with veteran kicker Greg Joseph, his company stated.
After final month’s draft, the crew stated it deliberate so as to add a veteran to compete with incumbent Jake Moody. Moody, a third-round decide in 2023, ranked thirty fifth within the NFL in subject aim share amongst kickers with at the very least 10 makes an attempt final season. He was 11-of-20 after coming back from a excessive ankle sprain in Week 10.
