Mr. Irrelevant has formally now turn out to be Mr. Moolah.
Adam Schefter of ESPN reported on Friday that San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy has formally secured a monster new extension from the staff. The 2 sides have reportedly agreed to phrases on a brand new five-year, $265 million contract (with $181 million assured).
Tom Pelissero of NFL Community adds that Purdy’s extension has about $165.1 million assured over the primary three seasons and can now take him by the 2030 marketing campaign.
Purdy, 25, now turns into the third-highest paid QB within the NFL by complete worth (behind Cincinnati’s Joe Burrow and Jacksonville’s Trevor Lawrence). The contract is a little more modest on the subject of common annual worth ($53 million). By that measure, Purdy is tied with Detroit’s Jared Goff for the seventh-largest determine amongst QBs.
The previous final general decide within the 2022 NFL Draft, Purdy has skilled a meteoric rise over the previous couple of years. He took over because the full-time starter in San Francisco throughout the 2023 season and proceeded to guide the league in passer ranking whereas throwing for 4,280 yards and 31 touchdowns. Purdy additionally made the Professional Bowl staff that yr and completed fourth in MVP voting as San Francisco went on to make the Tremendous Bowl as properly.
Final season for the 49ers, Purdy took a little bit of step again with 3,864 passing yards and 20 passing touchdowns as San Francisco went 6-11 and missed the playoffs (with Purdy offering an interesting explanation for the team’s struggles after the fact). However the 49ers parted ways with several longtime roster mainstays earlier this offseason, seemingly in anticipation of a large Purdy extension. Now the 2 sides have formally managed to place pen to paper roughly 4 months earlier than the beginning of the 2025 season.
