Brock Purdy’s contract status is the talk of the league and more people are taking notice.
Niners’ owner Jed York acknowledged that much from the league meetings Tuesday afternoon.
“We knew that we had to make sacrifices around the roster to make sure that you can pay a quarterback,” York told NFL Network Insider Mike Garafolo in a one-on-one interview Tuesday from the NFL’s Annual League Meeting. “It’s just math.”
Contract negotiations, however, continue to take shape over time.
“I think (contract talks have) been good,” York said. “It’s not conversations that I’m having. … He’s got to make a decision with what he wants to do. I don’t think we’re that far apart. I think we can sit down and get something done. Whenever he’s ready, we’re ready.”
York, of course, knows that Purdy is on perhaps the best deal in the NFL currently — he was famously drafted with the last pick in the 2022 NFL Draft.
“Last year, (Purdy) was the 30th highest-paid college quarterback,” York said. “So when guys with NIL are making more than a third-year NFL pro, there’s something wrong with the system with not being able to extend guys earlier in the NFL.”
“It’s a decision — I don’t know exactly when we made it — but it was sometime in the middle of the season, knowing that you can start negotiating at the end of the third year, and it’s like, ‘All right, he’s our guy.’ And if he’s our guy, you have to know that and make those decisions, and that’s where we are right now.”
The 49ers were 6-11 this past year. Purdy threw for 3,864 yards, 20 touchdowns and 12 interceptions in 2024.
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