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Are the 49ers Close to Finalizing Brock Purdy's Contract Extension?

Given how George Kittle's negotiation unfolded, it's fair to wonder if Purdy's extension will be finalized soon as well.
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Dec 30, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) during the game against the Detroit Lions at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images
Dec 30, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) during the game against the Detroit Lions at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images | Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images

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The 49ers just finalized a multi-year contract extension with George Kittle mere days after the conclusion of the NFL Draft.

Is Brock Purdy next?

Kittle skipped the first day of Phase 1 of OTAs, but he showed up a few days later. And during the draft, the 49ers didn't take a tight end. And he tweeted his congratulations to the 49ers draft picks like a team leader and a captain would. So in hindsight, these were clear signs that an agreement was imminent.

Meanwhile, Purdy showed up for Day 1 of OTAs. And even though the 49ers did draft a quarterback -- Kurtis Rourke -- they didn't take him until Round 7, plus he has a torn ACL and could miss his entire rookie season. So he's not an immediate threat. He's long-term insurance.

Given how Kittle's negotiation unfolded, it's fair to wonder if Purdy's extension will be finalized soon as well. Perhaps the 49ers wanted to announce Kittle's first out of respect for the future Hall of Famer. Maybe they'll wait a few weeks to announce Purdy's deal so Kittle can be the center of attention for a while.

At this point, I fully expect Purdy's deal to be finalized before he steps on the practice field for the first official OTA practice in late May. The 49ers don't seem to be playing hardball with him and he doesn't seem to want to play anywhere else. I imagine the two sides will come to a compromise and meet in the middle.

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Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.

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