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What Dak Prescott's Extension Means for Brock Purdy and the 49ers

Keep in mind, Patrick Mahomes earns an average of $45 million per season. So the quarterback market has exploded. And Purdy most likely will be the next quarterback to benefit from it.

Grant Cohn

Aug 23, 2024; Paradise, Nevada, USA; San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) throws the ball against the Las Vegas Raiders in the first half at Allegiant Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
Aug 23, 2024; Paradise, Nevada, USA; San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) throws the ball against the Las Vegas Raiders in the first half at Allegiant Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images / Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
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Dak Prescott just became the highest-paid player in NFL history. In a year, Brock Purdy could eclipse him.

The Cowboys recently gave Prescott a four-year, $240 million extension with $231 million guaranteed and an $80 million signing bonus. Which means Prescott will earn $60 million per season on average. All for a quarterback whose win-loss record in the playoffs is just 2-5.

Keep in mind, Patrick Mahomes earns an average of $45 million per season. So the quarterback market has exploded. And Purdy most likely will be the next quarterback to benefit from it.

Prescott is a good quarterback -- he finished second in the MVP voting last season and was a second-team All Pro. But he never has made it past the divisional round of the playoffs. Which means his resume is lacking.

As opposed to Purdy, who finished fourth in the MVP voting last season and has gone to two NFC Championship Games and a Super Bowl in two seasons as a starting quarterback. So his resume is better than Prescott's even though Purdy hasn't played long.

If the 49ers think they can get Purdy to sign an extension that's worth less than $50 million per season, they're kidding themselves. The market is clearly defined. They can offer Purdy what he's worth, which is no less than $60 million per season, or they can trade him. And I highly doubt they'll trade him.

Barring a serious injury or a surprising down season, expect Purdy to become the highest-paid player in the NFL within the next few months.

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GRANT COHN

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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