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Insider Says 49ers Have Offered Brock Purdy $45 Million Per Year

The Brock Purdy negotiations have begun.
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Dec 8, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) looks on after the game against the Chicago Bears at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Bob Kupbens-Imagn Images
Dec 8, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) looks on after the game against the Chicago Bears at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Bob Kupbens-Imagn Images | Bob Kupbens-Imagn Images

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The Brock Purdy negotiations have begun.

General manager John Lynch said at the Combine last week that the negotiations with Purdy were "in the infancy stages." Now, NFL Insider Jason La Canfora reports that the 49ers have made Purdy an offer.

"49ers playing hardball with Purdy is very on brand," La Canfora writes. "Starting your offers at $45M a year is something."

First, respect to La Canfora for getting this scoop before everyone else. That being said, I disagree with his opinion about the offer.

The 49ers aren't lowballing Purdy. He might be worth more than $45 million per season on the open market, but he's under contract for $5 million this year. Then, the 49ers could franchise tag him for $41 million in 2026 and then again for $51 million in 2027.

That would be three years, $97 million, or roughly $32 million per season.

So offering him $45 million per season actually is generous. Paying him any more than that would be foolish and almost certainly would prevent the 49ers from winning a Super Bowl.

If Purdy holds out for a better offer, they always can trade him for a first-round pick and sign Sam Darnold or Aaron Rodgers to a cheaper deal than the one Purdy wants. Or they can draft a quarterback.

The 49ers have options. They should not increase their offer to Purdy. They should tell him to take it or leave it. And he if leaves it, they should trade him immediately.

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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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