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49ers Have Begun Contract Talks with Brock Purdy and Want a Deal Soon

After the season, Purdy said he wants to sign his extension as soon as possible, so this could get done any day now.

Grant Cohn

Jan 5, 2025; Glendale, Arizona, USA; San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy against the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images
Jan 5, 2025; Glendale, Arizona, USA; San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy against the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images / Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images
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Brock Purdy could sign a massive multi-year contract extension with the 49ers soon.

Purdy became eligible for an extension on January 5, and apparently the team and his agent have begun negotiations according to The Athletic's Dianna Russini.

"Let’s clear this up right now: They will get it done," writes Russini. "And the 49ers aren’t dragging their feet — the team wants a deal soon and have started conversations with Purdy’s camp. This was always the plan. The Niners have never wavered on Purdy as their franchise quarterback, not after his breakout run, not after leading them to a Super Bowl, and definitely not now after a disappointing 2024 season."

I'm sure the 49ers want a deal as soon as possible. Last year, Brandon Aiyuk and Trent Williams held out all offseason and derailed the 49ers' Super Bowl chances before the games even began. The 49ers can't let that happen again.

On Feb. 8, 2018, the 49ers signed Jimmy Garoppolo to a five-year deal that made him the highest-paid player in the NFL at the time. That was seven years ago yesterday. In that case, the 49ers moved quickly to sign Garoppolo, so it makes sense they would do the same with Purdy.

After the season, Purdy said he wants to sign his extension as soon as possible, so this could get done any day now. But if he's patient, the 49ers almost certainly will up their offer during the summer -- they do that every year during contract negotiations with star players.

We'll see how patient Purdy is.

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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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