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REPORT: The 49ers Still Intend to Give Brock Purdy a Multi-Year Deal

Good news for Brock Purdy.

Grant Cohn

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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Good news for Brock Purdy.

Despite missing the playoffs and regressing in every statistical category this season, the 49ers still intend to give Purdy a multi-year contract extension in a few months, according to The Athletic's Dianna Russini.

"They’re firmly committed to Brock Purdy as their long-term quarterback," writes Russini. "I’ve been told the 49ers are still planning to negotiate a multi-year contract extension with Purdy this offseason, backing up the message they’ve consistently sent: 'Purdy is our quarterback.' Now, the big question is: How much will they pay him? Extending Purdy is definitely doable, but it will require some savvy salary cap moves and maybe a few roster adjustments in 2025."

Why wouldn't you want to commit to a quarterback who just posted a 45.4 quarterback rating in the biggest game of the season and can't play effectively in wet weather?

In hindsight, it seems like Purdy's dominant run was shortlived and it coincided with Christian McCaffrey's run as the best player in the NFL. Once McCaffrey went down, so did Purdy's numbers. In his past 18 starts, his record is 9-9 and his quarterback rating is just 91. Jimmy Garoppolo never had a stretch that poor while he was on the 49ers.

The 49ers would be wise to not offer Purdy an extension this offseason. Instead, make him play out the final year of his rookie contract and see if 2024 was an outlier. If he bounces back to MVP form, franchise tag him or sign him in 2026. And if he doesn't bounce back, replace him.

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Grant Cohn
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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