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The San Francisco 49ers have their future secured. This week, the team handed Brock Purdy a five-year, $265 million contract extension that keeps him with the team through 2030. Purdy’s contract was set to run out after the 2025 season, but Niners GM John Lynch made sure to avoid any type of holdout, making his franchise quarterback happy.
Lynch had nothing to worry about, though. Purdy, the former “Mr. Irrelevant” who made Jimmy Garoppolo and Trey Lance expendable, has revealed that he had no intentions of holding out. Purdy’s humbleness has stood out several times through his three-year NFL career, and it’s a part of what has made him so liked by his teammates.
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Brock Purdy had no intentions of holding out for a bigger contract, but he got it anyway
While speaking to local radio a few days after signing his contract, Purdy explained why he was never going to hold out, regardless of his contract situation.
The Pros and Cons of 49ers QB Brock Purdy’s $265 Million Extension
I think, for me, being here and getting better at football, I don’t think that [holding out] was ever going to be a question for me. I wanted to be here, and continue to build off of what we’ve done the last couple of years, and not let the negotiations and the money get in the way of that. I had faith that that was going to get done when it needed to, and obviously, I wouldn’t have liked that to go right up until the season.
The 49ers got out ahead of the quarterback rush, locking up Purdy on a contract that many consider a “steal” given Purdy’s production and the signal-callers who are making more than him. That’s in stark contrast to the Dallas Cowboys, who have somewhat been taken advantage of by Dak Prescott.
Prescott is still the highest-paid quarterback in the NFL, having signed his deal hours before the start of the 2024 NFL season, which left Jerry Jones and co. without leverage. We saw something similar happen with CeeDee Lamb, and it seems like Micah Parsons is about to add to that list. Jones could learn a thing or two from how Lynch operates.
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