49ers QB Purdy doesn’t focus on ‘absurd’ contract speculation originally appeared in NBC Sports Bay Area
49ers quarterback Brock Purdy is focused on the task at hand, winning a Super Bowl, and not on his impending contract extension next offseason.
He has his eye on one of, but not the only, prizes that could be coming his way.
When speaking with NFL Network’s Omar Ruiz on Saturday at 49ers training camp, Purdy was asked about the lucrative contract extensions for Jacksonville’s Trevor Lawrence, Miami’s Tua Tagovailoa and Green Bay’s Jordan Love and how closely he pays attention to those deals, knowing he is eligible for sign a contract extension in 2025.
“That’s great, I’m happy for these guys,” Purdy said. “But for me and this team right now, man, we have to focus on 2024. This season is so long, man, and there are so many things you go through to get up to speed on what the years might look like in the future. road or something, to me this is nonsense. Focusing one day at a time, I have to get better for this team and we all do that, so that’s where my focus and all of our focus is.
Lawrence signed a five-year, $275 million contract ($55 million AAV) with Jacksonville earlier this offseason before Tagovailoa (four years, $212.4 million; $53.1 million AAV) and Love (four-year, $220 million contract; $55 million AAV) agreed to lucrative deals with their respective teams this week.
What can Purdy achieve next offseason? Well, ESPN’s Bill Barnwell believes that if the 49ers quarterback maintains his MVP-caliber play in 2024, while also taking into account the growing quarterback market and an increased salary cap in 2025, the third-year signal-caller could earn more than $65 million per season.
That would certainly be a hard number to ignore all season…
