Now that San Francisco’s season is over, the 49ers can get down to their most important pending business — Brock Purdy’s contract.
Because he was the last pick of the 2022 draft, Purdy has been severely underpaid relative to the league’s other starting quarterbacks. League rules prevented Purdy from signing a second deal until after the completion of his third season. So, the time is now.
Purdy addressed the situation during locker clean out on Monday, noting he’d like to get a solution sooner rather than later.
“Everybody’s different, just with the timing of getting something done and whatnot,” Purdy said, via David Bonilla of 49erswebzone.com. “For me, I want to, obviously, get it done. If that’s an opportunity to be able to get that done quick, that’d be great, just so we can get back for phase one, get after it with the receivers and our team, and just continue to grow because we’ve all gotta grow together.”
Purdy added …