Another prominent voice for the San Francisco 49ers is advocating for quarterback Brock Purdy as he enters his first extension-eligible offseason.
49ers CEO Jed York spoke with the Associated Press in New Orleans and made it clear where he stands on Purdy as the 49ers’ franchise QB.
“I know we want Brock to be here for a long time and we’ll do everything we can to make that work,” York told the AP.
It’s unclear exactly what Purdy’s price tag will be, but York and the 49ers haven’t been shy about shelling out money to keep their core players around.
There are some questions about Purdy’s ability to carry a team the way other top QBs do after a down year in 2024, but his resume after only two years as a starter is extremely impressive. It also stands to reason he can bounce back after a down year entering his third season as a starter.
York has overseen some QB tumult during his tenure as the team’s CEO, so it makes sense that he’d be eager to keep Purdy around after the QB led the 49ers to an NFC championship game in 2022 and a Super Bowl appearance in 2023.
San Francisco’s 6-11 finish in 2024 sparked some discourse about head coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch’s capabilities to get the 49ers over the hump to a Super Bowl.
York told the AP he has no such reservations.
“There’s so much work before you get to that point,” York said. “Obviously it started at the end of the season to get this thing ready and get this thing right and get this thing back on track. There’s no one that I respect more and trust more than John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan to get us back on track.”
There’s plenty of work for that duo to do to get the roster back to Super Bowl form. That work can’t earnestly begin until Purdy’s contract is done, and it sounds like York and the 49ers are eager to check that offseason box.