NFL exec discusses 'best-case scenario' 49ers' Brock Purdy should expect for contract extension

Some previously suggested that San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy could soon put pen to paper on a contract extension similar to Dak Prescott's four-year, $240M deal from the Dallas Cowboys.

In a piece published on Thursday, The Athletic's Mike Sando shared that at least one unnamed NFL team executive thinks Purdy may want to give the 49ers a discount before negotiations drag on into the start of the team's offseason program.

"People forget with Purdy," the executive said, "the guy has made nothing. If you are Brock Purdy, you are staring two years of franchise tags in the face and $5M (in 2025 salary). His best-case scenario (without an extension) is $100M over three years. I am not saying they would pound him, but I have never understood how people think he gets to $60M (per year on an extension)."

The Cowboys let Prescott enter the 2020 season with his rights retained via the franchise tag, and he suffered a gruesome ankle injury in October of that year. While he received $126M in guaranteed money via the deal he signed in March 2021, it's unknown what he would've earned had he stayed healthy through the 2020 campaign. 

Meanwhile, Spotrac shows that Purdy thus far has made under $2.9M in career earnings via the contract he signed as the final pick of the 2022 NFL Draft. Logic suggests he's ready to make top-10 quarterback money, even if doing so involves signing a deal worth a bit less than he hoped for at the start of the offseason. 

In March, one of Purdy's former Iowa State coaches insisted that the 25-year-old is "a team-first guy" and is "not the kind of guy that’s going to stretch the pennies in that organization one way or the other." There's no sign to outsiders that discussions between Purdy and the 49ers have been anything but amicable. Still, it's unclear how close the two parties are to an agreement.