Purdy and 49’ers extension. 5 years 265 million

[Albany,n.y.]

7 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said:

Justin Fields was 4-2 last year. He didn’t set the world on fire but he was relatively efficient and won. That was my point. He’s not Peterman. He’s a little more like Tyrod was. He can make a few plays and if he manages mistakes (which Tyrod did better than Fields) you can win with him.
 

Again, I think Fields is probably a bottom 5 starting QB. The point that I’m trying to make is that I’d rather have QB 28 at $20M than QB 21 at $53M. Your ceiling is the exact same with either guy calling the shots. You can maybe get to the WC round. Purdy is a better player than Fields but not by a lot (especially last year). Give me the slightly worse player that’s way cheaper, every day. 

I'd rather have neither Fields nor Purdy at any of their salaries.  You might as well just draft a QB & pay the rookie a lot less.  I'd rather have Shedeur than either one of these overpaid JAGs.   

[Orlando Buffalo]

If Purdy is worth 53 a year then Josh is worth at least 75, and that is not an exaggerated number. Josh is so underpaid it is insane. 

[Doc Brown]

8 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said:

I actually think he’s pretty good too. I also think, that he played with the NFL’s best roster for a year and a half. This past year, the roster was a little worse and he was below average to bad IMO. That tweet doesn’t necessarily say it but he didn’t impact winning at all. The focus turned to him and he went 6-9. I know that they had injuries, but you could have had LOTS of QBs win at least 6 games in that situation. With this contract, he will never have rosters as good as his first couple of years again. Their rosters will look more like 2024 when he steered them to 6 wins.

 

It’s a tricky situation though. I don’t know what you would do differently? As the 49ers GM, you had to pay him. You could do a lot worse than him as a player. The problem is, the second you sign him to that deal, you’re resigned to mediocrity until you can get out from the contract. It’s not just Purdy either. It’s Tua, Derek Carr, it’s Cousins, it’s Geno, it’s Watson, it’s Darnold and maybe even Murray, Love, Goff and Lawrence. They’re all a little different but committing to a mediocre QB, above $25M AAV is bad business.

You called him a pretty good and mediocre QB in the same post.  Which is it?  He had the 7th best QBR in the NFL last year despite all the injuries.  I know he went 6-9 but the 49ers defense had its worst year of the Shanahan era finishing 29th in points allowed.  He doesn't look like a prototypical NFL QB but he's a really decision maker, throws with anticipation, is accurate, and can even make some off script plays.  This helps make up for his average arm and smaller stature.  I think he's a very good QB (obviously not elite though) and the 49ers won't regret this contract. 

[oldmanfan]

Seems like too much $$ for a guy with his skill set, but he is operating in Shanahan’s offense which seems suited to him.

[stuvian]

I'm hard pressed to think of a meaningful game the Niners won because of Purdy. His skill set is somewhere in the Jared Goff range

[BigDingus]

17 hours ago, Sierra Foothills said:

 

Put differently, he's the least undeserving.

 

 

I'm too long-winded to ever say something that concise, so thank you for translating my post 😅

[Sierra Foothills]

10 minutes ago, BigDingus said:

I'm too long-winded to ever say something that concise, so thank you for translating my post 😅

 

I don't know if you're long-winded but you're definitely a good poster.

 

Myself, I definitely used to be long-winded but I've been working on that.

 

[Kirby Jackson]

3 hours ago, Albany,n.y. said:

I'd rather have neither Fields nor Purdy at any of their salaries.  You might as well just draft a QB & pay the rookie a lot less.  I'd rather have Shedeur than either one of these overpaid JAGs.   

100% agree. 

[Kirby Jackson]

2 hours ago, Doc Brown said:

You called him a pretty good and mediocre QB in the same post.  Which is it?  He had the 7th best QBR in the NFL last year despite all the injuries.  I know he went 6-9 but the 49ers defense had its worst year of the Shanahan era finishing 29th in points allowed.  He doesn't look like a prototypical NFL QB but he's a really decision maker, throws with anticipation, is accurate, and can even make some off script plays.  This helps make up for his average arm and smaller stature.  I think he's a very good QB (obviously not elite though) and the 49ers won't regret this contract. 

Those are interchangeable to me. He’s probably somewhere between 15-20ish IMO. That’s off the top of my head. If I have time later I’ll think it through and make my list.

[RoscoeParrish]

4 hours ago, Mister Defense said:

Even in his 5-? interception game last year, he did not let it phase him, and led his team back for the victory.

 

Not in Allen or Burrow or Mahomes' company, but in the tier just below them.  Seems to have a similar demeanor as those 3, though not the same skills.

I feel like that was the worst thing to happen to Goff.

 

I think if Mahomes, Burrow, Jackson, Allen throw 5 picks, they are losing by 100. Goff has enough talent around him to steal a win.