49ers GM optimistic Brock Purdy contract can be done in April

Signing Brock Purdy to a long-term contract extension by mid-April is a reasonable goal, San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch said Monday at the NFL annual spring meeting in Florida.

"Brock wants to be with us," Lynch said. "We want Brock to be with us."

Purdy, 25, has taken the 49ers to the playoffs twice in three seasons, finishing his rookie year with a loss -- and an elbow injury -- in the 2023 NFC Championship game before piloting San Francisco to the Super Bowl in his second season.

After San Francisco missed the playoffs and posted a 6-11 record in 2024, Purdy enters the final year of his rookie contract with both sides stating their interest in completing a deal likely to bring the 2022 seventh-round pick a raise equal to about 10 times his current base salary. Because of his on-field performance, his pay for next season is up from $985,000 in 2024 to $5.346 million in 2025.

Purdy said at the end of the season he hoped for a no-drama negotiation that would be wrapped up before training camp. Lynch suggested a deal could reasonably be finished before the draft.

"I don't think it's too optimistic," Lynch said of signing Purdy in the next month. "I think I understand why Brock wants that, and we'd like that, very much so. We just got to find that right place for both sides and I would love nothing more than for that to be the case."

Lynch said he knows there are no guarantees in contract negotiations but has no plan to delay contract talks because of Purdy's modest salary.

"I think we are going to get the deal done," Lynch said. "That's what I believe, so I'll just leave it at that."

--Field Level Media