re: 49ers extending Purdy - five years, $265 million ($181 million guaranteed)

There are not a lot of QBs at the top of that list who deserve to be at the top of that list

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Look at the lack of Super Bowls in that list.

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That's why all the "you just have to sign your QB to a max contract!" posters on here are idiots. Actual evidence says that you almost never should. In the last 15 years, how many QBs on one of these mega-contracts have won it all? Mahomes the first year of his recent deal did; but the consequences of that contract hadn't hit the Chiefs yet.

If I'm an owner, I'd let the QB walk every time and rely on developing a new one while keeping the rest of the roster balanced.

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Purdy good raise for him. Going from making less than a mil a year as Mr irrelevant. Crazy.

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It's a great story. I was at the game vs Miami where Jimmy G got injured and he came in. I turned to my friends and said, "well, we're probably about to lose. We're down to our rookie 7th round pick at QB." Purdy came in and threw 2 TD's in the first half, and never gave up the starting job.

Keep in mind a big part of his contract is for services rendered. Lynch said as much in a previous interview. He would have taken SF to back to back Super Bowls, one as a rookie, if he didn't get injured in the NFC championship. The guy is a winner. Hopefully Shanahan's bottom of the barrel philosophy on offensive linemen doesn't get him killed.

On a cheap contract

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They went to three straight NFC Championship games because they built around a dirt cheap QB. They are going to have to change their formula going forward.

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True, but they already know what that formula looks like - they recently went to 3 NFC Championships in 4 years with a Top 10 highest-paid player (Top 5 average over 3 of those years). His name was Jimmy G, and the rest of his team was young on friendly contracts with few high-priced veterans eating into the cap. Then the roster flipped with those players getting paid and a budget QB. Somehow the Niners kept winning

The reset this offseason follows the initial formula. If the front office continues to hit and the staff continues to develop the cycle phase won’t matter

The blow is further softened by these absurd cap increases and in 2 years decent chance he’s not even in the Top 15 highest paid. Once his generational wealth is secured and he’s made whole for his budget rookie contract, decent chance there’s a restructuring anyway

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That's why all the "you just have to sign your QB to a max contract!" posters on here are idiots. Actual evidence says that you almost never should. In the last 15 years, how many QBs on one of these mega-contracts have won it all? Mahomes the first year of his recent deal did; but the consequences of that contract hadn't hit the Chiefs yet.

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Hurts last year

Mahommes the year before as you mention.

Matt Stafford two years before that

Everyone else in that time frame is retired or extremely washed up today. Most were making big dollars at their time of winning

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I'm an owner, I'd let the QB walk every time and rely on developing a new one while keeping the rest of the roster balanced.

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Buddy if you think the odds are low for winning the superbowl with an expensive QB, you should check out the hit rates on drafting a QB that doesn’t suck arse

Gee. How many of those on that list have been to a SB besides Burrow????

Look at their schedule, it was the right move they are a guaranteed 12 win team. They stay relevant and everyone keeps their job…

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I truly think Shanahan and a really good supporting cast could make a lot of cheap QBs look good

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If Shanahan believed that, they wouldn’t have paid Purdy. But I’m sure you know more about it than Shanahan himself.

Damn what a pitiful signing . Just above mediocre. They’ll never get there with him. Teams are scared to death to let middle of road QB’s walk……