Yahoo Sports senior NFL writer Frank Schwab and senior NFL reporter Jori Epstein discuss the ongoing negotiations between the 49ers and their quarterback – and how the signal caller for their NFC rivals deal could factor into Purdy’s final payday. Hear the full conversation on “Inside Coverage” – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
Video Transcript
He comes to the table, his agent comes to the table, says Deck Pres got 4 240 million, that’s what we want, got 49ers say yes.
So here’s what you have to remember.
Dak Prescott did this when he had already been franchiseed tagged.
He couldn’t be tagged again, so he would literally walk if not, and he couldn’t be traded.
And oh by the way, they’d already paid him out.
So Dak Prescott had unique leverage because of how he had played out his previous contract negotiations.
The reason that 49ers will have some degree of ability to say that no, we’re not giving you that contract if we don’t want to, is because He hasn’t played out those options and they still have him under control now.
They don’t have the 5th year option because he was drafted in the 7th out of the 1st round, but they do have franchise tags to use, which is not a bad option at this point.
So I don’t, and, and they have Brock Purdy’s rights.
And so I think that’s more where he might not get it, but I think what if I were them, I think what we kind of get to is you basically say we’ll give you 60 million a year over the course of.
6 years, but we can cut you after 3 years.
Like you basically get more flexibility because that to make and so then if it ends up working and if Brock parties your quarterback in 6 years, well, as crazy as it sounds, 60 million is going to be a bargain by then.
I mean, we’re starting to see this, but you know what Josh Allen did in terms of the way he negotiates is Josh Allen has helped out the bills by saying, I’m going to get money, but one.
I’m going to give it to you over the course of 6 year deals, which teams love 6 year deals as opposed to 34 or 5 year deals because you have more ability to navigate all of the contracts and build the team around you.
And 2, the guarantees.
Dak Prescott has like a 96% guaranteed contract on his current contract because of the leverage he has.
Josh Allen’s is something like 76%.
So I think That the Niners end up ultimately giving Brock Purdy something where the average annual per year of new money on the deal, so not the average with the existing money, is close to Dak Prescott, but there is a longer deal, more flexibility, and fewer guarantees.
So if they want to cut him in 2 to 3 years, they have more ability to do that than the Cowboys do with Dak Prescott from how much dead money is left.
Very fair.
I, I, I just think that if we all talk about this, we all agree upon it.
I mean, I don’t think there’s any dissenters here that The biggest advantage any team can have in sports, I, I think in all, any, any major league is a quarterback, a good quarterback on his rookie deal and nobody leverages that.
Nobody, they just all pay the guy.
