Whether or not or not San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy really deserved the five-year, $265M contract extension that included $181M in ensures and a no-trade clause he received earlier this month will seemingly be a hotly debated subject all through the summer season.
As Ali Thanawalla of NBC Sports activities Bay Space beforehand identified, former NFL broad receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh has served as a private coach for present 49ers wideout Brandon Aiyuk. Thus, it is fascinating that Houshmandzadeh criticized San Francisco concerning the Purdy deal throughout Monday’s version of the FS1 “Communicate” program.
“I imagine they did overpay for Brock Purdy,” Houshmandzadeh mentioned, as shared by David Bonilla of 49ers WebZone. “I might have given Brock Purdy $47M a 12 months. That may have been essentially the most I am giving him. We would have liked you final 12 months. You went 1-6 in opposition to playoff groups after we had guys harm.”
Particularly, Houshmandzadeh famous that Purdy was unable to assist the 49ers overcome dropping noteworthy starters similar to Aiyuk, working again Christian McCaffrey and left sort out Trent Williams to accidents final season. Whereas San Francisco ended Week 10 at 5-4, the membership misplaced six of its subsequent seven video games earlier than it shut Purdy down forward of Week 18.
Purdy started Could in the final year of his cheap rookie deal, and it seems no different membership was in a rush to commerce for his companies after which hand him the kind of extension his camp wished. In response to the Spotrac website, Purdy and Detroit Lions starter Jared Goff are actually tied for seventh within the league because it pertains to common annual wage for quarterbacks. At $47M per 12 months, Purdy would’ve been twelfth on that checklist.
“If Brock Purdy takes the San Francisco 49ers to the Tremendous Bowl and so they win it, then his contract is properly value it,” Houshmandzadeh added throughout his feedback. “Till he does that, he is overpaid.”
Purdy already has a Tremendous Bowl look on his profession resume and was a fourth-down stop away from successful that begin. If nothing else, it may very well be fascinating to see what Aiyuk has to say about Houshmandzadeh’s take throughout what 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan seemingly hopes shall be a drama-free summer season for the group.
