San Francisco 49ers quarterback and league MVP favorite Brock Purdy is making a measly $870,000 in base salary this season. That’s part of his four-year, $3.7 million contract he signed as the last pick in the 2022 NFL Draft.
Consider that he’s living in California and you may as well cut that salary in half to account for taxes. As of October, Purdy was rooming with an offensive lineman to save money on rent.
And even if the 49ers wanted to give Purdy a raise this offseason, they can’t. He could become the first 49es player to win the NFL MVP in thirty years and bring the franchise its sixth Lombardi Trophy with a victory in Las Vegas in February, and he would have the exact same base salary next year thanks to the league’s collective bargaining agreement.
Much has been made in recent weeks of Mr. Irrelevant’s pay compared to play, but sources have made things extremely clear to CBS Sports: 1) There’s no way for the 49ers to work out a contract extension until 2025 at the earliest and 2) Purdy is making more than double his base salary in 2023 solely on the football field,…
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Author : Jonathan Jones
Publish date : 2023-12-25 15:57:07
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