No player is walking around the Bay Area with their chest held as high as San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy right now.
The 25 year old quarterback just inked a five-year, $265 million contract with the team that memorably drafted him dead last in the 2022 NFL Draft.
A couple deep playoff runs later - including one Super Bowl berth - Purdy has become the highest-paid player in 49ers history with an average annual salary of $53 million.
As it typically does when a quarterback climbs the annual-salary charts with a new deal, the debate of whether he is deserving of his ranked income ensues.
Purdy's $53 million per year figure ranks him as the seventh-highest paid quarterback - and player - in the NFL. He is tied with the Detroit Lions' Jared Goff and measily $100,000 behind sixth place Tua Tagovailoa of the Miami Dolphins.
San Francisco's signal-caller appeared on the Murph & Markus show on KNBR to give his answer to the debate of whether he is a top-10 quarterback in the NFL. His response was straight to the point:
"Yes, sir," he said.
He was asked to elaborate, but Purdy wisely kept things humble.
We could expect this confidence and no-hesitation response after reports said that Purdy walked into the negotiation meetings with the 49ers and requested a would-be NFL record $65 million per year contract.
"Yeah, for sure, I think I'm a top 10 quarterback," Purdy added. "I'll leave it at that. I'm not going to create a list or anything right now."
Fair enough. He's letting his money do the talking ... and we don't blame him.
Purdy and will now have a $265 million target on his back as he looks to rebound from a dreadful 6-11 season and prove his worth.
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