“Organizational reset” could result in 49ers taking a harder line with contracts

Since returning to the ranks of the NFL's elite in 2019, the 49ers have dealt with the financial growing pains of keeping a good team together. It has resulted in contracts that the team has grown to regret, such as last year's late-August extension for receiver Brandon Aiyuk.As they attempt to change the tires and gas the tank without the luxury of making a pit stop, the team's attitude toward paying key players could be changing.Via Michael Silver of TheAthletic.com, the 49ers have embarked on an "organizational reset" regarding the giving of extensions."Going 'all in' is out; coach-driven emotion is no longer a guiding principle," Silver writes. "The 49ers are attempting to be cold, calculated and analytical when it comes to roster decisions."A recent observation from former NFL Network/CBS Sports insider Jason La Canfora that the 49ers have opened the Brock Purdy negotiations at $45 million per year doesn't seem very cold, calculated, or analytical. It seems high, as openers go.Purdy has a year left on his rookie deal, at $5.346 million. The 49ers could lowball him for 2025, forcing Purdy to carry the companion risks of injury and regression for another full season before...