Under coach Kyle Shanahan and G.M. John Lynch, it took the 49ers six years to find an answer at the quarterback position. Now that they have one, it feels as if they're preparing to grossly overpay him.This isn't an anti-Brock Purdy take. It's a realistic assessment of the market, the salary cap, and Purdy's value if/when he were available to be signed by any other team.None of that really matters, however. Because the 49ers seem to have willingly painted themselves into a corner, while also making their haphazard brushwork a built-in excuse for the regression to come.They reportedly opened the talks at $45 million per year. That's high for a starter. It points to a final deal that starts with a five.Here's what else points to Purdy joining the $50 million per year club: Owner Jed York admitted that Purdy is a top-10 quarterback. Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is currently the tenth highest-paid quarterback, at $51 million per year.The 49ers reportedly have undergone an "organizational reset," sparked by splurging on other players who perhaps didn't live up to the contracts. It sure doesn't sound that way as to Purdy.York treats it as an inevitability, as a subject on which the...
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