San Francisco 49ers Forever

I was gonna hold off on a new post until Brock Purdy got signed, but I’m tired of waiting. There’s all kinds of “we’re close” “everyone’s happy” Purdy will be the highest paid guy” yadda yadda yadda but until it happens it hasn’t.

Still and all it looks like this won’t be a big deal.

So, fuck. I don;t know. Let’s tear the roof of this sucker.

Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio recently broke down what Brock Purdy’s contract structure might look like. The deal’s overall value would cost $280 million.

Purdy gets a $55.1 million annual average value, behind just Dak Prescott and Josh Allen. The extension will last for five years, per Florio.

“The guaranteed average at signing would be $46.8 million, Which is a far cry from $55.1 million. And, if the final year or two contains higher salaries (let’s go with $60 million in 2029 and 2030), it would really be a four-year, $160.846 million deal. Which equates to an average payout from signing of $40.2 million per year.”

And word is, they are ‘close’ to a deal. Sounds good to me. As speculation goes it’s as good as anything else out there.

Can you squeal like a pig?

So, most of the heavy lifting has been done for this offseason, except for, of course, the everloving starting QB is still not signed. Listening to the wonks, they are close, far, making progress, at loggerheads, ready to trade Brock, and ready to back up the money train.

Brock is in the building, participating in things and doing the non-mandatory stuff. Better than BA’s hold-in last year, but still not signed to his extension. It sounds like they have at least reached the floor of $50 mill per, as would be warranted. But, when guys like Kyler Murray are making $51 mill, then Purdy has to think, hey, I have more playoff wins than almost all the top 10 guys combined, therefore, $55 mill should be my floor.

And really, that is a valid point.

These days a lot of this comes down to guaranteed money, deferred money, and signing bonuses before you get to per-year deal, but such are the vagaries of life in the NFL. They can be parsed 6 ways from Sunday, but guaranteed money seems to be what these guys want. Namely because football is inherently as dangerous as fuck-all. Especially for quarterbacks.

Anyhow, not much else going on until the mandatory workouts begin May 27th. Just sign the guy already

The front office continues to make a little headway in my eyes of not being the blind mice they appear to be. After what looked like a very successful draft weekend, they go ahead and sign George Kittle to a four-year, $76.4 million contract extension that includes $40 million guaranteed, per Ian Rapoport.

And yes, he’s the highest paid TE in the league, by a skosh. 78 catches, and 1,106 yards, and 8 TDs attest to his production. Another great year in a great career. So, all that’s left is to sign our quarterback.

I’m thinking this will be handled fairly shortly. Or some time before May 27th. The first day of the mandatory OTA workouts.

For once I was pretty much on board with a 49ers draft. There were no weird punter/kicker signings way too high. There was no rando RB taken in the 3rd round, and there was no WR drafted way too high. They really focussed on the defensive line, and defense in general. A major need after seeing what happened in the 2023 playoffs, and the entire 2024 season.

My only druther is they didn’t do anything for the O line.

Those 7th round picks seemed odd, but except for our franchise QB, what do you expect in the 7th round? Rubber biscuits?

The UDFA class is always interesting. Granted, about the only one I ever thought would stick was Jordan Mason, and he sure was a solid guy. Gone, of course, but his replacement will be Corey Kliner.

• LB Stone Blanton, Mississippi State
• RB Corey Kiner, Cincinnati
• OL Drew Moss, Colorado
• WR Isaiah Neyor, Nebraska
• CB Jakob Robinson, BYU
• DL Sebastian Valdez, Washington

Of course this is all speculation, but this looks like a solid group. Then again, they supposedly hit the ball out of the park their first draft in 2017.

So far, I’m pretty happy with the picks. the firdt 2 seem to be locks. Stout and Martin look to be hidden gems after doing some digging. 140 tackles isn’t an accident.

O line now please. THEN TE, WR, RB.

As far as drafts go, this one was all over the map according to the wonks. But like I always say, fuck the wonks. I like the pick. Williams is an edge-setting DE, and that is something this team needs. Williams is young, a bit raw, but very athletic and looks to grow and learn from the get-go. I like the pick as it wasn’t a reach and it fills a big need. For once they went the way I thought they should.

Banks and Membou were both taken, so that made our pick all the more easy. The coulda had a more polished guy like Kenneth Grant, but there are still a lot of DT available at 43. TJ Sanders springs to mind. Would love to get him.

Surprises? Jax throwing the kitchen sink at Cleveland to get Travis Hunter. Cleve now will get Mason Graham and (100% lock) Shadeur Sanders and a boatload of picks. I think Cleveland wins that deal hands-down. Jax is Jax.

Also a bit surprising is the New York Giants trading up to get Jaxon Dart. Sanders fell out of the 1st round, reminiscent of the draft snubbing of Aaron Rodgers all those years ago, but hey, it would be a trip to see Sanders go to the Raiders if Cleve doesn’t take him with their 33rd or 36th pick. I hope he goes to Oakland, uh Vegas. They’d be fun as shit with Jeanty, Sanders, and Bowers.

Also a bit stunning is the two Super Bowl foes a) made a trade, and b) got huge bang for their bucks with their picks. The Iggles traded up one slot to get the baddest LB in the group, Jihaad Campbell, and KC filled a position of need, getting OT Josh Simmons. Simmons is a rick coming off patellar tendon surgery, but if he works out, he’s a steal.

Day 2 approaches. Scourton’s off my board since we got Williams. TJ is who I’d like. Not many OTs anymore, but I wonder if we may take a flyer on a guy like LB Carson Schwesinger. Lots of CBs available as well, including (!) Will Johnson, Trey Amos, Shavon Revel, Azareye’h Thomas, and Benjamin Morrison.

. . . or everything. At least the draft blather will be over with soon. Not to mention the signings of George Kittle and Brock Purdy. But I think we will be fine on those fronts.

Or not. Who knows?

Wish I could just walk in there and bang some heads together and say “STOP FUCKING AROUND!!!” but that’s just me.

Anywho, here’s the draft order for the 49ers. I’ll fill this out as we go along:

1. Round 1, 11
2. Round 2, 43
3. Round 3, 75
4. Round 3, 100 (Comp)
5. Round 4, 113
6. Round 4, 138 (Comp)
7. Round 5, 147 (via Wash)
8. Round 6, 160 (Swap w/Minn)
9. Round 7, 227
10. Round 7, 249 (Comp)
11. Round 7, 252 (Comp)

Onward and upward. Hopefully.

Wow. Just when you didn’t think it could get any stupider, the 49ers are now dragging their feet on George Kittle’s upcoming contract extension. Kittle, the guy who has four 1,000+ seasons, including the last 2, and heart and soul of the team, is on the last year of his 5 year / $75 mill deal, and per the machinations of NFL contracts, is up for a new deal.

Except that the 49ers aren’t quite ready to commit to anything. As usual, they do nothing while teams sign their guys (frinstance Trey McBride signing with AZ for $19 mill per this month) and we of course have to up our price for Kittle. Kelce is already getting $17.2 per season, so Kittle looks to be around $20 mill I’d think. Nothing unreasonable for him, but we of course didn’t do anything until the market get reset. Derp.

This same thing happened with Aiyuk last year with a ton of WRs signing and upping the price, and then they got squeezed by Trent Williams when they dragged on HIS deal.

Can’t say I’m surprised by any of this as we have all seen this over and over and over, but, they look to be fucking their season yet again by dragging, stalling, and diddling with contracts.

And they have the draft. Oh fuck, this pretty much GUARANTEES we pick TE Tyler Warren. Oh joy. Fuck me sideways. Do these fucking morons think that prices on star players are going to go down? So sick of this shit.

. . . to the rest of the 49ers future. I think we have got enough draft fodder to chew on these days, but the immediate future of the 49ers depends on nailing this draft. But, as far as the front office goes, I guess the future is gonna be WITH Brock Purdy, despite the foot-dragging by this ridiculously stupid front office to drag out the negotiations. But if we are really moving off of Purdy, we are in a galaxy of hurt.

But, let’s not go there. Let’s assume these guys actually have paid attention to the last few seasons and let’s assume our head coach learned some things along the way LAST season. You know. The one that saw the defense look terrible, special teams worse, the red zone struggles, bad clock mangement, and the conservative play calling.

They seem to get it with the firing of DC Sorensen and ST coach Schneider and the hiring of Robert Saleh and Saleh’s Special Teams coach Brad Boyer, so that’s a good thing. But Shanahan’s inconsistent play calling and over-reliance on whoever the RB #1 du jour is, has stifled this offense. THe red zone offense went from first to worst mainly because Shanny used CMC WAY too much in games that were decided way back in 2023, and he missed most of 2024 with injuries. Spell a guy for fuck’s sake.

Anyhow, Real curious to see how this draft goes, and real curious to see what changes this offense has in store. Way too early to speculate, but hey, September will roll around soon enough.