49ers Will Never Pay Brock Purdy $50 Million, Former NFL GM Says
In the aftermath of Brock Purdy’s worst game of his career, former NFL general manager Michael Lombardi believes the San Francisco 49ers will never pay the quarterback $50 million annually.
However, the reason doesn’t stem from Purdy’s four-interception game or a midseason three-game slide. The 49ers simply won’t pay that much for a quarterback, Lombardi explained to Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz on the “Zero Blitz” podcast on Thursday.
Whenever I look for an answer on these problems, ‘The Sopranos’ usually offers the best answer,” Lombardi said. “So in season one, Uncle Junior becomes the new boss and he’s taken all the money. And Tony has to have the meeting with them to tell them you’ve got to share.”
You can’t be the guy who eats at the table all the time. That’s the same conversation you’re going to have to have with Brock Purdy. Brock, if you want 50 million, we’re not going to give it to you,” Lombardi continued. “If you want to stay here and be the quarterback of this team for the next 30 years, you want to be the Tom Brady, like he did, we can pay you that.”
Brady played 20 seasons for the New England Patriots and never earned more than $23 million in a season despite six Super Bowl wins in Foxborough. He had to leave New England to find his biggest payday with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for three seasons.