The 49ers’ brass has insisted publicly all offseason that paying Purdy is their intention. Although they’ve committed the third-fewest dollars in free agency the past two months, Lynch noted: “At the end of this offseason we may be a top-two spending team.” Last week, Kittle signed a four-year extension worth $19.1 million annually.

San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch recently joined the Chris Simms Unbuttoned podcast, where he was asked about the team's ongoing contract negotiations with quarterback Brock Purdy and when a potential extension might be finalized.