#brock-purdy

#brock-purdy

When the participants for Super Bowl LX are determined, it will have a lot to do with quarterback play coming down the stretch in the regular season as well as the playoffs. And guess what? The resurgent 49ers are right in the mix. The 49ers are always better offensively executing bootlegs and rollouts, and Brock Purdy has been very good the last two games against Cleveland and Tennessee. Neither are world beaters, although the Browns' defense is formidable.

The 49ers, as first reported Friday by The Athletic, have voided the $25 million bonus guaranteed for 2026 in Aiyuk's contract, which was contentiously hashed out prior to last season (four years, $120 million). That move signals Aiyuk's potential ouster next spring, and while that mutual adjustment happened months ago, Aiyuk continues to report for morning conditioning sessions at the team facility, according to a team source.

There is a stubborn narrative in football that insists on placing the most important and dynamic players on the field quarterbacks into neatly defined boxes. There's the devil-may-care Gun Slinger, the veteran (it's always someone over 30) Field General, and, most damningly, the robotic, unremarkable but reliable Game Manager. For the better part of his young, meteoric career, Brock Purdy has been shackled to that last, reductive label.

"Honestly, Thursday night football games, they come quick, so anything can happen," Purdy said. "But I'm still hopeful that I can. We'll see."