As the New Orleans Saints face uncertainty at the quarterback situation, the San Francisco 49ers are in a similar, but completely different boat.
The 49ers have spent the entirety of the offseason trying to find common ground with their fourth-year signal-caller Brock Purdy on an extension. Purdy, the former seventh-round pick who has made less than $3 million in his career, appears to be seeking upwards of a $50 million annual salary.
Meanwhile, the Saints have already paid a quarterback, but they're uncertain of his availability. Derek Carr has a shoulder injury that could require surgery, which would put him out for the season and leave the Saints with no reliable QB to guide them toward the playoffs.
Is there a solution to both teams' conundrums that involves a stunning trade? That's the way one NFL writer apparently sees the parallel situations.
On Saturday, Grant Cohn of 49ers On SI urged the Saints to trade for Purdy and extend him, while San Francisco would collect the ninth-overall pick in the upcoming NFL Draft.
"(The Saints) should call the 49ers and offer them the ninth pick in the draft in exchange for Purdy. And then the Saints should pay him more than $50 million per season to be the heir apparent to Drew Brees," Cohn wrote
The 49ers have spent the entirety of the offseason trying to find common ground with their fourth-year signal-caller Brock Purdy on an extension. Purdy, the former seventh-round pick who has made less than $3 million in his career, appears to be seeking upwards of a $50 million annual salary.
Meanwhile, the Saints have already paid a quarterback, but they're uncertain of his availability. Derek Carr has a shoulder injury that could require surgery, which would put him out for the season and leave the Saints with no reliable QB to guide them toward the playoffs.
Is there a solution to both teams' conundrums that involves a stunning trade? That's the way one NFL writer apparently sees the parallel situations.
On Saturday, Grant Cohn of 49ers On SI urged the Saints to trade for Purdy and extend him, while San Francisco would collect the ninth-overall pick in the upcoming NFL Draft.
"(The Saints) should call the 49ers and offer them the ninth pick in the draft in exchange for Purdy. And then the Saints should pay him more than $50 million per season to be the heir apparent to Drew Brees," Cohn wrote
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00:00but completely different boat.
00:02The 49ers have spent the entirety of the offseason
00:04trying to find common ground
00:06with their fourth-year signal caller Brock Purdy
00:09on an extension.
00:10Purdy, the former seventh-round pick
00:13who has made less than $3 million in his career,
00:16appears to be seeking upwards of a $50 million annual salary.
00:20Meanwhile, the Saints have already paid a quarterback,
00:24but they're uncertain of his availability.
00:26Derek Carr has a shoulder injury that could require surgery,
00:30which would put him out for the season
00:31and leave the Saints with no reliable QB
00:34to guide them toward the playoffs.
00:37Is there a solution to both teams' conundrums
00:39that involves a stunning trade?
00:41That's the way one NFL writer
00:43apparently sees the parallel situations.
00:46On Saturday, Grant Cohen of 49ers on SI
00:50urged the Saints to trade for Purdy and extend him,
00:53while San Francisco would collect the ninth overall pick
00:56in the upcoming NFL draft.
00:58The Saints should call the 49ers
01:01and offer them the ninth pick in the draft
01:03in exchange for Purdy.
01:04And then the Saints should pay him
01:06more than $50 million per season
01:08to be the heir apparent to Drew Brees,
01:11Cohen wrote.
01:11The Saints should pay him more than
01:16to even get a pick.
01:17The райon 95ers
01:18rightsPodungen
01:18impurposed