One more week and we get football games. Then all this speculation, overanalysis, and take-a-thon can come to an end. We can see what the San Francisco 49ers really are.

But the league isn’t too high on the 49ers in 2025, or more specifically, that they can keep giving Brock Purdy all those weapons that he’s had. The Athletic’s Jeff Howe compiled a list of notes on 32 teams in the NFL and gave intel on what other teams are saying about each other. For the 49ers, there were two things. On the negative side, Howe says that “rival executives” are skeptical of the 49ers getting elite talent around Brock Purdy after his extension.

Rival executives sound skeptical of the 49ers’ ability to continue surrounding Brock Purdy with elite talent after they paid their QB this offseason. The Niners alr

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