Purdy Present, George Kittle Absent to Begin 49ers' Voluntary Workouts

This report pretty much checks out with what we’ve been hearing this offseason with both players looking to receive new contract extensions ahead of the 2025 season. Since the team and Purdy are closer in negotiations to a deal than the team and Kittle, it’s not surprising that Purdy was happy to show up to voluntary workouts this week. Barring a breakdown there, it’s likely that fantasy managers can rest assured that Purdy will be locked up in San Francisco for the foreseeable future sometime soon or this summer. Things are a bit murkier on Kittle’s front – he’s been highly productive his entire career and is on the wrong side of 30 going into 2025. The two sides are reportedly ‘not close’ on a deal for a new extension at this point, and it seems as though this could be the first instance of Kittle expressing his displeasure with his contract situation. Kittle has finished notably as a top-5 fantasy TE in six of his past seven seasons, with his lone finish outside the top 5 coming in 2020 when he only made eight starts. There’s plenty of offseason left at this point with the draft still yet to happen, so the 49ers have time to iron out deals for both players – but this could be something to monitor for Kittle if it would happen to drag into training camp and/or into the preseason.