Sam Darnold entered the year as the San Francisco 49ers' new backup quarterback after five unfruitful seasons with the New York Jets and Carolina Panthers. His career outlook at the time looked bleak.

Quarterback Sam Darnold was introduced by the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday, two days after agreeing to a three-year, $100.5 million free-agent deal with the team. Darnold had the best season of his career going into free agency,

The 49ers will now be facing Sam Darnold twice a year for at least the next three seasons, and he identified Brock Purdy as a big reason for him getting that opportunity.

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During a recent appearance on San Francisco sports radio station KNBR, 49ers reporter Cam Inman of the Bay Area News Group offered a timeline for when the club should want to get the Purdy deal done with the 25-year-old now in the final year of his inexpensive rookie contract.

The San Francisco 49ers added some competition in the quarterback room for Brock Purdy, and the addition of Mac Jones should be good for Purdy.