The San Francisco 49ers are coming off a 6-11 season and have watched as several players have left the organization this offseason. Fans have expressed their frustration at the franchise, which in recent offseasons has shown a willingness to spend money on outside additions to help push the team closer to another Super Bowl title.

It has been a stark contrast the past few months but 49ers owner Jed York said this was all by design, Eric Edholm of NFL.com reports.

"We knew that we had to make sacrifices around the roster to make sure that you can pay a quarterback," York told NFL Network Insider Mike Garafolo in a one-on-one interview Tuesday from the NFL's Annual League Meeting. "It's just math."

That quarterback, of course, is Brock Purdy. For months now, we've heard how Purdy and the Niners are motivated to get a contract extension done to keep the former Mr. Irrelevant locked in as the team's foundation, even after a disappointing season for him and the team.

Yet nothing has happened to this point while the roster attrition grows. Why?

"I think (contract talks have) been good," York said. "It's not conversations that I'm having. … He's got to make a decision with what he wants to do. I don't think we're that far apart. I think we can sit down and get something done. Whenever he's ready, we're ready."

"I've been in situations where you have a great roster and the quarterback isn't set, and it's hard to have sustained success," York said. "We want to make sure that Brock is a long-term partner. We want to make sure that he's a part of our team for a long time.

"It's a decision -- I don't know exactly when we made it -- but it was sometime in the middle of the season, knowing that you can start negotiating at the end of the third year, and it's like, 'All right, he's our guy.' And if he's our guy, you have to know that and make those decisions, and that's where we are right now."

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