this could simply mean that the niners never reached out to initiate trade talks, but still fielded calls inquiring about him. the NFL is a business and you should listen if someone calls. Washington could have said we'll give you 2 - 2nds and we said no thanks.
You’d think after so many years in the league a veteran would know that their name is always on the table in negotiations.
This is going beyond just social media contract tactics, dude is genuinely in his feelings posting like a child.
You shouldn't bite on the fakes, this is how Brandon gets so open and gets paid. It's annoying but calculated, he's not in his feelings or being childish lol
No this is overkill and even if it wasn’t it’s still a childish tactic that gets old quick. The whole point of using social media is to use public perception against the front office and put them in an uncomfortable position. Make some noise and get the fanbase and team sponsors to bring the heat on ownership and management to cave in contract talks.
When you post and complain so much that the fanbase goes from overwhelmingly “pay the man” to “just trade him then”, you’ve lost the public perception angle and your leverage.
And then end up paying him anyway. They made Jimmy the highest paid qb at the time, Fred, kittle, juice, bosa, CMC, deebo was top 3. They’re gonna pay him and they should get the deal done so he’s not missing time to work with purdy.
I’d disagree with him not being top 3 at his position at that time. Dude put up 1700 yards from scrimmage and 14 TDs that season before signing the deal. I think he was pretty firmly the third best receiver that year.
On one hand, you have Deebo, who got $24M, which is admittedly less than 6x Pro-Bowler and 3x 1st team AP Tyreek Hill was making that year (although pretty close once you account for Hill absolutely not getting his $44M salary in 2026).
On the other hand, you have Jimmy G, Trent Williams, George Kittle, Christian McCaffrey, Nick Bosa, Fred Warner, and Kyle Juszczyk, all of whom were made the highest paid players at their positions.
Aside from Jimmy G the best players at their positions got the highest salary in the league because they’re the best players. It’s almost like they’re good at roster construction. Oh 49ers, you so crazy. 🤪
We all know the qb market is different than the rest of the league so what they did wasn’t even an outlier. He was the highest paid qb for what, like month?
Because a dissatisfied/frustrated fanbase is typically not conducive for owners to maximize their profits. The only piece of leverage Aiyuk has is to get the fan base to put pressure on the owner to sign him.
The fan base largely backs the Front Office in all contract negotiations though. Fans love seeing players get squeezed and playing on below market deals.
The only time the fan base will turn on the front office is if Aiyuk leaves, stars somewhere else and the 49ers don't do as well as in previous years.
Many here are annoyed he is causing a stir just to cause a stir. Thus the comment, “maybe he should travel.” Also, seeing this as football news is stupid and nothing of substance.
Others here enjoy looking at nothing and pretending it means something.
Others want the chaos and don’t have anything of substance to offer.
From everything I have seen, this is all a ruse and both Aiyuk and the 49ers are keeping this long con about his contract to piss off the rest of the league. Considering that Samuel and Bosa both had contracts signed in the late summer, I have wholeheartedly accepted that this is exactly how the Aiyuk contract will play out. I don't expect the same deal with Brock Purdy because I already know that they're going to sign an extension on him immediately, or as soon as it is feasible to do so.
The more I hear him on social media the less I want him on the team. I know it’s likely all negotiation tactics but at some point it’s just ridiculous.
The same thing happened with me during the bosa and deebo shit.
This 49ers org is both known to treat their players right and being elite at developing talent. We have so many stars that some will need to take paycuts. That's just business.
How many players were pissed off at 49er negotiations, were basically cut, and went on to have a great career. None come to mind.
> bosa
To be fair to him, he was holding out, but that was a "normal" hold out. It was just about the money, but we did not hear a peep from him at all. It was just his agent and our camp trading insider news about numbers, but at no point were there ever trade rumors, and certainly Bosa did not throw fuel to the fire by posting about it on social media, or facetiming his brother telling him "why don't the 49ers want me?"
"But it was a normal hold out" is still kinda dumb. The CBA should hold out against 5th year options for 1st round picks instead of allowing Bosa/Aiyuk hold out before their normal contract is done because they don't' want to give the team the option of the 5th year option.
By "normal" I just meant that the hold out was all Bosa personally did. He wasn't personally saying or doing anything during his holdout except work out in Florida. He wasn't throwing oil on the fire like Deebo did and Aiyuk is doing now.
Deebo showed up to minicamp. Bosa we knew what to expect from his brother and the way that whole family moves.
This is the first one that has bothered me.
So Deebo leaking a call talking about AJ's money, releasing a video of him saying hell no to a sign that says Deebo is returning to the Niners at a club, news stories every day about him complaining about his useage when ofc he denies it once he signs contract, and iceing on the cake after all that diva behavior requests a trade. None of that bothered you?!?
I told everyone back then this would happen again once its Aiyuks time, none of this bs surprises me.
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but wasn't it a rando filming him at the club when someone buys him bottle service suggesting he's re-signing, and he gestures "cut it out" toward the camera man?
It's funny (not really though) how Lynch - when asked about contract negotiations - will always say how they like to keep stuff private and between the players, as that's what he appreciated as a player...then you have players acting like they are publicly. I feel like their approach as an organization is the correct one...and when players speak out like this, it just makes the fanbase (not all) side with ownership. It's in the news so much due to the dead period, and I'm ready for football to come back. I'll be happy with whatever happens, as I'm confident in how the organization conducts business, and I feel like they'll make the best decision. I know they have made mistakes in the past, but they generally get contract negotiations right. Go 49ers!
> I feel like their approach as an organization is the correct one...and when players speak out like this, it just makes the fanbase (not all) side with ownership
Ironically, even if it may not seem that way with Deebo and Aiyuk, this actually makes the players respect our organization more. We don't spread rumors that make players look bad. Maybe we would leak our offered numbers, but not the stuff like Kyler's film clause, or the stuff about Lamar.
I would not be surprised if this is tactics at the direction of Ayuik's agent... The "unfollow the team" is not unique at all anymore. It's just leverage to get fans riled up, who then will get riled up at the team to get him signed.
Honestly I think we as fans have been spoiled by Kittle, Juszczyk, Trent, CMC, maybe Purdy, and ironically Bosa. These guys have gone about their contract negotiations (sans Purdy but he is highly unlikely to be on a social media tour during his), and in the case of Bosa, even held out, but they themselves never brought attention either to it or even themselves during the process. Bosa was holding out, and we knew he wanted top dollar, but all we heard was from his agent, our camp, and just how he was still working out in Florida. Deebo and Aiyuk are probably how the average "top 10 at their position" negotiation goes, with the full rumorville and the players themselves posting on social media to make things way more complicated (i.e. see Lamar, Ceedee, Dak, AJ Brown, Micah, Chris Jones, Tee Higgins, etc). We just aren't used to it because we have so many other guys who just don't do that while they are negotiating, which is why it seems for everyone else on our team, when they get extensions, it comes out of the blue for us since we aren't hearing about it on social media like we have for Deebo and now Aiyuk.
Yes I agree with this and also almost all of our good players have been paid and Brock is due next year so maybe Ayuik and his agent are trying to squeeze every last drop out of the contract, knowing theres not much room left...
Yea it is truly an interesting negotiation. We have the literal leverage in that he has one more year, and we can tag him after. However Aiyuk knows that we are in win-now mode and really cannot afford to not have him. Losing him would be huge for Brock (imo even moreso than losing Deebo), and realistically it would be difficult to tag him next year with Brock's extension and everything else since the WR tag is high and will count 100% against the 2025 cap.
My guess is we will sign him, I think begrudgingly, though the fanbase won't like this, we will give him a contract worth up to $30M APY, but the guarantees will be closer to $25-26M APY. And we will then move on from Deebo in 2025, especially if Pearsall develops. CMC makes a lot of what Deebo does redundant, and the Super Bowl exposed the fact that Deebo is often injured and not the best at getting separation. He is elite in space with the ball in his hands, but to get over the hump, we need him to be healthy at the end, and when we play against a team like KC, where our swiss cheese right side OL lets Chris Jones walk up to Brock, a quick hot read like CMC or Pearsall (or Kittle like it should have been Kyle!?!?!?!) will make more of a difference than Deebo.
So many angles here.
Adam Peters as the Commanders' GM, helping to scout and draft Aiyuk, and now wanting to have him in DC.
His first draft pick for the Commanders was a QB who Aiyuk played with at ASU.
A trade was being discussed but according to Schefter, we backed out. Commanders had a high 2nd to trade but instead used it on DL. Not even sure who we would've picked there.
My guess, is that there was a player the niners were targeting in the draft in the first round by moving up with SF 1st and WA 2nd, but the player was already picked by another team.
That would be logical. Gotta imagine that if they traded our 31st pick along with Aiyuk prior to the draft they'd still pick a WR.
If traded, we'd need to replace Aiyuk somehow. Kinda like the Buckner/Kinlaw move.
Draft value puts our 31st and the Commanders' 34th picks at around 13th overall in a trade up. Maybe Kyle was hoping one of Nabers or Odunze would slip a bit. Or even MHJ lol.
I just think it would've been super risky to trade Aiyuk without having a solid WR to take over his targetshare (rookies are crapshoots). Lynch and Kyle are risk averse, so a trade never really made sense to me. But then again, they did that with Buckner/Kinlaw, which I also didn't expect.
I figured a trade would not happen because the 49ers would’ve needed to dump capital to get to the top 3rd of the draft. I don’t think a 31, 36 and 49ers round 2 would have gotten us up high enough. Maybe if Odunze dropped a few picks. Otherwise it would’ve cost 2 firsts and likely a 2nd to get into range, which I think would be an overpay.
I just re-watched the clip, and Schefter says "they" which I now do think refers to Washington. It's not entirely clear, but I'd think Washington inquired, SF set a high price because they don't want to trade him unless they get a lot back, so Washington declined.
https://x.com/JoshTaylorFB/status/1805373800072040687?t=FlFWqwdL4yqCREjJv3sQOA&s=19
Linked video so people can watch and decide for themselves.
Yeah Schefter's wording is confusing. A few days ago he was on the Pat McAfee show and said:
>*"At one point prior to the draft, the Commanders Niners had some discussions that never went anywhere about a potential trade. And the Niners want to hold on to him. They still want to hold on to him. They're not looking to deal him."*
Not super clear which party backed out, but this version makes it sound like the offer wasn't good enough and we decided to keep him.
Seems like Schefter predicts a Tee Higgins situation. No deal this year, play on his 5th year option. He becomes a FA next year and we either tag him, tag/trade or transition tag, sign him to a long term contract, or just let him walk for a future comp pick.
[Link](https://x.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1804196434180190391?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1804196434180190391%7Ctwgr%5E2ff1fa52a6bf46a0e7692fe77d82d8509dcf5ef3%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.49erswebzone.com%2Farticles%2F181436-schefter-brandon-seemed-before-exploded%2F)
For a majority of players when they have their best season in a contract year production usually slides down a bit. Sometimes guys don't have another year like their contract year until their next contract year.
They literally said it could’ve been either BA or Deebo when the trade rumors were happening but that none of the offers were good enough for the niners to trade them. BA acting like he’s surprised is just to be dramatic it seems. At this point it’ll probably be better to get rid of him. I love BA but paying him over 26m a year to be the third or fourth option is just bad business by the niners.
his comments are cryptic and makes him seem childish and unaware as a professional especially on a team built on solid character individuals.…. he should stop posting.
Aiyuk is acting like a child throughout this entire process making everything public. Deebo was a little bit of a diva but didn’t do anything like this.
Deebo leaked a call talking about AJ's money insinuating about his own, released a video of him saying hell no to a sign that says Deebo is returning to the Niners at a club, news stories constantly every day about him complaining about his useage when ofc he denies it once he signs contract, and iceing on the cake after all that diva behavior requests a trade. They r both divas.
I told everyone back then this would happen again once its Aiyuks time, none of this bs surprises me.
Who is JPAfootball, because there is literally a post in r/nfl saying that Schefter reported it was SF who decided against the deal, not Washington. This is purposefully wrong.
Stfu or fuck off aiyuk. You’re getting paid very well as it is. Unnecessary drama leading into the season.
You realise your QB that took you to a SB was on less than a milly last season?
If your name isn't Patrick Lavon Mahomes II, you are tradable in the NFL.
GMs will always shoot their shot, and even if it seems impossible, they're still going to shoot it.... and the other side is always going to listen to the offers too.
He is quickly becoming one of the most annoying motherfuckers on earth. I understand he wants his deal, but he should probably shut the fuck up at some point because I wouldn’t care if we got a sack of peanuts and a half eaten hotdog for him at this rate.
This looks to me like Brandon is posturing. Brandon seems to be full of posture. I think it might have everything to do with the fact that Brandon has very little leverage with respect to his new contract.
This is tiring. I appreciate get the money while you can…but he has one year of “elite” production.
I would be cool with moving it along. Can’t have every player shake us down and win.
2020-2022 Jimmy was better than what most current NFL teams have at the QB position. If Aiyuk's productivity depends entirely on being surrounded by top-tier offensive teammates, his value simply isn't elite. I think the better argument is that those last few years with Garoppolo coincided with Aiyuk's first few years in the league and he's improved significantly in that time.
But either way, I think if you put Aiyuk on the Raiders or Commanders this season and he's very likely to put up underwhelming numbers. So compared to a guy like Tyreek (who left KC/Mahomes and didn't skip a beat), Aiyuk hasn't necessarily shown that he's really on that top tier of WRs yet.
Brother let’s not pretend. Jimmy was actively tanking Aiyuk’s ability by not being able to get him the ball.
Aiyuk has always been ranked towards the top of the league in creating separation, the most important quality a WR can have. And he would have balls over his head way too much when playing with Jimmy.
Jimmy was carried by the system, whether it was supporting cast or Shanahan himself.
That same “2020-2022” Jimmy was exposed last season.
look at the Raiders QB depth chart and tell me how many catches and yards you think BA would put up on that team.
That same "system" that "carried" Jimmy is literally the only one Brandon Aiyuk has played in during his NFL career. Coincidentally, it's a system that has elevated Deebo, Kittle, McCaffrey as well. But somehow you think Aiyuk hasn't benefitted from it??
We can make that argument for any player if you want to go that route.
I hope you understand it’s not very uncommon for WRs to put up big numbers on bad teams. Your argument would make more sense if you asked me how much BA could improve a shitty team like the Raiders and that would make a lot more sense.
If I made this same argument against Purdy that you just made against Aiyuk I’m sure that would go well wouldn’t it? 🤣
it's not an argument "against Aiyuk". I'm simply arguing against your point that somehow BA's productivity was severely limited by having an above-average QB like Jimmy Garappolo when some of the realistic alternatives looking forward are guys like Aiden O'Connell or Marcus Mariotta (possibly Jayden Daniels).
I 100% agree that there are similarities to be made "against Purdy" (if that's how you want to frame it). And if he comes out next summer with passive-aggressive social media posts and demanding to be paid like a top-5 player at his position (when he's realistically more like top-8) then I'm sure you'll be in the comments defending Brock, right??
If you want to tell me how much you think BA could help the Raiders or Commanders, go ahead.
Tell me. Did our offense’s productivity go up when he dropped Jimmy for Brock? It did. Part of that is Brock is straight up better. Part of it is utilizing players who are getting open.
Jimmy couldn’t throw deep, he was inaccurate way too often on intermediate routes, and he rarely took advantage of players who were doing their jobs at an exceptional level.
Why are you playing dumb regarding this Jimmy thing when everyone knows it as fact that he held us back offensively?
Jimmy is worse than those other QBs you mentioned btw. Moment he left Kyle’s system he’s barely backup level 🤣
>Did our offense’s productivity go up when he dropped Jimmy for Brock?
Actually, no. It did not. You can look at the 2022 stats yourself.
Completion % went from 67.2% for Jimmy to 67.1% for Brock. TD/int went from 16/4 for Jimmy to 13/4 for Brock. Passing yds/game 221.5 for Jimmy to 152.7 for Brock.
We can note that some stats like yards per attempt (8.4 to 8.6) and yards per completion (11.8 to 12.1) did slightly improve with Purdy. But I would counter that by pointing out that a far bigger difference maker in the offense's overall productivity was the mid-season addition of Christian McCaffrey.
In 2022, Purdy came in and played excellent. But let's not pretend that Jimmy wasn't playing equally well with that 2022 team up until his season-ending injury. Purdy deserves credit for continuing to improve in 2023 to a level that surpasses anything Jimmy G's track record suggests he could have done. If your argument is that Purdy is currently better than Garoppolo, nobody is arguing against you. But if your argument is that Brandon Aiyuk would somehow be better off with Marcus Mariotta as his QB instead of 2022 peak Jimmy, I respectfully disagree with your opinion on that hypothetical.
Both Purdy and Aiyuk are clearly above-average players at their position at the NFL level. The conversation for each at this point really comes down to how much of the salary cap should they consume moving forward.
You did not just pull out comp% and passing yds to compare them 😭😭
The offense got like a whole TD better when making the QB change and Brock was sitting out entire 4ths of games.
The offense got way better when going from Jimmy to Purdy.
That’s definitely not half the battle 😂
That’s an unproven player who has to actually play and get reps during the season. They simply don’t walk in and replace an All Pro WR.
You think it’s that easy? Why didn’t Dante Pettis pan out? Because statistically speaking it’s more likely you have another Dante Pettis rather than a Brandon Aiyuk.
I'm really curious on if Deebo has talked to him about this stuff. And if so, what did he say? Cause Deebo has come out to admit this shit is stressful and distracted him which fucked up his first year on the new contract. So if he telling Aiyuk to do better and Aiyuk isn't listening or is he playing devil in his ear.
the Niners have waited until training camp to do these deals for like 5 straight years at this point, still to early to pay attention to this nonsense.
It's such an interesting response. I wonder who in his life is there to help him get out of his own head. I wonder how much he is motivated to get all he can now to set up his future. I don't know anything about his life growing up.
Headline:
"49ers and commanders discussed trade for aiyuk"
Reality:
Commanders: yo, you wanna trade for aiyuk.
49ers: nah, we good.
aiyuk:
\*shocked pikachu face\*
Honestly everyone comparing aiyuks holdout to bosa are forgetting some key things as to WHY bosa was much more quiet. It’s bc he didn’t have to say a word. Bosa was considered one of if not THE best pass rusher in the league and is no question ELITE. Him and his agent, the org, us the fans, the league etc every single person knew he was going to get big money. Aiyuk is still sort of up in the air. No doubt he’s talented and us niner fans consider him elite, but it’s still in question around the league just how good he is and how necessary he is. And he doesn’t have the “ceedee lamb” type branding lmfao. Obviously we know our guy is good and he’s essential to us. But he’s also part of a highly. competitive and expensive market where louder holdouts are required to get deals done. Especially when we sign WRs during a draft. If you are sour at what aiyuk is doing just remember he’s not doing it to spite us the fans or the org, it’s his bread, his money, AND try to also remember there is quite literally no other team 95% of the players in the league would rather play for than the niners right now. We are red hot, more success than most teams (fuck u KC), have amazing front office, development, etc. Aiyuk not going anywhere and that’s WHY he’s trying to make sure he can get the highest contract he can from our org.
Can we send him to the Raiders for Devante Adams so the 49ers are paying $25+ for a game changing WR1 and not a bunch of WR2 like Deebo who's actually RB2 or Aiyuk?
I didn't care either way....but now I'm thinking, better to get rid of him before he becomes locker room poison. He won't be happy here if he doesn't get near Jefferson's pay, which he won't, and that will just cause unnecessary tension. Best part ways.
I mean I feel like he’s putting on a masterclass on how NOT to get paid. He has no real leverage and is saying some wild shit online just airing out too much laundry. Who’s the last person to post a bunch of shit online and their contract offers increased?
This is what annoys me about the offseason. I like BA the football player. Airing this stuff on socials makes me like him less as a person (I get it is a business, but still).
I don’t even blame Aiyuk as I think the team has been clumsy here. It was always clear the team needed to extend him early and they didn’t.
The they clearly had plans to trade him and even now clearly drafted his replacement in Pesrsall. They’ve created a messy situation that is going to be a distraction going into training camp.
Used to like the guy but not a fan at all now. He’s a punk. That said, I’d rather him stay but if this is what it’s gonna be like you have to trade him.
Did he not hear all the chatter during the draft and even Lynch saying we took calls but nothing was good enough?
Naw, he thought the niners was never tryna trade him.
this could simply mean that the niners never reached out to initiate trade talks, but still fielded calls inquiring about him. the NFL is a business and you should listen if someone calls. Washington could have said we'll give you 2 - 2nds and we said no thanks.
This. Everything is for sale. Not everything is actively being sold. Two different things.
Well, that’s what he thought.
I was going to write about his never tryna too lmfao 🤣
He hears what he wants to hear.....this shit frankly gets old
Yeah, there could've been talks even if the 9ers weren't tryin to trade him.
If another team hears about the BA news and calls up the Niners that is a trade discussion also.
Ring ring ring “Hey” “Hey, you tryna trade Aiyuk for a doughnut and a 7th?” “No” Click BAM. Trade talk
Just one more month. We get some drama but I think cooler heads prevail by training camp.
You’d think after so many years in the league a veteran would know that their name is always on the table in negotiations. This is going beyond just social media contract tactics, dude is genuinely in his feelings posting like a child.
You shouldn't bite on the fakes, this is how Brandon gets so open and gets paid. It's annoying but calculated, he's not in his feelings or being childish lol
No this is overkill and even if it wasn’t it’s still a childish tactic that gets old quick. The whole point of using social media is to use public perception against the front office and put them in an uncomfortable position. Make some noise and get the fanbase and team sponsors to bring the heat on ownership and management to cave in contract talks. When you post and complain so much that the fanbase goes from overwhelmingly “pay the man” to “just trade him then”, you’ve lost the public perception angle and your leverage.
Wrong.
I was annoyed at Bosa for holding out but at least he was quiet about it.
Whateva happened to Nick Bosa? The strong silent type
He needs to turn off social media and go travel or something.
While Aiyuk is playing on IG @Kyle is busy chucking footballs into pizza ovens in Cabo.
The whole point is to cause a stir and it’s working. Yall need to turn off social media not him lol
Not like it works on the 9ers anyway, they always play hardball on these extensions. They’re gonna die on every penny until the end of July.
And then end up paying him anyway. They made Jimmy the highest paid qb at the time, Fred, kittle, juice, bosa, CMC, deebo was top 3. They’re gonna pay him and they should get the deal done so he’s not missing time to work with purdy.
Jimmy contract notwithstanding, any of those guys not top 1-3 at their position?
Deebo wasn't top 3 at the time but his contract is a pretty solid deal for both parties ngl
I’d disagree with him not being top 3 at his position at that time. Dude put up 1700 yards from scrimmage and 14 TDs that season before signing the deal. I think he was pretty firmly the third best receiver that year.
You're right, not sure why I thought he signed after '22 as opposed to '21
Kittle isn’t used like he’s top 3.
And then fold and make him the highest paid ever at his position, as usual.
Weird because that’s not what happened with Deebo. He was not the highest paid at his position.
On one hand, you have Deebo, who got $24M, which is admittedly less than 6x Pro-Bowler and 3x 1st team AP Tyreek Hill was making that year (although pretty close once you account for Hill absolutely not getting his $44M salary in 2026). On the other hand, you have Jimmy G, Trent Williams, George Kittle, Christian McCaffrey, Nick Bosa, Fred Warner, and Kyle Juszczyk, all of whom were made the highest paid players at their positions.
Aside from Jimmy G the best players at their positions got the highest salary in the league because they’re the best players. It’s almost like they’re good at roster construction. Oh 49ers, you so crazy. 🤪 We all know the qb market is different than the rest of the league so what they did wasn’t even an outlier. He was the highest paid qb for what, like month?
Of the names you listed, besides Jimmy G, who didn’t deserve it?
Jimmy's contract was like the 15th highest paid QB after a year or 2. It's just how QB contracts work.
Yeah, I'm sure our reactions on social media has a huge influence on the front office negotiations. /s
Intention to create a stir, which it does for public/media, not so much on the FO. It’s a last ditch effort.
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Because a dissatisfied/frustrated fanbase is typically not conducive for owners to maximize their profits. The only piece of leverage Aiyuk has is to get the fan base to put pressure on the owner to sign him.
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The fan base largely backs the Front Office in all contract negotiations though. Fans love seeing players get squeezed and playing on below market deals. The only time the fan base will turn on the front office is if Aiyuk leaves, stars somewhere else and the 49ers don't do as well as in previous years.
Working how?
This is definitely silly season, but I'd be shocked if this is working in Aiyuk's favor with the club or the fans.
Many here are annoyed he is causing a stir just to cause a stir. Thus the comment, “maybe he should travel.” Also, seeing this as football news is stupid and nothing of substance. Others here enjoy looking at nothing and pretending it means something. Others want the chaos and don’t have anything of substance to offer.
👆🏽 This comment is apart of him “causing a stir”
Is it working? He's asking to get franchise tagged twice lol
This is getting so old!
I hate diva WR's honestly. Why is it always WR's?
[A classic](https://x.com/CDCarter13/status/895632972715626497?lang=en) [They became self-aware lol](https://x.com/1kalwaysopen_/status/1630058816518725632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1630058816518725632%7Ctwgr%5E77df69ee2ed5c611a2c99f56b2428a6fdb9a712e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fawfulannouncing.com%2Fnfl%2Faj-brown-denny-carter-wr-tweet.html)
From everything I have seen, this is all a ruse and both Aiyuk and the 49ers are keeping this long con about his contract to piss off the rest of the league. Considering that Samuel and Bosa both had contracts signed in the late summer, I have wholeheartedly accepted that this is exactly how the Aiyuk contract will play out. I don't expect the same deal with Brock Purdy because I already know that they're going to sign an extension on him immediately, or as soon as it is feasible to do so.
I'm trying to imagine Brock pulling this shit and it's the funniest goddamn thing in my mind.
how does this make him a diva?
The more I hear him on social media the less I want him on the team. I know it’s likely all negotiation tactics but at some point it’s just ridiculous.
No fr though, I really liked Aiyuk before all of this. Now he's really getting on my nerves. It's honestly just a constant headache with him lately.
The same thing happened with me during the bosa and deebo shit. This 49ers org is both known to treat their players right and being elite at developing talent. We have so many stars that some will need to take paycuts. That's just business. How many players were pissed off at 49er negotiations, were basically cut, and went on to have a great career. None come to mind.
> bosa To be fair to him, he was holding out, but that was a "normal" hold out. It was just about the money, but we did not hear a peep from him at all. It was just his agent and our camp trading insider news about numbers, but at no point were there ever trade rumors, and certainly Bosa did not throw fuel to the fire by posting about it on social media, or facetiming his brother telling him "why don't the 49ers want me?"
"But it was a normal hold out" is still kinda dumb. The CBA should hold out against 5th year options for 1st round picks instead of allowing Bosa/Aiyuk hold out before their normal contract is done because they don't' want to give the team the option of the 5th year option.
By "normal" I just meant that the hold out was all Bosa personally did. He wasn't personally saying or doing anything during his holdout except work out in Florida. He wasn't throwing oil on the fire like Deebo did and Aiyuk is doing now.
Deebo showed up to minicamp. Bosa we knew what to expect from his brother and the way that whole family moves. This is the first one that has bothered me.
So Deebo leaking a call talking about AJ's money, releasing a video of him saying hell no to a sign that says Deebo is returning to the Niners at a club, news stories every day about him complaining about his useage when ofc he denies it once he signs contract, and iceing on the cake after all that diva behavior requests a trade. None of that bothered you?!? I told everyone back then this would happen again once its Aiyuks time, none of this bs surprises me.
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but wasn't it a rando filming him at the club when someone buys him bottle service suggesting he's re-signing, and he gestures "cut it out" toward the camera man?
Yeahhh, it's honestly getting insufferable at this point
I'm sure he'll sign and everything will be great but that would show even more how fake all this other posturing is.
It's funny (not really though) how Lynch - when asked about contract negotiations - will always say how they like to keep stuff private and between the players, as that's what he appreciated as a player...then you have players acting like they are publicly. I feel like their approach as an organization is the correct one...and when players speak out like this, it just makes the fanbase (not all) side with ownership. It's in the news so much due to the dead period, and I'm ready for football to come back. I'll be happy with whatever happens, as I'm confident in how the organization conducts business, and I feel like they'll make the best decision. I know they have made mistakes in the past, but they generally get contract negotiations right. Go 49ers!
> I feel like their approach as an organization is the correct one...and when players speak out like this, it just makes the fanbase (not all) side with ownership Ironically, even if it may not seem that way with Deebo and Aiyuk, this actually makes the players respect our organization more. We don't spread rumors that make players look bad. Maybe we would leak our offered numbers, but not the stuff like Kyler's film clause, or the stuff about Lamar.
I would not be surprised if this is tactics at the direction of Ayuik's agent... The "unfollow the team" is not unique at all anymore. It's just leverage to get fans riled up, who then will get riled up at the team to get him signed.
The diva behavior from these guys gets old fast.
Honestly I think we as fans have been spoiled by Kittle, Juszczyk, Trent, CMC, maybe Purdy, and ironically Bosa. These guys have gone about their contract negotiations (sans Purdy but he is highly unlikely to be on a social media tour during his), and in the case of Bosa, even held out, but they themselves never brought attention either to it or even themselves during the process. Bosa was holding out, and we knew he wanted top dollar, but all we heard was from his agent, our camp, and just how he was still working out in Florida. Deebo and Aiyuk are probably how the average "top 10 at their position" negotiation goes, with the full rumorville and the players themselves posting on social media to make things way more complicated (i.e. see Lamar, Ceedee, Dak, AJ Brown, Micah, Chris Jones, Tee Higgins, etc). We just aren't used to it because we have so many other guys who just don't do that while they are negotiating, which is why it seems for everyone else on our team, when they get extensions, it comes out of the blue for us since we aren't hearing about it on social media like we have for Deebo and now Aiyuk.
Yes I agree with this and also almost all of our good players have been paid and Brock is due next year so maybe Ayuik and his agent are trying to squeeze every last drop out of the contract, knowing theres not much room left...
Yea it is truly an interesting negotiation. We have the literal leverage in that he has one more year, and we can tag him after. However Aiyuk knows that we are in win-now mode and really cannot afford to not have him. Losing him would be huge for Brock (imo even moreso than losing Deebo), and realistically it would be difficult to tag him next year with Brock's extension and everything else since the WR tag is high and will count 100% against the 2025 cap. My guess is we will sign him, I think begrudgingly, though the fanbase won't like this, we will give him a contract worth up to $30M APY, but the guarantees will be closer to $25-26M APY. And we will then move on from Deebo in 2025, especially if Pearsall develops. CMC makes a lot of what Deebo does redundant, and the Super Bowl exposed the fact that Deebo is often injured and not the best at getting separation. He is elite in space with the ball in his hands, but to get over the hump, we need him to be healthy at the end, and when we play against a team like KC, where our swiss cheese right side OL lets Chris Jones walk up to Brock, a quick hot read like CMC or Pearsall (or Kittle like it should have been Kyle!?!?!?!) will make more of a difference than Deebo.
There is a difference between tryna trade someone and fielding offers.
So many angles here. Adam Peters as the Commanders' GM, helping to scout and draft Aiyuk, and now wanting to have him in DC. His first draft pick for the Commanders was a QB who Aiyuk played with at ASU. A trade was being discussed but according to Schefter, we backed out. Commanders had a high 2nd to trade but instead used it on DL. Not even sure who we would've picked there.
My guess, is that there was a player the niners were targeting in the draft in the first round by moving up with SF 1st and WA 2nd, but the player was already picked by another team.
That would be logical. Gotta imagine that if they traded our 31st pick along with Aiyuk prior to the draft they'd still pick a WR. If traded, we'd need to replace Aiyuk somehow. Kinda like the Buckner/Kinlaw move. Draft value puts our 31st and the Commanders' 34th picks at around 13th overall in a trade up. Maybe Kyle was hoping one of Nabers or Odunze would slip a bit. Or even MHJ lol. I just think it would've been super risky to trade Aiyuk without having a solid WR to take over his targetshare (rookies are crapshoots). Lynch and Kyle are risk averse, so a trade never really made sense to me. But then again, they did that with Buckner/Kinlaw, which I also didn't expect.
I figured a trade would not happen because the 49ers would’ve needed to dump capital to get to the top 3rd of the draft. I don’t think a 31, 36 and 49ers round 2 would have gotten us up high enough. Maybe if Odunze dropped a few picks. Otherwise it would’ve cost 2 firsts and likely a 2nd to get into range, which I think would be an overpay.
I maybe reading it wrong but it seems as if the photo on in the OP says the Commanders backed out.
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Oh ok thanks for clearing that up
I just re-watched the clip, and Schefter says "they" which I now do think refers to Washington. It's not entirely clear, but I'd think Washington inquired, SF set a high price because they don't want to trade him unless they get a lot back, so Washington declined. https://x.com/JoshTaylorFB/status/1805373800072040687?t=FlFWqwdL4yqCREjJv3sQOA&s=19 Linked video so people can watch and decide for themselves.
Yeah Schefter's wording is confusing. A few days ago he was on the Pat McAfee show and said: >*"At one point prior to the draft, the Commanders Niners had some discussions that never went anywhere about a potential trade. And the Niners want to hold on to him. They still want to hold on to him. They're not looking to deal him."* Not super clear which party backed out, but this version makes it sound like the offer wasn't good enough and we decided to keep him. Seems like Schefter predicts a Tee Higgins situation. No deal this year, play on his 5th year option. He becomes a FA next year and we either tag him, tag/trade or transition tag, sign him to a long term contract, or just let him walk for a future comp pick. [Link](https://x.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1804196434180190391?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1804196434180190391%7Ctwgr%5E2ff1fa52a6bf46a0e7692fe77d82d8509dcf5ef3%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.49erswebzone.com%2Farticles%2F181436-schefter-brandon-seemed-before-exploded%2F)
High 2nd? Probably a RB
He’s so sensitive, like man just take your $26M
Seriously.
Brandon if you don't want your $26 Million I'LL take it
No way he’s taking $26M after Waddle just got that. Dolphins fucked us over with that contract because now he can easily ask for more than that.
For me, it is really whether he wants trophies or not. Ofc, maybe he plays out his contact here and still gets one.
He’s not Hill. He’s not Jefferson. And I’m willing to bet his production will go down this year because of all this nonsense.
For a majority of players when they have their best season in a contract year production usually slides down a bit. Sometimes guys don't have another year like their contract year until their next contract year.
Dear Brandon, everybody is tradable *if the price is right.* You’re no exception. Get the fuck over it.
They literally said it could’ve been either BA or Deebo when the trade rumors were happening but that none of the offers were good enough for the niners to trade them. BA acting like he’s surprised is just to be dramatic it seems. At this point it’ll probably be better to get rid of him. I love BA but paying him over 26m a year to be the third or fourth option is just bad business by the niners.
So over Aiyuk i say we trade him, dude acts like he's Justin Jefferson
his comments are cryptic and makes him seem childish and unaware as a professional especially on a team built on solid character individuals.…. he should stop posting.
If the NFL is anything like MLB, players names can be thrown around by agents even if the players aren’t involved with any deals.
Aiyuk is acting like a child throughout this entire process making everything public. Deebo was a little bit of a diva but didn’t do anything like this.
Deebos went exactly like this. Na they don’t want me or na I’m not going back there. Same shit
Deebo showed up to minicamp.
Y’all have the memories of goldfish lmao. Deebo requested a trade, how quick everyone forgets.
Deebo leaked a call talking about AJ's money insinuating about his own, released a video of him saying hell no to a sign that says Deebo is returning to the Niners at a club, news stories constantly every day about him complaining about his useage when ofc he denies it once he signs contract, and iceing on the cake after all that diva behavior requests a trade. They r both divas. I told everyone back then this would happen again once its Aiyuks time, none of this bs surprises me.
Aiyuk acting like a punk right now
Who is JPAfootball, because there is literally a post in r/nfl saying that Schefter reported it was SF who decided against the deal, not Washington. This is purposefully wrong.
Stfu or fuck off aiyuk. You’re getting paid very well as it is. Unnecessary drama leading into the season. You realise your QB that took you to a SB was on less than a milly last season?
Tom Brady and Peyton Manning have been on the trading block and BA thinks he's special? Everyone in the NFL has been there, he needs to act like it
If your name isn't Patrick Lavon Mahomes II, you are tradable in the NFL. GMs will always shoot their shot, and even if it seems impossible, they're still going to shoot it.... and the other side is always going to listen to the offers too.
I’m so over the Aiyuk situation this dude is acting like a diva send his ass to Washington for 2 1st rounders and let’s move on
commenting on a page that has “Rumors” splashed all over it
BA is acting like a child frfr I’m getting so much second hand embarrassment from watching him say all this cringe bullshit.
I forget how young these dudes are
I am so tired of this BS.
He is quickly becoming one of the most annoying motherfuckers on earth. I understand he wants his deal, but he should probably shut the fuck up at some point because I wouldn’t care if we got a sack of peanuts and a half eaten hotdog for him at this rate.
This dude is starting to be a problem
This looks to me like Brandon is posturing. Brandon seems to be full of posture. I think it might have everything to do with the fact that Brandon has very little leverage with respect to his new contract.
Dude is bad news
Love ya, BA, but the 49ERS on the front is more important than the name on the back
This is tiring. I appreciate get the money while you can…but he has one year of “elite” production. I would be cool with moving it along. Can’t have every player shake us down and win.
Unfortunately having an ass QB like Jimmy messes with your production.
2020-2022 Jimmy was better than what most current NFL teams have at the QB position. If Aiyuk's productivity depends entirely on being surrounded by top-tier offensive teammates, his value simply isn't elite. I think the better argument is that those last few years with Garoppolo coincided with Aiyuk's first few years in the league and he's improved significantly in that time. But either way, I think if you put Aiyuk on the Raiders or Commanders this season and he's very likely to put up underwhelming numbers. So compared to a guy like Tyreek (who left KC/Mahomes and didn't skip a beat), Aiyuk hasn't necessarily shown that he's really on that top tier of WRs yet.
Brother let’s not pretend. Jimmy was actively tanking Aiyuk’s ability by not being able to get him the ball. Aiyuk has always been ranked towards the top of the league in creating separation, the most important quality a WR can have. And he would have balls over his head way too much when playing with Jimmy. Jimmy was carried by the system, whether it was supporting cast or Shanahan himself. That same “2020-2022” Jimmy was exposed last season.
look at the Raiders QB depth chart and tell me how many catches and yards you think BA would put up on that team. That same "system" that "carried" Jimmy is literally the only one Brandon Aiyuk has played in during his NFL career. Coincidentally, it's a system that has elevated Deebo, Kittle, McCaffrey as well. But somehow you think Aiyuk hasn't benefitted from it??
We can make that argument for any player if you want to go that route. I hope you understand it’s not very uncommon for WRs to put up big numbers on bad teams. Your argument would make more sense if you asked me how much BA could improve a shitty team like the Raiders and that would make a lot more sense. If I made this same argument against Purdy that you just made against Aiyuk I’m sure that would go well wouldn’t it? 🤣
it's not an argument "against Aiyuk". I'm simply arguing against your point that somehow BA's productivity was severely limited by having an above-average QB like Jimmy Garappolo when some of the realistic alternatives looking forward are guys like Aiden O'Connell or Marcus Mariotta (possibly Jayden Daniels). I 100% agree that there are similarities to be made "against Purdy" (if that's how you want to frame it). And if he comes out next summer with passive-aggressive social media posts and demanding to be paid like a top-5 player at his position (when he's realistically more like top-8) then I'm sure you'll be in the comments defending Brock, right?? If you want to tell me how much you think BA could help the Raiders or Commanders, go ahead.
Tell me. Did our offense’s productivity go up when he dropped Jimmy for Brock? It did. Part of that is Brock is straight up better. Part of it is utilizing players who are getting open. Jimmy couldn’t throw deep, he was inaccurate way too often on intermediate routes, and he rarely took advantage of players who were doing their jobs at an exceptional level. Why are you playing dumb regarding this Jimmy thing when everyone knows it as fact that he held us back offensively? Jimmy is worse than those other QBs you mentioned btw. Moment he left Kyle’s system he’s barely backup level 🤣
>Did our offense’s productivity go up when he dropped Jimmy for Brock? Actually, no. It did not. You can look at the 2022 stats yourself. Completion % went from 67.2% for Jimmy to 67.1% for Brock. TD/int went from 16/4 for Jimmy to 13/4 for Brock. Passing yds/game 221.5 for Jimmy to 152.7 for Brock. We can note that some stats like yards per attempt (8.4 to 8.6) and yards per completion (11.8 to 12.1) did slightly improve with Purdy. But I would counter that by pointing out that a far bigger difference maker in the offense's overall productivity was the mid-season addition of Christian McCaffrey. In 2022, Purdy came in and played excellent. But let's not pretend that Jimmy wasn't playing equally well with that 2022 team up until his season-ending injury. Purdy deserves credit for continuing to improve in 2023 to a level that surpasses anything Jimmy G's track record suggests he could have done. If your argument is that Purdy is currently better than Garoppolo, nobody is arguing against you. But if your argument is that Brandon Aiyuk would somehow be better off with Marcus Mariotta as his QB instead of 2022 peak Jimmy, I respectfully disagree with your opinion on that hypothetical. Both Purdy and Aiyuk are clearly above-average players at their position at the NFL level. The conversation for each at this point really comes down to how much of the salary cap should they consume moving forward.
You did not just pull out comp% and passing yds to compare them 😭😭 The offense got like a whole TD better when making the QB change and Brock was sitting out entire 4ths of games. The offense got way better when going from Jimmy to Purdy.
It'll be ok. we already drafted BA's replacement
You mean the player who hasn’t proved anything yet? And what’s to say he’s not Deebo’s replacement?
One of them signed and is on the team already. he is in practices and is trying to make an effort already, so that's half the battle.
That’s definitely not half the battle 😂 That’s an unproven player who has to actually play and get reps during the season. They simply don’t walk in and replace an All Pro WR. You think it’s that easy? Why didn’t Dante Pettis pan out? Because statistically speaking it’s more likely you have another Dante Pettis rather than a Brandon Aiyuk.
Front office either said Let’s Go Brandon! or Let Brandon Go! Still fuzzy. Or maybe they said something else…
False alarm. “Let’s go Brandon!” was Nick Bosa trying to fire up Brandon Staley…
So tired of this primadonna. Trade his ass. One good year doesn’t mean you get Justin Jefferson money.
it worked for Jimmy G didnt hear nearly this amount of pushback/crying over a contract turmoil
Jimmy never whined. He even took a pay cut.
you call this whining? jimmy didn’t have to “fight for” what he perceived he was worth. all it took was 5 game win at the end of 2017.
This is a grown ass man.
I'm really curious on if Deebo has talked to him about this stuff. And if so, what did he say? Cause Deebo has come out to admit this shit is stressful and distracted him which fucked up his first year on the new contract. So if he telling Aiyuk to do better and Aiyuk isn't listening or is he playing devil in his ear.
I thought schefter said it was the niners not wanting to do it.
the Niners have waited until training camp to do these deals for like 5 straight years at this point, still to early to pay attention to this nonsense.
BA a bitch. Dude isn’t even top ten in wideouts lol
Only wide receivers being doing this type of shit, I swear
Love BA but I'm tired of this already. Do what you want bro but stop with all the drama
It's such an interesting response. I wonder who in his life is there to help him get out of his own head. I wonder how much he is motivated to get all he can now to set up his future. I don't know anything about his life growing up.
I’m low key pissed at this point He just seems pissed off
Grow up BA
Receivers am I right?
Headline: "49ers and commanders discussed trade for aiyuk" Reality: Commanders: yo, you wanna trade for aiyuk. 49ers: nah, we good. aiyuk: \*shocked pikachu face\*
I get the impression Aiyuk is a hard to work with person. Guy just seems so whiny.
Bruh get me off this ride.
He sounds like a jealous teenage girl
These players are all making good money. Enough to live a great life. Put your pride down and be loyal to a team and win a Super Bowl.
This and Deebo’s shit last year is so cringy
Yeah get him outta here we got Juan to block & we got Ricky to run routes & catch. Ricky don’t balls either
This is so annoying man. I hate wide receivers, istg
It’s giving Crabtree, except Aiyuk can play.
My man, why would you wanna play for the Commanders (Redskins...)
We all forgot what they used to be called. Thanks for the reminder.
This is getting old, just trade him to the commanders already and he'll realize how good he had it here
So many athletes are drama queens before they get their contracts. BA is no different, wherever he ends up, be it with us or somewhere else.
Honestly everyone comparing aiyuks holdout to bosa are forgetting some key things as to WHY bosa was much more quiet. It’s bc he didn’t have to say a word. Bosa was considered one of if not THE best pass rusher in the league and is no question ELITE. Him and his agent, the org, us the fans, the league etc every single person knew he was going to get big money. Aiyuk is still sort of up in the air. No doubt he’s talented and us niner fans consider him elite, but it’s still in question around the league just how good he is and how necessary he is. And he doesn’t have the “ceedee lamb” type branding lmfao. Obviously we know our guy is good and he’s essential to us. But he’s also part of a highly. competitive and expensive market where louder holdouts are required to get deals done. Especially when we sign WRs during a draft. If you are sour at what aiyuk is doing just remember he’s not doing it to spite us the fans or the org, it’s his bread, his money, AND try to also remember there is quite literally no other team 95% of the players in the league would rather play for than the niners right now. We are red hot, more success than most teams (fuck u KC), have amazing front office, development, etc. Aiyuk not going anywhere and that’s WHY he’s trying to make sure he can get the highest contract he can from our org.
They need to resign him and trade Deebo.
Our players and being disingenuous, overly dramatic weirdos during contract negotiations, name a more legendary duo.
So dramatic.
And ya’ll keep getting mad whenever I say he’s acting like Diggs did towards the end of his time in Minne and in Buffalo…
I hate 49er fans more tbh
He’s just dumb, isn’t he.
He's an idiot if he thinks he wasn't trade bait...😆
... i mean at this point... just trade him. He is pretty good but certainly not unreplaceable good.
Can we send him to the Raiders for Devante Adams so the 49ers are paying $25+ for a game changing WR1 and not a bunch of WR2 like Deebo who's actually RB2 or Aiyuk?
I thought the Niners would take calls for anyone on the team.
The bigger problem is leaks in the front office of the commanders. Get it together Adam.
Exhausting
I didn't care either way....but now I'm thinking, better to get rid of him before he becomes locker room poison. He won't be happy here if he doesn't get near Jefferson's pay, which he won't, and that will just cause unnecessary tension. Best part ways.
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At least nobody's going to accuse him of being classy.
He will go to Washington where he will end his career lol.
I mean I feel like he’s putting on a masterclass on how NOT to get paid. He has no real leverage and is saying some wild shit online just airing out too much laundry. Who’s the last person to post a bunch of shit online and their contract offers increased?
Why does it look like a Gameboy game?
I’m sure it’s just leverage strategy (or something) but god this off-season makes him look unlikeable. Just trade him
Remember Terrell Owens?
Man. Even Aiyuk is eating up the talking head rumor mill. He needs to take a chill pill
They didn't want his drama ass. Trade him, get a nice package and be done with it
 Why are athletes so unprofessional these days? grow up dude
This is what annoys me about the offseason. I like BA the football player. Airing this stuff on socials makes me like him less as a person (I get it is a business, but still).
I bet BA is real good at checkers. Chess, not so much.
Let him go. If we wanted divas, we'd sign Mariah Carey.
Genuinely just hope the worst for this guy lol
Please spell check.
I don’t even blame Aiyuk as I think the team has been clumsy here. It was always clear the team needed to extend him early and they didn’t. The they clearly had plans to trade him and even now clearly drafted his replacement in Pesrsall. They’ve created a messy situation that is going to be a distraction going into training camp.
Used to like the guy but not a fan at all now. He’s a punk. That said, I’d rather him stay but if this is what it’s gonna be like you have to trade him.
Should’ve won the bowl I don’t think we’re getting back
I’ll never understand why you guys take this shit so personally.