Brandon Aiyuk is a 49er! Pick #25, 2020 NFL Draft

Originally posted by TD49ers:
Develops more as a WR? Shouldnt he be already developed with that kind of a contract?

Perhaps a wrong choice of words. I want to see more general production, but that may be pointless given this is Shanahan's gig, and his choice is to run to set up that pass (which is a big reason why BA had the success he had last year).

Originally posted by lamontb:
You just can't cover up a true man beater wr with some unproven rookies. You guys must think Shanny can just scheme up anybody open at any time. If that was the case we'd have a SB.

We have watched him scheme people open for year, yeah...I think he could get a rookie open from time to time when Deebo, Kittle, and CMC are on the field...

BA and a rookie have that in common, they are the least dangerous skill position player on the field when they are surrounded by Deebo, Kittle and CMC....

Originally posted by Fanaticofnfl:

Originally posted by Silky:

It didn't cost our window… this was literally done to make sure our current window is open as widely as possible.

It may have cost us Deebo or someone else next year I agree but that's about it.

It won't stay open beyond this season.

Originally posted by Koldo:
It won't stay open beyond this season.

So you say

Originally posted by dj43:
Tim Kawakami wrote a nice piece this morning in The Athletic. In short, the Aiyuk deal is a fair one for both sides. It is roughly the same deal as Amon-Ra St Brown got, and they are similar players. The FO had to play hardball to get it done but BA had been very difficult to follow leading up to the signing. It's worth the read if you have a subscription.

I hope both sides got a fair deal - I think that's how it should be. I think just about every one believes that Aiyuk got a deal that represents his ability/production.

my question is - if the deal ended up being fair, why the hell did that take so long and who's responsible? Which party was asking for something that wasn't fair?

was the team trying to lowball him or provide crappy structure or was Aiyuk trying to get more than his Fair share? Maybe both?

As someone who negotiates contracts with multiple parties involved and a lot of money involved - it isn't that difficult to come to a fair resolution. What usually prevents that or prolongs it is when someone is being irrational. It's really annoying and I think the team suffers from it.

Originally posted by Koldo:

Originally posted by Fanaticofnfl:

Originally posted by Silky:

It didn't cost our window… this was literally done to make sure our current window is open as widely as possible.

It may have cost us Deebo or someone else next year I agree but that's about it.

It won't stay open beyond this season.

They will figure it out. There's team that male the playoffs and compete every year after losing some key players

Originally posted by frenchmov:

Originally posted by Koldo:
It won't stay open beyond this season.

So you say

And to me this is the narrow point of this debate regards BA's contract. How does it affect this team in 2025 and 2026.

Originally posted by frenchmov:

Originally posted by TD49ers:
While blocking is appreciated and required I might add as a minimum requirement for Shany's offense, it by no means does it justifies his contract.

ELITE WIDE RECEIVER: Brandon Aiyuk was successful running every route in the route tree last year, regardless of the coverage the defense played.

78.7% success rate vs. man, 96th percentile
85.4% success rate vs. zone, 91st percentile
83.6% success rate vs. press, 97th… pic.twitter.com/MbcRb4vKZv

— Chase Senior (@Chase_Senior) July 15, 2024

Here you go

As a #1 WR and a focus of the offense?

Originally posted by TD49ers:
And to me this is the narrow point of this debate regards BA's contract. How does it affect this team in 2025 and 2026.

The bigger question is how will our drafted players do. No team can continue to compete without getting some good draft hits. Last tears draft class is looking pretty rough, but this year's looks promising. 2022 was rough outside of purdy, and so on.

Even if we didn't sign aiyuk this would be the key. You can't keep paying and paying. We need people on rookie deals to step up

Originally posted by TD49ers:
As a #1 WR and a focus of the offense?

Are you under the impression that aiyuk doesn't draw the #1 cb every game? You think they're sticking sauce Gardner on cmc week 1? Lol

Aiyuk is a cog. Go take a look at the all 22. He pulls his weight and makes life easier for cmc, kittle, purdy, deebo, and they do the same for him. Do you see how that works?

It's all about that huge extension

This was all for media coverage..$

Just waiting for him to do a lame Subway commerical. 🥪

Originally posted by frenchmov:

Originally posted by TD49ers:
As a #1 WR and a focus of the offense?

Are you under the impression that aiyuk doesn't draw the #1 cb every game? You think they're sticking sauce Gardner on cmc week 1? Lol

Aiyuk is a cog. Go take a look at the all 22. He pulls his weight and makes life easier for cmc, kittle, purdy, deebo, and they do the same for him. Do you see how that works?

Exactly a cog. Expectation is he is now a focus.

Originally posted by tankle104:

Originally posted by dj43:
Tim Kawakami wrote a nice piece this morning in The Athletic. In short, the Aiyuk deal is a fair one for both sides. It is roughly the same deal as Amon-Ra St Brown got, and they are similar players. The FO had to play hardball to get it done but BA had been very difficult to follow leading up to the signing. It's worth the read if you have a subscription.

I hope both sides got a fair deal - I think that's how it should be. I think just about every one believes that Aiyuk got a deal that represents his ability/production.

my question is - if the deal ended up being fair, why the hell did that take so long and who's responsible? Which party was asking for something that wasn't fair?

was the team trying to lowball him or provide crappy structure or was Aiyuk trying to get more than his Fair share? Maybe both?

As someone who negotiates contracts with multiple parties involved and a lot of money involved - it isn't that difficult to come to a fair resolution. What usually prevents that or prolongs it is when someone is being irrational. It's really annoying and I think the team suffers from it.

I think we've got a pretty good idea it was the 4th year guaranteed. We don't do it, and Aiyuk wanted it. Don't think he got it, but the other side of the coin is that Wilson and Fields suck. Brock doesn't.

Originally posted by BOI49er:

Originally posted by tankle104:

Originally posted by dj43:
Tim Kawakami wrote a nice piece this morning in The Athletic. In short, the Aiyuk deal is a fair one for both sides. It is roughly the same deal as Amon-Ra St Brown got, and they are similar players. The FO had to play hardball to get it done but BA had been very difficult to follow leading up to the signing. It's worth the read if you have a subscription.

I hope both sides got a fair deal - I think that's how it should be. I think just about every one believes that Aiyuk got a deal that represents his ability/production.

my question is - if the deal ended up being fair, why the hell did that take so long and who's responsible? Which party was asking for something that wasn't fair?

was the team trying to lowball him or provide crappy structure or was Aiyuk trying to get more than his Fair share? Maybe both?

As someone who negotiates contracts with multiple parties involved and a lot of money involved - it isn't that difficult to come to a fair resolution. What usually prevents that or prolongs it is when someone is being irrational. It's really annoying and I think the team suffers from it.

I think we've got a pretty good idea it was the 4th year guaranteed. We don't do it, and Aiyuk wanted it. Don't think he got it, but the other side of the coin is that Wilson and Fields suck. Brock doesn't.

TBH, that's kind of a ridiculous thing to ask for - if true. An overwhelming majority of contracts don't have that. If he was bosa or Jefferson - maybe I can see it but he isn't. Weird

Originally posted by TD49ers:
Exactly a cog. Expectation is he is now a focus.

So aiyuk should not get paid $30m because we have a good team around him, but a guy like Justin Jefferson who can fill up a stat sheet with empty catches/yards should because he plays on a junk team?

Do you think Brock purdy should be offered a significantly lower contract than the market dictates because there's a great team around him? At that point every player on our team needs to accept less because they are surrounded by other good players

None of that makes sense