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

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:

Originally posted by glorydayz:

Originally posted by DRCHOWDER:

Brandon Aiyuk is at the 49ers facility and is fired up 😂 pic.twitter.com/BE0FMOk2AS

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But I thought he doesn't put in the work?

No one says he doesn't put in the work

He didnt during contract negotiations .. oh wait he ran around his yard in sandals.

Originally posted by NYniner85:
Thats what happens when you're holding out and the team is sitting on their ass. Pretty standard across the league, especially when it's a massive amount of cash being discussed.

Aiyuk opening said that he could have signed a month before he did cause he was "being difficult". So he missed a whole month of camp to get in shape and get in sync because…? The niners met his demand and he continued to hold out for an additional month.

thats really why so many have a bad taste in their mouth. He also sucked in the games he played last year - dropping way more passes than usual.

outside of the debacle last year, aiyuk is awesome. So I hope he comes back strong and like his old self.

Originally posted by tankle104:

Originally posted by NYniner85:
Thats what happens when you're holding out and the team is sitting on their ass. Pretty standard across the league, especially when it's a massive amount of cash being discussed.

Aiyuk opening said that he could have signed a month before he did cause he was "being difficult". So he missed a whole month of camp to get in shape and get in sync because…? The niners met his demand and he continued to hold out for an additional month.

thats really why so many have a bad taste in their mouth. He also sucked in the games he played last year - dropping way more passes than usual.

outside of the debacle last year, aiyuk is awesome. So I hope he comes back strong and like his old self.

He did not say "he could have signed a month before he did because he was 'being difficult'." He said "I'm not going to lie, I made it a little bit more difficult than I needed to at the end." We knew in May/June he wanted 30M and it took Kyle coming to him on August 28th for the team to come up to 30M plus the guarantees and structure he wanted. We should have signed him before the draft at 26M AAV but the team didn't value him anywhere near that.

He needs to show us him kicking his shorts again to see if he has that healthy leg extension

Originally posted by Montana:
He needs to show us him kicking his shorts again to see if he has that healthy leg extension

Lol.

Originally posted by tankle104:

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:

Originally posted by glorydayz:

Originally posted by DRCHOWDER:

Brandon Aiyuk is at the 49ers facility and is fired up 😂 pic.twitter.com/BE0FMOk2AS

— Coach Yac 🗣 (@Coach_Yac) April 8, 2025

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But I thought he doesn't put in the work?

No one says he doesn't put in the work

He didnt during contract negotiations .. oh wait he ran around his yard in sandals.

Trees can be tough in coverage.

Originally posted by Typecast:

Originally posted by tankle104:

Originally posted by NYniner85:
Thats what happens when you're holding out and the team is sitting on their ass. Pretty standard across the league, especially when it's a massive amount of cash being discussed.

Aiyuk opening said that he could have signed a month before he did cause he was "being difficult". So he missed a whole month of camp to get in shape and get in sync because…? The niners met his demand and he continued to hold out for an additional month.

thats really why so many have a bad taste in their mouth. He also sucked in the games he played last year - dropping way more passes than usual.

outside of the debacle last year, aiyuk is awesome. So I hope he comes back strong and like his old self.

He did not say "he could have signed a month before he did because he was 'being difficult'." He said "I'm not going to lie, I made it a little bit more difficult than I needed to at the end." We knew in May/June he wanted 30M and it took Kyle coming to him on August 28th for the team to come up to 30M plus the guarantees and structure he wanted. We should have signed him before the draft at 26M AAV but the team didn't value him anywhere near that.

Right. And it was widely reported that the deal he accepted had been on the table for a month (which the niners upped their offer to what he was asking). That final month of holding out was just him being "difficult". The team upped their offer and he all of a sudden didn't accept it.

also, idk if the team didn't value him? If you look back at history - early on that off season a WR making $23M or so was near top of market and then it just exploded to $29-31M+.

Idk if that caught the team off guard, it shouldn't have, but I do agree the team should of signed him earlier cause he progressively got more expensive as the off season went on and it wasn't good for the team.

Originally posted by TD49ers:
Trees can be tough in coverage.

True story:

As a kid I had my childhood rival run a go route and led him right into one. He didn't even see it and got laid the f**k out!!

And yes I laughed and did not ask if he was okay

Originally posted by 49ers808:

Originally posted by TD49ers:
Trees can be tough in coverage.

True story:

As a kid I had my childhood rival run a go route and led him right into one. He didn't even see it and got laid the f**k out!!

And yes I laughed and did not ask if he was okay

Lol

Week 1 likely

Originally posted by tankle104:
Aiyuk opening said that he could have signed a month before he did cause he was "being difficult". So he missed a whole month of camp to get in shape and get in sync because…? The niners met his demand and he continued to hold out for an additional month.

thats really why so many have a bad taste in their mouth. He also sucked in the games he played last year - dropping way more passes than usual.

outside of the debacle last year, aiyuk is awesome. So I hope he comes back strong and like his old self.

can you show me where he said that exactly?

Originally posted by Typecast:
He did not say "he could have signed a month before he did because he was 'being difficult'." He said "I'm not going to lie, I made it a little bit more difficult than I needed to at the end." We knew in May/June he wanted 30M and it took Kyle coming to him on August 28th for the team to come up to 30M plus the guarantees and structure he wanted. We should have signed him before the draft at 26M AAV but the team didn't value him anywhere near that.

Yes this makes more sense. I think every player AND their agent makes s**t more difficult. So does the team.

it was an offseason of WRs getting paid and he waited for all that to happen. The team sat on their asses all the same.

it was a poor decision on all parties. People pretending this doesn't happen crossed the league are bing naive and making up narratives because their feelings got hurt.

Originally posted by okdkid:
Week 1 likely

Brandon Aiyuk things we know:

•ACL/MCL return average 9-10 months
•ElAttrache said he's making progress as expected
•Lynch said SF trainers say he's on track
•Shanahan said he's on track
•Wk1 marks 9 mos 24 days
•He's moving well in wedding video

Week 1 is in play ✅ https://t.co/5QO6gvlQsH

— Jeff Mueller, PT, DPT (@jmthrivept) April 13, 2025

We be great if he could be ready for WK1 and slowly worked into the offense

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by okdkid:
Week 1 likely

Brandon Aiyuk things we know:

•ACL/MCL return average 9-10 months
•ElAttrache said he's making progress as expected
•Lynch said SF trainers say he's on track
•Shanahan said he's on track
•Wk1 marks 9 mos 24 days
•He's moving well in wedding video

Week 1 is in play ✅ https://t.co/5QO6gvlQsH

— Jeff Mueller, PT, DPT (@jmthrivept) April 13, 2025

We be great if he could be ready for WK1 and slowly worked into the offense

Doubt it. He couldnt get ready when fully healthy.

Originally posted by tankle104:

Originally posted by Typecast:

Originally posted by tankle104:

Originally posted by NYniner85:
Thats what happens when you're holding out and the team is sitting on their ass. Pretty standard across the league, especially when it's a massive amount of cash being discussed.

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Aiyuk opening said that he could have signed a month before he did cause he was "being difficult". So he missed a whole month of camp to get in shape and get in sync because…? The niners met his demand and he continued to hold out for an additional month.

thats really why so many have a bad taste in their mouth. He also sucked in the games he played last year - dropping way more passes than usual.

outside of the debacle last year, aiyuk is awesome. So I hope he comes back strong and like his old self.

He did not say "he could have signed a month before he did because he was 'being difficult'." He said "I'm not going to lie, I made it a little bit more difficult than I needed to at the end." We knew in May/June he wanted 30M and it took Kyle coming to him on August 28th for the team to come up to 30M plus the guarantees and structure he wanted. We should have signed him before the draft at 26M AAV but the team didn't value him anywhere near that.

Right. And it was widely reported that the deal he accepted had been on the table for a month (which the niners upped their offer to what he was asking). That final month of holding out was just him being "difficult". The team upped their offer and he all of a sudden didn't accept it.

By "widely reported" you mean Schefter's tweet that was disputed by Aiyuk's agent and Pelissero? Again, the offer the 49ers made on August 12th was not the same offer Kyle forced Paraag to cave to on August 28th.

Originally posted by tankle104:
also, idk if the team didn't value him? If you look back at history - early on that off season a WR making $23M or so was near top of market and then it just exploded to $29-31M+.

The offer before the draft from the team was 20M (60M/3). Aiyuk wanted 26M. Paraag then told Lynch to trade him.

The top-5 active were Hill (30M), Adams (28M), Kupp (26.7M), Brown (25M), and Diggs (24M). Davonte Smith got 25M 2 weeks before the draft. Right before the draft ARSB got 30M and Brown got 32M.

Originally posted by tankle104:
Idk if that caught the team off guard, it shouldn't have, but I do agree the team should of signed him earlier cause he progressively got more expensive as the off season went on and it wasn't good for the team.

It didn't catch the team off-guard. Paraag's analytics misjudged the market. Lynch couldn't find a player to replace Aiyuk and they reached their internal deadline to get a deal done before the season (cap reasons) and Kyle forced Paraag to pay him.