Kyle Shanahan again suggests Brandon Aiyuk isn’t practicing because he’s injured

Aug 17, 2024 at 5:00 AM

Everyone knows 49ers receiver Brandon Aiyuk is holding in. That he'd be practicing if his contract situation were resolved.Everyone, apparently, except 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan.Despite the fact that, in recent years, multiple players throughout the league have shown up and declined to practice due to their contract situations, Shanahan suggested again on Friday that Aiyuk isn't practicing because he's injured.The topic came up when Shanahan was asked an important question about the hold in. At what point does the team say to the players, "It's time to get to work or you're getting fined?""I think it has to do with when they have injuries and stuff," Shanahan told reporters. "I don't sit there and kind of play that game. That's how the league works right now. That's how the rules are. You have a hold-in, guys usually have something wrong with them, so they can keep doing that. And so I just coach the team."Asked later to clarify the situation, Shanahan made it clear that Aiyuk is technically claiming that he's injured."I'm just saying when you guys call it a hold-in, and I'm not disagreeing with you guys on that, but people say that they're hurt," Shanahan said. "I think B.A. has...

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