{"id":4145,"date":"2024-08-14T03:45:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T03:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=4145"},"modified":"2024-08-14T03:45:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T03:45:59","slug":"report-49ers-trade-saga-with-superstar-wr-brandon-aiyuk-takes-a-stunning-twist-that-has-everyone-scratching-their-heads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=4145","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: 49ers\u2019 Trade Saga With Superstar WR Brandon Aiyuk Takes A Stunning Twist That Has Everyone Scratching Their Heads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just when you think the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/brandon-aiyuk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brandon Aiyuk<\/a>&#8211;<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/san-francisco-49ers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a>\u00a0trade saga is about to conclude, another twist always seems to emerge\u2026.and today is no different.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday afternoon,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1823412682281668750\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NFL Network\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0Ian Rapoport reported that the 49ers and\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/pittsburgh-steelers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a>\u00a0were close to a Brandon Aiyuk trade. Rapoport stated that the Steelers and Aiyuk were \u201cin a good place on\u201d a new deal, and that the 49ers just had to sign off on it.<\/p>\n<p>But in an update on Tuesday evening,\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a>\u00a0Network\u2019s Mike Garafolo reported that another significant hurdle has emerged in a Steelers trade for the star wide receiver.<\/p>\n<p>According to Garafolo, Aiyuk prefers to remain with the 49ers and that the two sides have one last thing \u201cthat needs to be ironed out.\u201d If that matter gets finalized, Aiyuk will drop his trade request and and sign an extension, Garafolo stated.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">From The Insiders on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nflnetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nflnetwork<\/a>: The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/49ers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#49ers<\/a> and Brandon Aiyuk aren\u2019t that far apart on a deal, which is why they haven\u2019t pulled the trigger on a trade to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Steelers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Steelers<\/a> and Aiyuk is still hoping they can clear one final hurdle in the negotiations. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hyJvFckRrn\">pic.twitter.com\/hyJvFckRrn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeGarafolo\/status\/1823500445228097856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As Garafolo noted, the 49ers had a similar situation two years ago with fellow star wideout Deebo Samuel. The All-Pro asked for a trade after initial contract talks went nowhere, but the two sides later agreed to a three-year extension.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">PURDY TO AIYUK. 76-YARD TOUCHDOWN.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TBvsSF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TBvsSF<\/a> on FOX<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcf1: Stream on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFLPlus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NFLPlus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jckqnJwdb2\">https:\/\/t.co\/jckqnJwdb2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PQMIcpKyIW\">pic.twitter.com\/PQMIcpKyIW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/1726370501831106668?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Brandon Aiyuk is coming off a career year in which he caught 75 passes for 1,342 yards and seven touchdowns. He helped the 49ers to a Super Bowl 58 appearance, where they fell to the Kansas City Chiefs in overtime.<\/p>\n<p>Over his first four seasons, Aiyuk has 269 receptions for 3,931 yards and 25 touchdowns.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-49ers-are-better-off-paying-brandon-aiyuk\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">49ers Are Better Off Paying Brandon Aiyuk<\/h2>\n<p>The 49ers would surely get at least one first-round pick in a Brandon Aiyuk trade. But at the end of the day, GM John Lynch and head coach Kyle Shanahan are better off paying Aiyuk and keeping him<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco is in win-now mode with Christian McCaffrey, Trent Williams, Deebo Samuel, Brock Purdy, George Kittle, Nick Bosa and Fred Warner in their primes. So it only makes sense to keep their No. 1 receiver to help their push for a Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just when you think the\u00a0Brandon Aiyuk&#8211;San Francisco 49ers\u00a0trade saga is about to conclude, another twist always seems to emerge\u2026.and today is no different. On Tuesday afternoon,\u00a0NFL Network\u2019s\u00a0Ian Rapoport reported that &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4147,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4145\/revisions\/4147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}