breaking news; brandon aiyuk suspended for 3 years……..
Brandon Aiyuk appears to have two paths to choose from.
NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Tuesday that the Pittsburgh Steelers and San Francisco 49ers have agreed upon parameters for a trade that would send Aiyuk to Pittsburgh, per sources. But Aiyuk also has a long-term contract offer from the 49ers, who have actively tried to keep him, if he wants to stay in San Francisco, Rapoport reported.
So far, Aiyuk hasn’t accepted San Francisco’s latest offer.
Terms of a potential trade are not yet known. Rapoport reported that the Steelers are in a good place with a contract extension for Aiyuk, should the trade go down.
The Aiyuk saga has taken many turns along the way. The 26-year-old wide receiver has been seeking a new contract extension, opting to sit out of organized team activities this summer, skip mandatory minicamp and request a trade prior to training camp. He’s been a hold-in so far during 49ers training camp, awaiting the next move.
It appears Aiyuk’s situation could reach a resolution soon, even if it’s not yet clear where he’ll end up playing in the 2024 NFL season.
Aiyuk, 26, is coming off a season in which he was named second-team All-Pro for the 49ers, notching a career-best 1,342 receiving yards in 16 games in 2023 and helping his team reach Super Bowl LVIII.
“The 49ers feel like they have already caved enough and caved more than they wanted to,: Garafolo told Puck Sports host “Jason “Puck” Puckett on the weekly “Mike Garafolo Show” on Friday (h/t Steelers Depot). “They have come up significantly from their offer in the spring. My reporting is that they are pretty much agreed to over the first three years of the deal, which is usually the hard part. That’s the the guarantee, the cash flow, the APY over the first couple of years, average per year and that Aiyuk just wants … an adjustment in the final year of the deal, which is not guaranteed.
“That year is never guaranteed and we’ve seen a lot of wide receivers and agents put big numbers in that last year to inflate the average per year. It doesn’t sound like that that’s exactly what want there more of a meaningful adjustment to that year but still not guaranteed and something that the 49ers could walk away from. That’s where the standoff is right now. I’ve called it uncomfortable and contentious at times. I think it’s still that but it’s really close to being done. That’s why the 49ers have said ‘We’re not going to make a move and and trade him away because we feel like we could still get this deal done.’ ”
