Brandon Aiyuk’s contract links 49ers to a possible business

The 49ers surely wanted to exchanged the receiver Brandon Aiyuk when they had the opportunity.

They could have. It was happening. Aiyuk was about to be Steeler. Then he expressed his desire to accept the best offer of the 49ers for a long -term agreement, and coach Kyle Shanahan literally run upstairs To prevent the job from passing.

The final result was a contract which now links the hands of the 49ers. No other team will take the balance of the agreement, given the injury of Aiyuk.

Earlier in the day, Adam Schefter of ESPN.com stressed that once the 49ers paid in Aiyuk a bonus of $ 22.85 million due on Tuesday “All trade discussions would be disabled. “But they have never been on, given that a new team should pay this amount to a player who may or may not be ready to leave in 2026.

There is another important wrinkle in the contract. Tuesday, an option bonus of $ 24.95 million 2026 is fully guaranteed.

With Aiyuk always recovering from the tear of the ACL, and since he did not tear him exactly before the injury, no one would take his agreement at this stage.

Could the 49ers simply reduce their losses and go from Aiyuk, before the additional 24.95 million dollars vests? No. Because Aiyuk cannot currently spend a physique, and because payment is already guaranteed for an injury, they still owed him money, even if they cut it.

So, yes, the 49ers regret it. Let them ever admit that it is a different problem. Again, do they need it?