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

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Originally posted by MinerForty-Niner:
Why didn't SF just stick to a number and say 'this is our best and final offer, take it or we trade, that simple'? We could have gotten the Steelers #2 (pick 50) and money to have kept Greenlaw possibly. What a horrible decision to keep him when we knew it was not smart and good business.

Hindsight. If Aiyuk had the same year he did in 2023 nobody would even be talking about his contract. But he got hurt and now we are butthurt.

Good just in time to tank next years pick too! Meaningless games like greenlaw played when he came back

Originally posted by socalfan21:
Good just in time to tank next years pick too! Meaningless games like greenlaw played when he came back

there is no such thing as meaningless games. don't make me post jim mora.

Originally posted by miked1978:
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Originally posted by MinerForty-Niner:
Why didn't SF just stick to a number and say 'this is our best and final offer, take it or we trade, that simple'? We could have gotten the Steelers #2 (pick 50) and money to have kept Greenlaw possibly. What a horrible decision to keep him when we knew it was not smart and good business.

Hindsight. If Aiyuk had the same year he did in 2023 nobody would even be talking about his contract. But he got hurt and now we are butthurt.

If your grandma had wheels, she'd be a bike.

Originally posted by MinerForty-Niner:
Why didn't SF just stick to a number and say 'this is our best and final offer, take it or we trade, that simple'? We could have gotten the Steelers #2 (pick 50) and money to have kept Greenlaw possibly. What a horrible decision to keep him when we knew it was not smart and good business.

Hindsight is always 20/20.

Ugh i'd hate for him to come back midseason and then tear it again. I'd almost shut him down or bring him back later in the season (post week 10 maybe) if we're in contention for a playoff spot. If we shut him down, which is a possibility because i've seen weirder s**t happen especially with CMC, then we would have wasted 2 years with him.

Originally posted by Silky:
Ugh i'd hate for him to come back midseason and then tear it again. I'd almost shut him down or bring him back later in the season (post week 10 maybe) if we're in contention for a playoff spot. If we shut him down, which is a possibility because i've seen weirder s**t happen especially with CMC, then we would have wasted 2 years with him.

That's not how injuries like that work. You may as well keep the whole team off the field if you're worried about stuff like that.

Lol at that dude that was in denial and confident that BA would comeback before camp and have a 1k season. Not only is BA going to come back late, but prepare for him to look slow and stiff. He'll be BA again in 2026 (on another team).

Originally posted by socalfan21:
Good just in time to tank next years pick too! Meaningless games like greenlaw played when he came back

This is the sense I get, I don't think we are necessarily out of the playoff race but no way we are in contention unless we hit a home run on the draft plus some magical shi happens.

Originally posted by genus49:

Originally posted by Silky:
Ugh i'd hate for him to come back midseason and then tear it again. I'd almost shut him down or bring him back later in the season (post week 10 maybe) if we're in contention for a playoff spot. If we shut him down, which is a possibility because i've seen weirder s**t happen especially with CMC, then we would have wasted 2 years with him.

That's not how injuries like that work. You may as well keep the whole team off the field if you're worried about stuff like that.

The whole team isn't coming off an injury like BA

Originally posted by MinerForty-Niner:
Why didn't SF just stick to a number and say 'this is our best and final offer, take it or we trade, that simple'? We could have gotten the Steelers #2 (pick 50) and money to have kept Greenlaw possibly. What a horrible decision to keep him when we knew it was not smart and good business.

"This is our best and final offer, take it or we trade, that simple" was already done by Aiyuk.


Remember, Aiyuk was the one that brought the Steelers to the trade table (for the 2nd time last offseason). He had already worked out terms for an extension with Pittsburgh. Aiyuk replied to Brad (49ers media guy) the two options were to either pay him what he wanted or trade him. That Steelers offer was on the table for weeks and Lynch could have pulled that trigger at any time. The 49ers kept Aiyuk because they had no other choice really. Aiyuk plays a vital role in the offense.

The 49ers told Aiyuk they were trading him before the draft. Five teams were willing to trade for him then and pay Aiyuk his asking price of 26M AAV. What they weren't willing to do is give up the trade package Lynch was asking for. In late-February, early-March, the 49ers were asking for a player and first-found pick in return. Wide receivers the 49ers tried to trade for last offseason include Zay Jones, Justin Jefferson, Amari Cooper, George Pickens, Davante Adams, Terry McLaurin (WAS offered Dotson and 49ers countered with McLaurin), Courtland Sutton, and Kendrick Bourne. In the summer trade talks, the Browns and Patriots were willing to trade for Aiyuk, but only if he agreed to an extension with them. As much as some claimed the 49ers had all the leverage, they clearly didn't. Houshmandzadeh was making the media rounds in early June telling folks that Aiyuk would take 120M/4. Aiyuk stuck to that number until the very end and got it, along with more in guarantees. Him fighting for every dollar turned out to be the correct move because he suffered a catastrophic injury last season.

Bringing up Greenlaw is a perfect analog for showing how the 49ers would have operated he if was forced to play on the fifth-year option and got injured. Aiyuk did not prevent us from re-signing Greenlaw. Purdy's upcoming extension did not prevent us from re-signing Greenlaw. The salary cap situation, even after cutting/trading everyone, did not prevent us from re-signing Greenlaw. The 49ers simply didn't offer Greenlaw enough money to convince him to stay. The reporting was that the 49ers offered Greenlaw a one-year "prove it" deal and the Broncos deal was better. The 49ers supposedly made another run at him, but he committed to Denver. You don't have to believe me on this. Go to AB81Rules' salary cap post in this forum. He's talked about re-signing Greenlaw for months and how the cap would not be an impediment to doing so.

About what I thought wont be back till mid season and then he probably won't be up to speed for the whole season. 49ers better be drafting his replacement.

Originally posted by bud49:
About what I thought wont be back till mid season and then he probably won't be up to speed for the whole season. 49ers better be drafting his replacement.

They did that last year

Originally posted by frenchmov:

Originally posted by bud49:
About what I thought wont be back till mid season and then he probably won't be up to speed for the whole season. 49ers better be drafting his replacement.

They did that last year

Don't hurt to draft a couple of more WR's

Originally posted by bud49:
Don't hurt to draft a couple of more WR's

indeed coach has a good track record at this spot.