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

Originally posted by Afrikan:
Fan in fanatics alright. 🤣

Acting like jealous ex-girlfriends... "I hope this happens to him!!!"

I'm more worried about the team long term. I'm curious if Kyle was 100% behind Aiyuk getting his money taken away (especially Aiyuk did something similar to players like CMC, Bosa, and others). And if he wasn't, how does that mess with his relationship with the front office. Not right now, but when things get tough. If the NFC is as wide open as some feel, and the AFC is also open, and the Super Bowl is at Levi's...

if EVER there was a time to not micromanage (to get back at someone you don't like) this was the season to do it.... or try to fix it (give the money back lol), when the season played out and it showed we have a hell of a chance of finally winning a Super Bowl, at home of all places.

So curious how Kyle is going to handle that.

Yeah I don't think the FO has their nose clean in all of this. They do weird things like finning a player over shorts is absolutely stupid. But just like Deebo everyone is going to act like this guy sucks lol. It's unfortunate they couldn't work out.

Originally posted by Bay2Bay9erAllday:
I have faith in the FO and how they handled this whole situation. That there wasn't any funny business from their end. So I'm not really worried about this backfiring from that end.

FO needs to go after every penny because that's what's best for the team going forward.

I have worked with and for people I never liked my whole career but I tell ya what. On payday, everyone is my best friend. I report to work to hit a lick and not to find my soulmate. Punch in, put in work and make cake

I am with you on the team doing what they must to be better moving forward

Originally posted by ninersrule4:
Yeah I don't think the FO has their nose clean in all of this. They do weird things like finning a player over shorts is absolutely stupid. But just like Deebo everyone is going to act like this guy sucks lol. It's unfortunate they couldn't work out.

We're only getting one side of the story, basically drip-fed to the press from our FO. The reaction you see is why they do it.

Originally posted by Afrikan:
If the FO is aggressive to go back and take more money, then I would expect Aiyuk and his legal team to do their part and make things as uncomfortable as possible to get them to stop or pay as much for it. Some dirty laundry might get aired/exposed, and who knows where that can take the team.

Again Aiyuk is not the conventional type player the front office has delt with in the past. He is stubborn and prideful.

This is just bs. Ayiuk folded when they took his bonus away. Ayiuk is lazy and I dont think he enjoys football. He wont be in the league by 2027

Originally posted by ninersrule4:
Yeah I don't think the FO has their nose clean in all of this. They do weird things like finning a player over shorts is absolutely stupid. But just like Deebo everyone is going to act like this guy sucks lol. It's unfortunate they couldn't work out.

Having their noses clean ain't a prerequisite for NFL ownership. Look at Jim Irsay. A Colts fan is gonna Colt regardless and same for the Niner fans. The deal is the deal and both parties have lawyers and agents so abide by the contract and get paid or do not and don't. Simple

Originally posted by Pillbusta:

Originally posted by ninersrule4:
Yeah I don't think the FO has their nose clean in all of this. They do weird things like finning a player over shorts is absolutely stupid. But just like Deebo everyone is going to act like this guy sucks lol. It's unfortunate they couldn't work out.

Having their noses clean ain't a prerequisite for NFL ownership. Look at Jim Irsay. A Colts fan is gonna Colt regardless and same for the Niner fans. The deal is the deal and both parties have lawyers and agents so abide by the contract and get paid or do not and don't. Simple

My point is people are literally saying it's because BA is unstable. You don't know that. We have ZERO idea what the FO did behind closed doors. The whole situation was weird enough that I think both parties pulled shady s**t. I highly doubt it's one sided.

Originally posted by Yeti:
This is just bs. Ayiuk folded when they took his bonus away. Ayiuk is lazy and I dont think he enjoys football. He wont be in the league by 2027

Don't care if he is, don't care if he makes All Pro. If he ain't here I don't care but I want my team to get back what bucks they can and spend it on other players that will help us win. I won't personally call dude lazy being the elite athlete that he is but I will say his deal has been a bad one for us and we need to salvage what we can from it

Originally posted by ninersrule4:
My point is people are literally saying it's because BA is unstable. You don't know that. We have ZERO idea what the FO did behind closed doors. The whole situation was weird enough that I think both parties pulled shady s**t. I highly doubt it's one sided.

Well I won't argue that but I know I personally do not care. The team is rich and so is Aiyuk so they will be fine. What I do care about is that my team gets to winning so I can get to bragging and smack talking!

Originally posted by Pillbusta:

Originally posted by ninersrule4:
My point is people are literally saying it's because BA is unstable. You don't know that. We have ZERO idea what the FO did behind closed doors. The whole situation was weird enough that I think both parties pulled shady s**t. I highly doubt it's one sided.

Well I won't argue that but I know I personally do not care. The team is rich and so is Aiyuk so they will be fine. What I do care about is that my team gets to winning so I can get to bragging and smack talking!

I just wish they could have worked it out. Losing BA is a big deal. Outside of Jennings he's been it as far as consistency from the WR spot. His 23 was so damn good. I don't have much faith in this WR core. Ricky has been very underwhelming but I know people are just going to use the injury excuse. Your best ability is availability. Now we need to go WR again early when we desperately need OL help.

Originally posted by gored49:

Originally posted by Afrikan:

Originally posted by WINiner:
I called it when he held out and went scortched earth public about it. Should have cut his ass then. Aiyuk was one of my favorite 49ers at one point and is now one of my most hated players in the NFL. I hope he goes to some s**t team and has a very mediocre career from here on out, and I hope the first time me play him, someone on our defense lays him the eff out.

And because he's done the same thing other players in the past have done... you want

Him to have a mediocre career and our players to injure him? And he's your most hated player. Someone who hasn't broke the law... caught doing nasty s**t...etc (he's in a happy relationship with a child).

Again yall act like bitter ex-girlfriends on this forum... not just you Win, many others.

It's not that yall personally hate him because he's done something horrible... but because he has REJECTED YALL! 🤣

Or at least that is how yall are taking it, unfortunately.

Why do you always find a need to defend these (ones that get on fans bad side to be clear) players? I get when you call people out for sounding racist but now you are coming off as a knight protecting someone that doesn't need it. Fans of our team (are you a fan?), are mad he treated our team like crap and feel like he disrespected the team… from what we have heard he refuses to show up, makes snide remarks about the team and constantly says he is out. Until there is more news or facts out this is the evidence fans have to judge. I don't know if WINiner is one of the annoying posters on this site or a good one but what he said comes off as totally normal as a fan. To be clear, as a fan I hope for the same of anyone on the Seahawks, cowboys, chiefs, ravens, etc. Think reasonable as a 49er fan.

I have to go help at a graduation party, so I'll touch on this more... but I've seen it happen before with our FO.

People got pissed at T.O. for stopping a trade to the Ravens, and we were *forced* to trade him for Brandon Whiting and a 3rd Pick. A potential HOFer in his prime, for that s**t. All T.O wanted was to get paid for his play... the FO didn't know how to handle him. Back then he also was a player that didn't get in trouble with the law. But was caught up in the media game and he didn't know how to handle it (or at least thought he was handling it the right way because he was being honest and they were not).

They tried to screw T.O. and it back fired lol. And we were left with s**t. Our running game all the sudden sucked the next year.. because we didn't have the threat of T.O. and his run blocking.

But there are other examples where the front offices turn their gullible fans against star players to save face when they lose them. That has happened in England with Newcastle United and Alexander Isak.. like that is their team.. they are hardcore fans... supposedly follow the news of the team but can't put two and two together and can't see how the team was using the media to trick them. And they thought they would be much better... they claimed they made that player... well that is not the case. They have struggled without their finisher and have dropped from the top 5 (Champions League qualifying) and are in the middle of the pack. They are still in denial and s**t on Isak every chance they get when they need to worry about their situation. The Manager has been an issue for a while now, but they have been in denial about him. Put him up on some pedal stool, it's such a trip to watch. (But yes Isak has struggled to start the season)

But yeah it's how I wish folks viewed their own life.. their own family... their own friends. Politics.. etc. Look deeper into situations. Why stuff happened. Be real about it. Learn from it. Don't be a homer.

Someone mentioned earlier that Aiyuk wants to be part of an offense that passes more... I heard from Aiyuk's himself say his issue with the Super Bowl was... when he got a certain amount of passes thrown his way through out that whole year, the offense and team was successful. In the Super Bowl he was getting open, yet we were throwing it to Deebo locked up against the best CB in the league that year. It confused him and made him think if there were other reasons to not go his way. I mean do yall remember when Raheem Mostert went crazy in the playoffs and single handily got us to the Super Bowl in 2019? YET to start the Super Bowl Kyle had Tevin Coleman taking all the carries to start the game for God knows how many series, before going back to Mostert?

I just don't think s**t as simple as a player is horrible...a cancer... bla bla. When we have seen teams screw players, at the team/fans expense, for their own weird reasons ($$$ or control).

So yeah I'm curious to see more s**t come out about this whole Aiyuk situation. He was an All Pro who blocked his ass off, ran his routes, and caught his passes... making incredible plays. Celebrated with his teammates. He is far from troubled players we have seen in the past. How did we (the team, FO) f**k it up from their end. Aiyuk f**ked it up by giving them a reason to break the contract. But was it worth it from our end? Many here think he will suck going forward. JUST like many said T.O. would suck.. continue to drop passes..etc when he left. But that wasn't the case. The only good thing we have now is a more competent GM than we had back then... so I'd think Lynch will find some solution eventually, but I hope it doesn't take a few seasons.

Edit- great now I'm going to be late to the graduation.

Originally posted by ninersrule4:
I just wish they could have worked it out. Losing BA is a big deal. Outside of Jennings he's been it as far as consistency from the WR spot. His 23 was so damn good. I don't have much faith in this WR core. Ricky has been very underwhelming but I know people are just going to use the injury excuse. Your best ability is availability. Now we need to go WR again early when we desperately need OL help.

Our passing offense has still been one of the most efficient in the league this season, and that includes playing more than half our games without the starting QB. It would certainly be nice to have an elite WR out there, but we can make up for it in other areas in the short term at least.

I personally would have preferred they used Aiyuk's money on other areas of the team... especially evaluating it at the time it was negotiated. Getting out of the contract is a good thing, especially considering the injury he suffered.

Originally posted by WINiner:
Aiyuk was one of my favorite 49ers at one point and is now one of my most hated players in the NFL.

6/23/25

Originally posted by Heroism:

BA is 100% gone next offseason. I predict that this dude will go down as one of the most hated 49ers in recent history when it's all said and done. Bookmark this.

I see things haven't changed much around here. Been gone a few years, and come right back to 49er fans arguing with 49er fans. Sure does feel like groundhog day.

Chunk ✌

Originally posted by Heroism:
6/23/25

Originally posted by Heroism:

BA is 100% gone next offseason. I predict that this dude will go down as one of the most hated 49ers in recent history when it's all said and done. Bookmark this.

Hero on a roll between this and the Eagles.

It's a shame. He was the only decent WR we've had in the KS era. It's too bad that the FO couldn't let go of their grudge against him and find a way to repair the relationship.