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

Originally posted by DRCHOWDER:

HOLY SH*T: #49ERS HC KYLE SHANAHAN ON WR BRANDON AIYUK😳

"We haven't seen him in forever. I haven't seen him in a month. Hasn't been an issue with our team at all. We've been plugging away. No big deal"

The team places Aiyuk on the reserve/left team list.pic.twitter.com/xWmYfpJgqa

— MLFootball (@MLFootball) December 15, 2025

BA's a team player. (sarcasm here)

So the Niners haven't seen him before the story broke where they voided his guarantees? Man this dude is dumber than a box of rocks.

Even if he was unhappy i'd still think he'd have more leverage on his future by fulfilling his contract obligations while injured. He could demand a trade this offseason and tell whatever NFL team he wants to go to that he'd be willing to rework his contract. Instead he forfeited his guarantees and now he's going to have to sign a one year prove it deal.

This dude is short bus special.
__PRESENT

Now that he's on that list it looks like we've definitely seen the last of him. Certainly there won't be any more talk about him being activated this season. His trade value is going to be low after this and that long recovery from injury.

Originally posted by Afrikan:

Originally posted by Hysterikal:
We will find out what his motives are eventually. Im betting he truly thinks he's a Jamaar Chase/Justin Jefferson level WR and wants to get the targets those 2 get normally. And his besty Daniel's is probably telling him if he comes to Washington he will feed him more balls than Riley Reid. Dudes gonna be woefully humbled when he realizes the reason he had all that separation here is cause CMC and Kittle are the first 2 players defenses were concerned with.

Yes, watch his interview I keep bringing up. He talked about how he views himself. He put up just as good #s with way less passes thrown his way. I mean there is a reason he was elected All Pro. He's one of the best in the league, and was voted so by his peers.

Kyle Shanahan. He shouldn't compare himself to great receivers when he's not even the teams #1 or #2 hell he wasn't even the #3 option during his All pro season.

Speaking of T.O.

https://youtube.com/shorts/dGzKQQJr_GU?si=7jxl2z_a_jc8n0xN

Since he left the team, do we still have to pay him?

Originally posted by glorydayz:
Since he left the team, do we still have to pay him?

I suspect the team will do what they can to get back whatever money they can, but such details may only come available later on down the line.

Wonder if there are any WR's we can pickup with the money we saved when we get rid of Aiyuk? Don't want to make a big splash, but someone serviceable and Fast.

Originally posted by RiceOwensStokes:
Speaking of T.O.

https://youtube.com/shorts/dGzKQQJr_GU?si=7jxl2z_a_jc8n0xN

Originally posted by InfernoDaLuz:

Originally posted by RiceOwensStokes:
Speaking of T.O.

https://youtube.com/shorts/dGzKQQJr_GU?si=7jxl2z_a_jc8n0xN

I agree with T.O. he knows what it takes to be a #1 after all

Originally posted by Afrikan:

Originally posted by leakyfausett:
Well I guess everyone now knows why his practice window hasn't been opened. I hope the front office and Shanahan have learned from this debacle. Ayuik is one year wonder at this point and is the biggest baby quitter ever. Eat the dead money and dump this cancer. Let him destroy some other teams Wr room.

... this is what I'm talking about. Like what in the heck are you talking about?

Yall just make up s**t and pat yourself on the back, as well as other lemming fans who also pat yall on the back.

He is a quitter. That is not made up. End of story. There is no defense for it.

TO is right. If you've watch JonnyDel or Kurt Warner or JT O'Sullivan you've seen Kyle putting defenders in conflict and it just so happens that when a defender has to choose between guarding Aiyuk or CMC/Kittle they're choosing the later 90% of the time and Aiyuk is never seeing the increased defensive attention. Teams build their whole game plan around stopping 2-4 other players on offense while Jennings and Aiyuk are just winning one on one. Admittedly they do a great job of winning one on one but that's should warrant Tyreke Hill money

Originally posted by miked1978:
So the Niners haven't seen him before the story broke where they voided his guarantees? Man this dude is dumber than a box of rocks.

Even if he was unhappy i'd still think he'd have more leverage on his future by fulfilling his contract obligations while injured. He could demand a trade this offseason and tell whatever NFL team he wants to go to that he'd be willing to rework his contract. Instead he forfeited his guarantees and now he's going to have to sign a one year prove it deal.

This dude is short bus special.
__PRESENT

One angle that we don't know is how bad the injury currently is. We know he was jogging straight line before game 1, but can he sprint and cut? If he doesn't have any separation ability and he's not recovering the team making this public hurts his chances to resign anywhere else. They might of worked a gentleman's agreement we drop you, you don't file a grievance with the NFLPA then you are free to do your own thing next season and market yourself. Otherwise we need to report everything while you're on the team.

Chances are that he's made enough money the past 2 years, doesn't care like he did in TC last year and to start the season and he's done for now with football.

If Purdy had just seen him over the middle in the Superbowl OT......

Niners Win, Aiyuk is a 49er legend with John Taylor and the timeline is much much brighter all around.

Originally posted by bigmur49:
If Purdy had just seen him over the middle in the Superbowl OT......

Niners Win, Aiyuk is a 49er legend with John Taylor and the timeline is much much brighter all around.

McKivitz and Burford letting Jones break through untouched prevented him the extra second needed to make that happen.