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

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Hope they can suspend him for conduct detrimental to the team for a few games before he is released.

I read the definition, and this seems to fall under it.

Let him show up and he will probably do something stupid while there.

I'm starting to think this relationship is not going to be fixed.

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At this Point . Legal has to get Involved This guy here is posting and stating that he "Ripped off the 49ers" and has or had zero intentions of fulfilling the contract extension he signed.There is some Kinda Law called "Good Faith" or something like that when contracts are signed.

Or at this Point just trade him 2 the Commanders for Jake Moody...(Is he even on the Commanders still.. LoL)

Originally posted by 49HD87:
At this Point . Legal has to get Involved This guy here is posting and stating that he "Ripped off the 49ers" and has or had zero intentions of fulfilling the contract extension he signed.There is some Kinda Law called "Good Faith" or something like that when contracts are signed.

Or at this Point just trade him 2 the Commanders for Jake Moody...(Is he even on the Commanders still.. LoL)

F**k it. Just make him show his face at the facility before they release him. Make him work for it.

Originally posted by SmokeyJoe:

Originally posted by 49ers808:
You guys think all the social media stuff; requesting a trade; and videos aren't red flags? How would you classify it? Normal negotiations?

I'm in the camp of negotiating a contract the way that Fred Warner; George Kittle; Purdy etc.. does it. That's when I would say "There weren't red flags"

How you guys can say there were no red flags is completely beyond me but to each their own.

Negotiations are a two way street. Why wouldn't he request a trade if the other party to the negotiation ghosts talks for 3 months and won't budge off an offer significantly lower than his market value? Aiyuk exercising leverage is not a red flag.

You have put stock in unverified reports that favor Aiyuk's side of the story. There are also unverified reports that say the offer sat at 30mil through all the trade speculation. Aiyuk himself said he made it harder than it needed to be.

I don't know the specifics because there are multiple versions to choose from. What I can safely opine on is the outward behavior of both parties. Aiyuk has been a trainwreck from the trade demand to now.

And whether there were regrets from some regarding the contract, had he just acted professionally, injured or not, we'd be having a different conversation. The one thing that's clear, cutting bait from him looks more and more like the correct decision. Mistakes are made, things inevitably get messy. That's par for any franchise, but I can't say the org has done anything wrong post contract.

If we look at the sum total of how this team retains players, it's hard to argue that they aren't effective in negotiations. There have been some reports of tough negotiations, but generally we've done well to our core players and keeping things responsible with the cap.

Originally posted by Chance:
You have put stock in unverified reports that favor Aiyuk's side of the story. There are also unverified reports that say the offer sat at 30mil through all the trade speculation. Aiyuk himself said he made it harder than it needed to be.

I don't know the specifics because there are multiple versions to choose from. What I can safely opine on is the outward behavior of both parties. Aiyuk has been a trainwreck from the trade demand to now.

And whether there were regrets from some regarding the contract, had he just acted professionally, injured or not, we'd be having a different conversation. The one thing that's clear, cutting bait from him looks more and more like the correct decision. Mistakes are made, things inevitably get messy. That's par for any franchise, but I can't say the org has done anything wrong post contract.

If we look at the sum total of how this team retains players, it's hard to argue that they aren't effective in negotiations. There have been some reports of tough negotiations, but generally we've done well to our core players and keeping things responsible with the cap.

You're confused on the timeline. The 30 million dollar offer was presented in August after the team had tabled talks for 3 months and Aiyuk's hold in began. Aiyuk formally requested a trade in mid-July. The last offer he had received was a 26m/year offer in May:

https://www.si.com/nfl/takeaways-brandon-aiyuk-49ers-negotiations

Feel free to post reports that say otherwise.

LOL! What a waste of air! I hope they never release him. Keep him squirming like a worm.

Originally posted by SmokeyJoe:
Negotiations are a two way street. Why wouldn't he request a trade if the other party to the negotiation ghosts talks for 3 months and won't budge off an offer significantly lower than his market value? Aiyuk exercising leverage is not a red flag.

Well I guess we can just agree to disagree then. You see his antics and requesting a trade as "negotiating" and exercising leverage. I don't see any of the stuff he did as exercising leverage; Aiyuk himself admitted that he didn't have to do all the things that he did during negotiations. What he did would have been enough for me personally to go ahead with the trade; especially coming off of what happened with Deebo.

Originally posted by frenchmov:
I think they meant before extension but I would argue year 2 was a red flag, although he seemed to get over that hump but I guess not

Yeah so did I. He did a lot of his antics before the extension during the negotiations. Didn't get the offer he initially wanted and that led to the practice video; social media; requesting the trade. They found the teams that would've traded for him; but he didn't want to go to those teams. He wanted his cake and to eat it too. Didn't get it so he eventually signed back with the Niners.

I guess "He Mad" that the Commanders wasn't one of the teams that wanted to trade for him just like the 49ers "Mad" for re-signing him in the first place.

And here we are

Originally posted by pd24:
Hope they can suspend him for conduct detrimental to the team for a few games before he is released.

I read the definition, and this seems to fall under it.

Let him show up and he will probably do something stupid while there.

I've been saying it, BA isn't going to like what's coming once he isn't on the niners. Which I think teams know that. THey have MAJOR grievances they can file with the NFLPA. like major. and everytime he posts something saying dumb stuff, he makes it worse for himself.

He's going to have to pay back millions, probably be suspended, and we most likely never see him play again in the league. the commissioner isn't going to let a player treat orgs like this and just let him play. lol no way, IMO.

This fool has us fighting amongst ourselves. Stop and think about that for a moment. That is treacherous. It is wrong. And, if I may, it is smelly.

Originally posted by fropwns:

This fool has us fighting amongst ourselves. Stop and think about that for a moment. That is treacherous. It is wrong. And, if I may, it is smelly.

I'm ignoring anybody who tries to defend BA at this point.

They can't fight/argue from an indefensible position, I mean, they will try, but they will just look like clowns in the process.

Originally posted by SmokeyJoe:
You're confused on the timeline. The 30 million dollar offer was presented in August after the team had tabled talks for 3 months and Aiyuk's hold in began. Aiyuk formally requested a trade in mid-July. The last offer he had received was a 26m/year offer in May:

https://www.si.com/nfl/takeaways-brandon-aiyuk-49ers-negotiations

Feel free to post reports that say otherwise.

I may not remember this perfectly but if I recall, he ended up accepting the offer that was on the table for 3+ weeks. which that offer had the niners caving and giving more than they wanted to. The part that bothered me is that he held out for essentially no reason and just missed camp, came in looking like crap.

Both parties have blame though. niners shouldn't of waited to resign him, that was dumb. at the beginning of that off season - the WR market blew up. So Aiyuk wanted more money, which I understand his position. I didn't care for the way he went about it, is what it is. but Aiyuk was a stud - easily top 3 best all around WR in my opinion.

This has been a historic meltdown, IMO. I think Aiyuk is overly sensitive - which isn't good when you're professional athlete. I cant wait to eventually hear what made him do all of this. probably is that it was known people in the org didnt want to resign him or regretted doing it. which isn't a big deal.

Well I can admit I was wrong. I said Aypuke chose #11 because that was his IQ, and clearly I was wrong. There is no way his IQ is that high.