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jonnydel
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Originally posted by DonnieDarko:
You can see the hamstring bothering him on film. I think it was Deebo's first catch, Aiyuk ran a deep post/over route and you could see a hitch in his giddyup. The consistency/better than the guy behind him thing is being overblown.
Shanahan's saying that until Aiyuk is 100% and is able to play like he's 100%, 100% of the time, then it makes no sense to not rotate often.
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mayo49
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Good it sounds like it's more him nursing an injury, then him being a diva or something.
[ Edited by mayo49 on Sep 15, 2021 at 12:05 PM ]
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Heroism
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Originally posted by mayo49:
Good it sounds like it's more him nursing an injury, then him being a diva or something.
It sure sounds to me like Shanny isn't very pleased with Aiyuk's performance. Otherwise, why even make this statement?
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mayo49
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Originally posted by Heroism:
Originally posted by mayo49:
Good it sounds like it's more him nursing an injury, then him being a diva or something.
It sure sounds to me like Shanny isn't very pleased with Aiyuk's performance. Otherwise, why even make this statement?
I think Shanny is trying to motivate him with those statements.
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Heroism
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Originally posted by mayo49:
I think Shanny is trying to motivate him with those statements.
Because he's not happy with his performance.
Aiyuk is being outplayed by a special teams guy that was cut by the Cardinals. Not good. Not good at all.
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jonnydel
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Here's the full transcript of the exchange. It's being overblown:
WR Brandon Aiyuk is obviously extremely attentive and very strong rookie season? Is there any sense of an exhale there, like he took his foot off the gas pedal a little bit?
"Not totally. Anytime you do have a setback with a hamstring and you have a guy behind you playing as well as [WR] Trent's [Sherfield] played, I know Trent wasn't a first-round draft pick, so that might not be as obvious with the talent level, but he's been a hell of a football player since he's been here. Aiyuk's been a little inconsistent because he's been in and out with his injury. And that's what we felt was the best chance for us last week. Aiyuk's still got a chance to get that spot up and not rotate as much, Trent just doesn't make that very easy. So, these three days are important in practice, how we balance out our game plan, how we balance out our routes. And I'm happy with Aiyuk. It's nothing against Aiyuk. I'm just also happy with Trent too. And I think both of them can continue to get better."
Where does he, he just started his second season, Aiyuk, where does he still need to grow?
"I'm not trying to single out any specifics, because it's like every player you've got to grow in every single area. So, I know this is all kind of like we're punishing Aiyuk or something, because Trent got even reps with them or we rotated those guys. I'm not going to sit here and say, he's got to do the A, B and C to get back out there. It's more, we've been practicing the last month and one guy has been there every day and the quarterback's got a lot of confidence in him. I do. If he wants to be out there every single play, he's got to be a lot better than the guy behind him."
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bmvanthiel
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Originally posted by hubbyt:
Lol..shanny annoys me with this stuff. With his comments and mind games. Is he there to help these young wideouts grow or just beat them down for every mistake? First couple weeks of camp the word was BA would be the #1 WR on the team even ahead of Deebo. Now he splitting time with Sherfield. Cmon man u aint keeping it real coach. Somethin else mustve went down
Me too. Kind of like how he handled the Pettis situation by dragging him through the mud through the media.
Maybe that's not the best way to handle young players. Maybe coach them up behind the scenes and say what you need there instead of coming to the media and bringing the player down.
I think that can be pretty detrimental to these young guys. Especially the Pettis situation where it looked like he needed confidence.
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niners94
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Originally posted by 49ersRing:
Originally posted by NYniner85:
Not looking good.
It's hurting us, not Aiyuk. They trade him and he'll breakout.
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JTB1974
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So what happens if Deebo doesn't have a good game on Sunday? Does he become the #3 WR vs the Packers?
I like Sherfield and I think he is going to be great for us but there are just things Aiyuk can do that he can't. It didn't hurt us vs the Lions because Deebo went off but going forward we are going to need Aiyuk out there as often as possible. Sherfield is not going to have those 8 catches for 100+ yards type games. And if god forbid Deebo gets hurt, Do you really want Sherfield out there as your #1 WR? Sherfield is a good #3 guy. He is not a #2 guy. He is not a guy who is going to go off if Deebo is being locked down. Take the Rams for example, Ramsey will be guarding Deebo.
