Originally posted by jonnydel:
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."
I think Kyle explained well enough.. Kinda like what we have all seen. Sherfield playing and showing more than what he's supposed to be. And Aiyuk sorta not 100% enough to make them leave Sherfield on the sideline.
Good problem to have. Deebo, Aiyuk, Sherfield
[ Edited by qnnhan7 on Sep 15, 2021 at 1:28 PM ]