Brandon Aiyuk added extra intrigue to his contract stalemate with the San Francisco 49ers with a put up to TikTok on Monday.
Within the video, Aiyuk is speaking through FaceTime with Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels, his former Arizona State teammate.
Aiyuk tells Daniels, “They mentioned they do not need me again.”
Daniels responds, “That is it?”
“I swear,” Aiyuk mentioned, prompting Daniels to shout, “My boy!”
Aiyuk wrote within the caption of the put up, “Im laughing however im crying fr.”
It’s unclear whether or not Aiyuk was implying the 49ers don’t need him again for this season or is saying the 49ers don’t need him past this season as a result of they’re unwilling to satisfy his calls for on what could be a profitable contract extension.
ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported this weekend that talks between the 49ers and Aiyuk “have stalled a bit.”
Aiyuk is getting into the ultimate yr of his rookie contract and is slated to depend $14.124 million towards the wage cap in 2024. The vast receiver is coming off a 75-catch, 1,342-yard, seven-touchdown season.
He did not take part within the 49ers’ offseason program and skipped the group’s necessary minicamp. He’s topic to fines in extra of $101,000 for boycotting the minicamp.
Minnesota Vikings vast receiver Justin Jefferson lately reset the vast receiver market along with his four-year extension that averages $35 million per season, making him the highest-paid non-quarterback within the NFL. The Philadelphia Eagles’ A.J. Brown ($32 million per season), Detroit Lions’ Amon-Ra St. Brown ($30 million per season) and Miami Dolphins’ Jaylen Waddle ($28.25 million per season) even have agreed to extensions this offseason.
49ers vast receiver Deebo Samuel mentioned in the course of the group’s minicamp that he has been in common contact with Aiyuk all through the offseason, providing his assist when wanted on the right way to navigate the contract state of affairs. Samuel agreed to a three-year extension with the 49ers in 2022, however not earlier than he demanded a commerce as a result of sluggish tempo of his contract talks. His prime piece of recommendation to Aiyuk has been to evangelise endurance.
“On the finish of the day, you need to get what you deserve, and also you hope it occurs,” Samuel mentioned. “But it surely’s not going to occur within the well timed method that you really want it to occur. It is only a ready recreation, and on this state of affairs, you simply let his agent talk with them they usually talk again and it is simply the forwards and backwards for a very long time.”
Info from ESPN’s Nick Wagoner was used on this report.
