San Francisco 49ers insider Matt Maiocco of NBC Sports activities Bay Space is not so certain the membership will signal star extensive receiver Brandon Aiyuk to a contract extension this summer season.
“This yr, I can see the place they need to decide, and I believe it is a logical and cheap resolution that they might make that, ‘Hey, as a substitute of re-signing Aiyuk for this quantity, let’s re-sign these guys, a number of guys, and let Aiyuk stroll now,'” Maiocco mentioned throughout a Monday look on “The Purple and Daring Present” whereas referring to different San Francisco gamers searching for offers, as shared by David Bonilla of 49ers Webzone. “After which, what I’d see is the 49ers would then, once more, if they do not get this multi-year extension executed with [Aiyuk], they’d franchise him on the finish of the season and possibly commerce him at that time.”
Many nationwide analysts and reporters have anticipated because the spring that San Francisco will ink Aiyuk, who’s within the remaining yr of his rookie contract, to an extension after the 26-year-old turned Brock Purdy’s favourite goal throughout Purdy’s first full season as a full-time beginning quarterback.
Nonetheless, the reality that the 49ers could signal Purdy to an enormous extension subsequent offseason is only one motive San Francisco might preserve Aiyuk on his current settlement via the upcoming marketing campaign.
“Sooner or later, in case your roster is filled with actually good gamers, you may’t proceed to pay market worth,” Maiocco defined. “It simply does not work.”
Some proceed to hyperlink Aiyuk with receiver-needy groups such because the Pittsburgh Steelers and Washington Commanders. With that mentioned, the 49ers are attempting to make a second straight journey to a Tremendous Bowl and don’t have any motive to commerce an offensive weapon that’s beneath contract and possibly could not get replaced through a commerce till March 2025 on the earliest.
In line with Bonilla, Maiocco thinks there is a “50/50” likelihood the 49ers will signal Aiyuk to an extension earlier than Week 1. It stays to be seen if Aiyuk would react to such a situation by staying away from the workforce via a minimum of one regular-season recreation in an try and get what he needs within the type of an extension or a commerce to a membership that may instantly pay him.
