Report: Steelers’ contract offer to Aiyuk is less than $28 million per year Originally appeared in NBC Bay Area Sports
Brandon Aiyuk is discovering that the lucrative, top-quality contract he seeks may not be available.
Aside from the New England Patriots, who are reportedly willing to offer Aiyuk upwards of $30 million per season, it appears no team is willing to pay the 49ers’ star wide receiver the money he wants. including the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer reported in his MMQB column on Monday that Steelers offer contract to Aiyuk It’s close to what the 49ers are offering the 26-year-old.
That likely explains why Aiyuk and the 49ers resumed their own contract negotiations in recent weeks.
“The Brandon Aiyuk situation is lingering and I don’t have much to add to that,” Breer wrote. “The San Francisco 49ers star didn’t want to go to New England, which offered him more than $30 million a year in its proposals, or the Cleveland Browns. The Steelers’ price tag was less than $28 million, putting Pittsburgh right in the Niners’ neighborhood, with Mike Tomlin’s presence as an attraction.
“That, in turn, pushed Aiyuk back to the table with the Niners.”
NFL Media’s Mike Garafolo reported last Tuesday that Aiyuk and the 49ers had Offers for exchanged contracts that were within reach of each other, but there was one last obstacle to reaching an agreement.
Then on Friday, Garafolo broke the story by reporting that the parties had agreed on the details of the first three years of a proposed contract, but that Aiyuk wanted the 49ers to make an adjustment in the last non-guaranteed year of the contract.
Aiyuk, who is under contract for 2024 for 14.1 million dollarshas I was at the 49ers practice the last few days.but Has not participated in any trainingHe also missed San Francisco’s first two 2024 NFL preseason games and is unlikely to play in the exhibition finale even if he signed earlier this week.
If the Steelers aren’t offering considerably more than the 49ers, Aiyuk may have no other choice but eventually return to San Francisco.
