Three-time Super Bowl champion suggests Aiyuk should re-sign with the 49ers Originally appeared in NBC Bay Area Sports
Former New England Patriots wide receiver and Julian Edelman, Bay Area native know what you would do if you were in By Brandon Aiyuk shoes.
“If I was Brandon Alyuk, I’d be a Week 1 San Francisco (49ers) guy,” Edelman told Charissa Thompson on FOX’s pregame show before the 49ers’ preseason game against the New Orleans Saints on Sunday at Levi’s Stadium. “Usually a team goes out and wins a Super Bowl and everyone tries to cash in. They haven’t won a Super Bowl, but everyone tries to cash in.
“So if they can have the mental toughness, which means having the ability to do what’s best for the team when it’s not necessarily best for you. I’m just telling you, there’s a big prize at the end of the rainbow. That’s a big prize if they go out and do it.”
Aiyuk has He was left out of the entire training camp and both of the 49ers’ preseason games so far as he tries to secure a contract extension or a Exchange with a team that is willing to give him the treatment he wants.
NFL Media’s Mike Garafolo reported Friday that Aiyuk wants the 49ers to make a… Adapting to the last year of your contract proposal.
According to Garafolo, Aiyuk and the 49ers are in agreement on the first three years of a contract, but the final year is the one that is delayed.
Aiyuk, who is scheduled to perform $14.1 million in the fifth year of his rookie NFL contract, has been seen at 49ers practices but is not participating.
With just three weeks until the 49ers open the 2024 regular season against the New York Jets, the clock is ticking for Aiyuk and the team to come to an agreement early enough for him to get into game shape.
The 49ers are hoping Aiyuk was listening to Edelman, a three-year Super Bowl champion.