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I mean if you read the ESPN article on the situation, it said he was earning praise at training camp this year but at the same time he somehow violated the terms of the April 1st guaranteed money that got picked up. It doesn't disclose what those terms were. Until we know that, it's probably not going to be very clear what the situation is. It doesn't sound like there is any specific strife at the moment but that he just isn't ready to play yet. Now, if you want to start some conspiracy theory on that.....perhaps they would rather not risk him being injured BECAUSE they want to move on from him in a trade. I guess we will see the resolution of that during the season. If I were them, now that a big chunk of that guaranteed money is voided, I would let him hit the field. Hopefully he shows out and you can get a higher return on the trade. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47053369/san-francisco-49ers-voided-guaranteed-money-brandon-aiyuk-deal-2026

Eh, I was very consistent on my 4-7 wins prediction. Looks like the upper end of that is possible and maybe even beating those expectations. It's been better than I anticipated in a lot of ways this season.

Yeah, we probably used up all our extreme injury luck with Thomas Davis. That well is dried up.

Since I am not really sure people are actually referencing his deal: https://overthecap.com/player/brandon-aiyuk/8765

That's not exactly the order of operations. He threatened to hold out/complained/etc, they extended him and then he promptly blew his knee out the next season. The fact that he hasn't been able to get back isn't a good sign for his future so I am sure they are protecting their financial future by opting out of this bonus money for 2026. It gives them the flexibility to move on from him if he is unable to return to form or unable to return at all. He has injury guarantees in his contract, so he will be fine.

It's not promised, it's an option bonus. The voided the option amount for next season.

That 49ers front office has been very good, so I don't think they are about to do something stupid like just summarily cut him without any attempt to move him. I get that as a Panther fan, you have no concept of what logical and smart front office decisions look like, believe me. But if you do look around the league, especially the much better run organizations, there is actually intent that even a layman can understand. It doesn't have to be shrouded in Matt Rhule/Scott Fitterer "Trust Me Bro" bullshit. The voiding of the guarantee isn't murky. It signals the intent to move on or negotiate. I am going to say it's probably 70/30 on that one. Aiyuk already has pocketed about $46 mil from the deal, so he may not feel the need to be as aggressive as he was prior to that extension. Depends on if he really wants to be a 49er or not, TBH.

I mean, seriously, that is our luck.

I doubt he would care about the other WR's. I think he'd be pissed about the QB situation. It doesn't matter, this guy is never going to be in Carolina so it's pointless to fret over it. This is Tee Higgins 2.0.

That's just chirping. Think about that from a logic standpoint. If you don't want a player back, signing someone to a 4 year, $120 mil deal isn't the way to communicate that. The whole "didn't want him" was absolutely absurd. They could have traded him or cut him or whatever. They signed a mega extension instead. The actions are the proof. Also, they aren't going to cut him. He is either gonna stay a 49er or they are going to attempt to trade him. Those are LOGICAL actions from a front office that is consistently among the best in the NFL.

I will point out that he is far more likely to get traded than released. So these reports of "releasing him" are absolutely absurd.

Honestly, the more relevant factor recently(in the playoffs) has been lack of ability to score. When we have been getting bounced out, we are going completely cold. The current goalie situation I have no idea what to make of. Freddie is cold as ice at the moment. Kochetkov is Kochetkov, so it will all be about what streak he is on in the playoffs. Bussi I have no real read on. He's extremely sketchy but has been steady for us, overall. I do feel like he is overachieving at the moment. Koochie is the only guy playing statistically well right now but we all know how that goes. Once he gets in a rut, there is no telling how long it will last.

I am gonna have to disagree. You don't sign someone to a large contract extension if you don't want them.

I think that is a price and attitude thing. Reportedly he was a bit of a handful for Shanahan, although admittedly not enough to not sign him to that big deal. I also think this may be much ado about nothing. If we plays this season, I suspect they will likely not move on from him.

The injury argument against him was strong but as others have pointed out you chose an injured RB of all things. Wilson was EXTREMELY CLEARLY a better football player than Wallace outside of injury/health concerns. We often seem to whiff on these sort of players(Trey Smith, etc) when we should be making these sort of moves. This is why I railed so much against our FO and their pursuit of RAS/Underwear Olympics champions over great FOOTBALL PLAYERS. Now with all that being said.......Wilson has started 8 total games in his career. He is technically piling up these stats as a backup player. Had we built our roster better, Wallace might have the benefit of being a backup player racking up stats surrounded by better LB's, as well. Instead he is getting abused game in and game out as a starter before he is ready to be such.

I mean you literally are attempting to justify our -60 differential as unimportant in your first post in this thread. Well, having a negative point differential(to the tune of -3.8/ppg) through 11 games is a very strong indicator of being a bad team. If anything, we have largely been overachieving stastically. The on field results also bear that out. So if we end up, and I think this is likely, as a 7-8 win team, with an even more substantially negative point differential at the end of this season how would this statistic not matter? Point differential is the most basic statistic in existence that one can look at to largely guage the results. You do need to score more than your opponent to win.

Yeah, it is wild that we keep clawing back and thriving with all these different lineup combos and players coming and going. Say what you want about how some things have gone over the past few years but our roster construction is exceptional. We really have loaded up on guys in free agency and through the draft that really fit Rod's system. It's gonna come down to the usual things, I think. Can we elevate our play in the playoffs? That's the big thing we have lacked. Eventually we just hit an opponent that can dig deeper and scrap harder than us. It's funny because we always have these teams we cannot seem to get past in the playoffs(Bruins, Tampa, NYR, Florida) that we eventually outlast and outbuild. I guess possiblu that will be the way we win a Cup in the end. Just outlast and outbuild them all.

He is shaky at times. Scary AF to watch. Yeah, he loses focus too easily.

Man...that was stressful.

Goddammit Miller. You dumb fug.

Man...Bussi is scary but solid.

Bussi with a butthole puckering save. Sheesh.

Yeah, without being 100% on defense still, I do get it.

Dammit. fuging 5 hole skate deflection again.

I don't think it's anything crazy.