Yes, That was my point
. It was based on what he (someone else?) said the other day about ‘it’s only $3M more, are you going to cost your team a possible Super Bowl for $3M per year’
St Brown is a much much better player. It isn’t comparable IMO.
maybe now that he realizes $30M is a pipe dream he dropped his offer? They might have started lower than $28M and gave him their best and final. $28M is what Waddle got for 3 years. I’d say Waddle is a much better comp than the other players being mentioned So that probably around his value Although personally I think Waddle was paid more than his value so I could see SF wanting to stay a little below that and especially if they think DeeBo is going to feel underpaid the second they pay Aiyuk. Deebo to me is the real comp for Aiyuk and he got $23M per for 3 years, 3 years ago. So 3 years later you have to stay above that. I think $26M is pretty fair. Maybe $27M, but now that’s splitting hairs
Looks like the Niners and Steelers have been “in agreement” for “a while” now. Sounds like maybe Aiyuk is balking?? His bluff has been called and now he needs out his paw print on the contract with Pit, or work out something with the Niners.
From what I read the hold up is the 49ers. They have an offer in front of Ayuik that they want him to consider signing. Must not be good enough if this hasn’t been settled.
So who does Aiyuke want throwing passes to him? Russ or Brock? Is 2M per going to make a difference for any delta between the two? And having other weapons next to him to spread the defense away from focusing on him has to to be a value as well.
did,nt say shit on NFL live.
These are all questions for Ayuik and his family to answer. We are guessing the gap is 2 million but who knows. That could also just be AAV differences and not guaranteed money. That could also be different. If I’m an agent with the integrity in this game today, I’m telling players the only thing that matters is the guaranteed dollars.
I think he wants to stay in SF too but I am less convinced the Niners have acquiesced on those demands after Houshmanzada’s comments about $28 million. Who knows?
And Niners 5’9’’ 235 pound owners aren’t going to share with you any of the savings they can put in their pocket for nickel and diming the real talent in the equation. Nobody goes to the stadium or tunes in on tv to see the DiBartolo family count their money.
Aiyuk not sharing his contract with his white knights either. Generally fans just want their teams to be good and don't care about the money unless it leads to a degraded roster because a few of the players want a few slices of the pie which leaves less pie for the rest of the players.
Nice...should end the discussion.
And crying for the plight of a guy who will make in one season 9x what most “middle class”, educated people will make in their entire career is a tough sell as well.
yep...Aiyuk looks the greedy part.
You think fans cheer for mismanagement of their roster? When this gets settled we will move on to their starting LT and the thread about him being unsigned. If I’m a Niners fan and I’ve been in the NFC championship game 4 of the last 5 years and I haven’t seen my team win since the Clinton administration I don’t want to hear shit about cap allocation so they can compete in 2027. I guess fans want to root for the best players at the cheapest price but this is a mess. The relationship is definitely damaged if not ruined.
