"The day [Aiyuk's extension] truly received completed, the 49ers have been buying and selling him to the Pittsburgh Steelers," Glazer mentioned. "It was already en route there, after which rapidly, Aiyuk occurred to indicate up early to the ability that day and went downstairs attempting to fulfill with Shanahan."
The message Aiyuk communicated to Shanahan, apparently, was that he needed to stay within the Bay Space, the place he has thrived in his profession beneath a head coach who is taken into account top-of-the-line offensive minds within the sport. However when Shanahan tried to unfold the phrase, there was an issue.
"Kyle Shanahan was attempting to get in contact with the entrance workplace, however they could not take his name as a result of they have been attempting to get the commerce completed with the Steelers. So Shanahan truly ran all the way in which upstairs [and said], 'Maintain it. Let's put a maintain on these commerce talks proper now. Pittsburgh, we'll name you proper again.' [49ers officials] went down and talked to Aiyuk for about two hours. They mentioned, 'Look, you've gotten till the tip of follow. We're both buying and selling you to Pittsburgh right now or you might take the deal that is been on the desk. It is as much as you, however you've gotten till the tip of follow.'"
Aiyuk quickly determined to stick with the 49ers in spite of everything. Now, the person coming off a career-best 1,342 receiving yards and a Tremendous Bowl run final season as soon as once more figures to play an enormous half in Shanahan's loaded offense in 2024.
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