Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility
49ers GM Hopes to Get Brandon Aiyuk Contract Extension Done Sooner Rather Than Later
gvw_ap_news
By Associated Press
Published 9 months ago on
April 23, 2024

49ers GM optimistic about Brandon Aiyuk's contract extension. Aiyuk seeks a long-term deal as Lynch aims to secure the star receiver's future in San Francisco. (Wikipedia)

Share

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...

SANTA CLARA — Brandon Aiyuk is staying away from the San Francisco 49ers facility at the start of the offseason program as he seeks a lucrative long-term contract.

That doesn’t mean that the 49ers don’t believe he will be part of the team when the season starts. General manager John Lynch is hopeful of getting a deal done to keep Aiyuk in San Francisco for several more seasons.

“I’ve communicated on many occasions our wish and our wish is that he’s here and a part of the Niners for the rest of his career,” Lynch said Monday. “We’re working through that.”

Aiyuk is set to play on the fifth-year option worth about $14.1 million this season and wants a long-term contract that would pay him significantly more money based on his production so far in his career. Several of the top receivers have contracts in the $25 million a year range.

The Niners have done a good job rewarding their homegrown stars, handing out megadeals the past four offseasons to George Kittle, Fred Warner, Deebo Samuel and Nick Bosa.

The last two of those deals pushed past the start of training camp, with Samuel missing the first few practices in 2022 and Bosa not signing until less than a week before the opener last season.

Both players said the long contract disputes weighed on them and impacted their performance during those seasons, adding to the urgency for San Francisco to get something done earlier this time around.

“I think that’s important,” Lynch said. “Human nature is that deadlines force these things. But I think you can always learn from situations, and you’d be a fool not to. I’d like to have our business tidied up. Those things, they ran the course they needed to. I’m proud of our record of getting the guys we want to get done, done. But I’m right there with everyone else. I’d sure like it to happen sooner.”

Lynch characterized the communication between the two sides as “good talks” and said he has heard from teams interested in acquiring Aiyuk if the Niners are willing to deal him.

But when asked whether he thought there was any chance that Aiyuk wasn’t on the team after the first round of the draft was over, Lynch simply said: “I wouldn’t anticipate that.”

Aiyuk’s Performance in the Previous Season

Aiyuk was a key part of San Francisco’s offense last season as he formed a great connection with quarterback Brock Purdy. Aiyuk had 75 catches and a career-high 1,375 yards last season with seven touchdowns as he earned second-team All-Pro honors.

Aiyuk has 269 catches for 3,931 yards and 25 TDs in four seasons since being drafted 25th overall in 2020 but has taken off since Purdy became quarterback.

“What we’ve done has been pretty cool,” Purdy said. “I’ve said this before: I’m just thankful I’ve had the opportunity to play with him, throw him the ball and win games with him. It’s been awesome. But we’re at the time of year where, obviously, you don’t know. As a player, it’s out of our control to sign guys and stuff, that’s up to the front office.”

RELATED TOPICS:

DON'T MISS

Former Fresno EOC Manager Sues Agency Claiming Harassment, Retaliation as Whistleblower

DON'T MISS

Israeli Forces Again Open Fire as Lebanese Try to Return Home, Lebanese Officials Say

DON'T MISS

Trump Criticizes Federal Reserve as Officials Eye Pause in Rate Cuts

DON'T MISS

Don’t Kill FEMA. Fix It.

DON'T MISS

3 Injured by Car Driven Into a Crowd in Philadelphia After Eagles Playoff Game

DON'T MISS

Madera County Operation ‘To Catch a Predator’ Yields 5 Arrests

DON'T MISS

New Trump Orders on Transgender Troops, COVID and More Expected on Hegseth’s First Day

DON'T MISS

Trump Seeks to Assert More Control Over California’s Water

DON'T MISS

Migrants Left Stranded After Trump Cancels Asylum Claims at Border

DON'T MISS

Valley Crime Stoppers’ Most Wanted Person of the Day: Timothy Allen Scruggs

UP NEXT

Israeli Forces Again Open Fire as Lebanese Try to Return Home, Lebanese Officials Say

UP NEXT

Trump Criticizes Federal Reserve as Officials Eye Pause in Rate Cuts

UP NEXT

Don’t Kill FEMA. Fix It.

UP NEXT

3 Injured by Car Driven Into a Crowd in Philadelphia After Eagles Playoff Game

UP NEXT

Madera County Operation ‘To Catch a Predator’ Yields 5 Arrests

UP NEXT

New Trump Orders on Transgender Troops, COVID and More Expected on Hegseth’s First Day

UP NEXT

Trump Seeks to Assert More Control Over California’s Water

UP NEXT

Migrants Left Stranded After Trump Cancels Asylum Claims at Border

UP NEXT

Valley Crime Stoppers’ Most Wanted Person of the Day: Timothy Allen Scruggs

UP NEXT

Tech Stocks Fall as Chinese Rival Threatens AI Lead; Nvidia Drops 14%

Don’t Kill FEMA. Fix It.

1 hour ago

3 Injured by Car Driven Into a Crowd in Philadelphia After Eagles Playoff Game

1 hour ago

Madera County Operation ‘To Catch a Predator’ Yields 5 Arrests

2 hours ago

New Trump Orders on Transgender Troops, COVID and More Expected on Hegseth’s First Day

2 hours ago

Trump Seeks to Assert More Control Over California’s Water

2 hours ago

Migrants Left Stranded After Trump Cancels Asylum Claims at Border

3 hours ago

Valley Crime Stoppers’ Most Wanted Person of the Day: Timothy Allen Scruggs

3 hours ago

Tech Stocks Fall as Chinese Rival Threatens AI Lead; Nvidia Drops 14%

3 hours ago

Fresno Police Arrest 9 in Weekend DUI Patrols

3 hours ago

Some State Lawmakers See New Opportunities to Pass Vaccine Exemptions

3 hours ago

Former Fresno EOC Manager Sues Agency Claiming Harassment, Retaliation as Whistleblower

The Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission’s former manager of equity and inclusions alleges in a civil lawsuit that she was harasse...

5 minutes ago

5 minutes ago

Former Fresno EOC Manager Sues Agency Claiming Harassment, Retaliation as Whistleblower

Displaced residents hug as they stand in front of the rubble of their destroyed house in Baalbek, eastern Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
9 minutes ago

Israeli Forces Again Open Fire as Lebanese Try to Return Home, Lebanese Officials Say

The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP File)
57 minutes ago

Trump Criticizes Federal Reserve as Officials Eye Pause in Rate Cuts

Fema flooding
1 hour ago

Don’t Kill FEMA. Fix It.

Police and emergency personnel assist multiple people who were struck by a car, at Broad and Spring Garden Street, while celebrating after the Eagles won the Washington Commanders vs. Philadelphia Eagles NFC Championship game in Philadelphia on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. (Elizabeth Robertson/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
1 hour ago

3 Injured by Car Driven Into a Crowd in Philadelphia After Eagles Playoff Game

Three masked suspects held residents at gunpoint during a home invasion in Madera Ranchos before fleeing with stolen items. (Madera County SO/File)
2 hours ago

Madera County Operation ‘To Catch a Predator’ Yields 5 Arrests

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, right, pats Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., on his shoulder as he answers questions from reporters after arriving at the Pentagon, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025 in Washington. (AP/Kevin Wolf)
2 hours ago

New Trump Orders on Transgender Troops, COVID and More Expected on Hegseth’s First Day

A fire hydrant that only has a 2.5 inch outlet, instead of the normal 4-inch outlet with higher water volume, in Palisades, Calif. on January 25, 2025. The White House on Sunday released an executive order by President Donald Trump that laid out a plan to exert the federal government’s role in California’s complex water management operations and claimed its authority to overrule state officials. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
2 hours ago

Trump Seeks to Assert More Control Over California’s Water

Help continue the work that gets you the news that matters most.

Search

Send this to a friend