Looks like the 49ers are in no rush to release Brandon Aiyuk, should the Commanders pivot?
The Kevin Sheehan Show
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🗓️ 31 March 2026
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| 0:00.0 | So yesterday out at the league meetings, the 49ers brass, Kyle Shanahan, John Lynch, and the owner, Jed York, asked a ton of questions about the Brandon Ayuk situation. |
| 0:14.6 | And Kyle basically, look, you can tell, and you could tell this when the season ended, they're not very happy |
| 0:21.1 | with Brandon Ayyuk. They feel like they were taken to the cleaners on this. I mean, we've |
| 0:28.7 | talked about this many times, but the fact that they were able to pull back close to $30 million |
| 0:35.2 | of owed money to Brandon Ayuk and void that amount in his deal. |
| 0:41.5 | And Iyuk didn't even fight it. |
| 0:43.8 | Tells you that, you know, this was probably more on IUC than it was on the 49ers. |
| 0:51.7 | Kyle said with respect to when is something going to happen with Brandon Iuk. |
| 0:57.4 | He said, I don't have a date for it, but I know eventually it'll resolve itself. |
| 1:01.9 | Hopefully we could get something for him, and I know we're in no rush to do that. |
| 1:06.6 | You've got to do what's right for the Niners, and you're not going to try to hook up any other team as fast as you possibly can. |
| 1:13.4 | Hopefully we can get something for that, and it'll take care of itself. |
| 1:18.4 | Jed York, the owner, when asked about Ayuk, said, I think anything's possible. |
| 1:24.2 | We want to make sure that we have as talented of a roster as possible. First and foremost, |
| 1:29.5 | he needs to get healthy and be able to perform. I think once that happens, he's a really, |
| 1:34.3 | really good football player. I'll tell you, the two different answers sort of, you know, reflect |
| 1:42.3 | Jed York's ability to set up a potential negotiation or a potential |
| 1:47.8 | trade option as like, let's not kill the player in public and then try to trade them. |
| 1:54.6 | And I think that's what's what Kyle's doing. |
| 1:56.5 | Kyle's frustration and even John Lynch's frustration has boiled over to the point where they don't want |
| 2:02.4 | to do anything to help him. They don't feel like they owe him anything. And they certainly |
| 2:06.2 | don't want to help another team sign him for a one-year prove-it deal after picking him up |
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