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I think that feels like a nice package there.

Yeah.

Wow.

Look at those phones light up.

It's Felger and Maz.

I'm a lot of respect for the 49ers in the way they're handling this because it's not easy to say no. It's not easy to not pay people when every single person in the world seemingly, certainly anybody with internet accesses, pay this man, pay this man, pay this man, pay this man. You don't pay everybody. Here's the deal. Brandon Iyuk is a really good player who was very productive on a Super Bowl team last year. Brandon and Eukas also, I'm just going to throw a dart at a wall here. Is he their ninth best player on the team? Like offense, defense, is he the 10th? They have a ton of good players. And I do think he's very good. I don't think he's a superstar. I don't think he's Justin Jefferson. I don't think he's Jamar Chase. He's a very good wide receiver that someone else will be lucky to have. And if you look at the Shanahan system in terms of like the convenient metaphor of a Swiss Army knife, it's like McCaffrey is the blade, Dibo's the screwdriver, Kittle is definitely the corkscrew. Like, Ayyuk is like the toothpick. Like, you like it and it's nice to have.

But, like, I think we can make do with this package without paying you killer money. Let someone else do it. We've been with Brandon for years. We know what he is. We know what he isn't. We'd love to have him. It's too expensive to pay that much money for our ninth best player. We have to say goodbye, and that's the way it's going to work.

Kyle Brand, NFL Network, respecting the Niners for holding the line on Brandon Ayuk. Not worth the money, Maz. Feels like that's more up your alley right there. Well, this is the crux of the argument with this guy. This is why there's a contract dispute in the first place. I was just reading up on a little of it too. San Francisco wants to pay him like a number two receiver. He wants number one money. Okay, now how do you solve that? So, you know, now if someone brings him in and he's that number one guy, then who cares? Right? You've got the guy you want it. I'm just not sure he's that guy.

Now, the Patriots, the dilemma is obvious for the Patriots.

They are in no position to demand anything.

They have no leverage.

They suck.

So you want the guy and you don't want Cal, you don't want him to use you the way Calvin Ridley did?

You've got to pay them out the nose, and you've got to satisfy San Francisco's needs to. Here are the highest paid receivers in the game, a couple different metrics. But I think this is what it would take for Ayuk. You've got to put them up here. If not number one, you've got to put them somewhere on the list. I know where you want to start, Vinny, if you could throw up a graphic for me so I can read off of it here on the simulcast on NBC Sports.

You're not going. You've got to put them somewhere on the list. I know where you want to start. Vinny, if you could throw up a graphic for me so I can read off of it here on the simulcast on NBC Sports.

You're not going to have a graphic. They're having issues. Of course. Because just when we wanted it or needed it, we're going to do it. Exactly. I think Vinny sent the graphic in your email. He did. now I have to dig through my email.

You want me to get it?

No, I got it.

Okay, go ahead.

Hold on.

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