Report: Brandon Aiyuk Sends San Francisco 49ers Massive Signal Amid Trade Rumors; Contract Talks

Several trade rumors have circulated in the previous few weeks. Aiyuk’s agent, Ryan Williams, has shut down any talk that there are serious talks between the 49ers and Pittsburgh Steelers. Williams also specified that Aiyuk has not requested a trade. On Monday, 49ers general manager John Lynch said the team has received phone calls for Aiyuk, but the team still has no plans to trade him.

Aiyuk has not been at the San Francisco 49ers offseason program

Aiyuk might not have requested a trade, but he’s letting the 49ers know that they need to expedite the process of paying him if they want his services for the upcoming season. According to Matt Barrows with The Athletic, Lynch said Aiyuk has missed the 49ers’ voluntary offseason program.

Aiyuk appears to send a message by not going

Aiyuk is following in the footsteps of Justin Jefferson and CeeDee Lamb, who didn’t show up for their respective teams’ workouts last week as they negotiate for better pay. As previously discussed on GH, Aiyuk said he deserved to earn an elite wide receiver’s contract because of how he does things the “right way” in the 49ers locker room:

Per the transcription of Aiyuk’s comment by Josh Alper with NBC Sports:

““I’m trying to get what I deserve,” Aiyuk said. “I feel like this season, this season playing football, I figured out who I was as a person and a player — what I bring to the table, what I bring to the locker room, what I bring to the organization. The value I hold when I walk in that building. People gonna follow me because I’ve done it the right way since I’ve been in that building. From the first day I walked in there to when I was in there earlier this morning. If they don’t see the worth in that, that’s all it is. It ain’t nothing else besides that. I can’t get into it. We got professionals working on both sides, so hopefully we can come to a professional agreement to continue playing professional football.”