SAD NEWS: As The 49ers’ most recent offer hasn’t satisfied Brandon Aiyuk, and he might reject it if…

Just when you think the Brandon Aiyuk saga might end, it keeps going.

Last week, it was reported that the 49ers have re-engaged Aiyuk in contract negotiations for the first time since May and felt optimistic that they’d get a deal done. But now it’s August 17, 2024, and a deal still isn’t done.

On his podcast, NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo recently provided an explanation of the most recent delay.

“The 49ers feel like they have already caved enough and caved more than they wanted to,” Garafolo stated. “They’ve improved a great deal since their spring offer. According to my reporting, they are essentially agreed upon for the first three years of the agreement, which is typically the challenging period. That’s the assurance, the cash flow, the average yearly growth rate, the APY for the first few years, and that Aiyuk only requests a change in the last year of the agreement, which is not assured. It’s never certain which year it will be.

“Last year, many wide receivers and agents overstated their figures in order to raise the average annually. That doesn’t seem to be precisely what he wants there. (He desires) a more significant, though still uncertain, improvement to that season that the 49ers could abandon. That is the current location of the standoff. At times, I’ve described it as awkward and controversial. Though I believe it’s still that, completion is very near. This is the reason the 49ers have stated, “We feel like we could still close this deal, so we’re not going to move and trade him away.”

TRANSLATION: Aiyuk is being avaricious, but the 49ers have been more than giving. He is clinging to unimportant things. He is acting in an irrational manner.

That’s how Garafolo depicts the impasse over the deal. which leads me to believe that he’s speaking with the group rather than Aiyuk’s agent. because Aiyuk is portrayed negatively and as immature in this article. In the event that Aiyuk is traded by the 49ers, they will be able to claim that they attempted to extend him but were forced to move him to Pittsburgh due to his unreasonable demands.