Trade Confirm: Mega Super Star Agree Deal With 49ers….
San Francisco 49ers receiver Brandon Aiyuk is going into the final year of his contract for the 2024 NFL season and sounds
Appearing on the Nightcap podcast with Shannon Sharpe and Chad Johnson, the fourth-year receiver believes that talks with the 49ers haven’t reflected the value he brings to the team
“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. And just the value I hold when I walk in that building.”
rustrated that he and the team haven’t agreed to a new deal yet.
Last season, Aiyuk led the 49ers with 75 receptions for a career-high 1,342 yards (averaging 17.9 yards per catch) and seven touchdowns. He’s set to make $14.124 million for the upcoming campaign.
Teammate Deebo Samuel will be paid $23.85 million next season. Can the 49ers commit that much in a multi-year deal to another receiver while also having to address an extension and significant raise for q
Purdy will cost $1 million against San Francisco’s salary cap next season, according to Spotrac. That’s a major bargain for a starting quarterback who led his team to the Super Bowl and was viewed as an MVP candidate through most of the 2023 campaign. He’ll be a free agent after the 2025 season.
The 49ers are already projected to be $23.9 million over the cap in 2025. Clearing the space to pay Purdy and maintain a competitive roster means general manager John Lynch will have tough decisions to make. Lynch insists that trading Aiyuk isn’t an option he wants to pursue, however.
“We’re actively talking with Brandon trying to figure something out,” Lynch told ESPN. “We have a good history of working with the guys we want to get done to get something done, and it takes two sides.”
The All-Pro fullback agreed to a salary reduction on his existing contract in order to help the team stay under the NFL salary cap in 2024 and plan for the future.
On Tuesday at the NFL Annual Meeting, coach Kyle Shanahan expressed how vital Juszczyk agreeing to a paycut is to San Francisco’s present and future.
“It’s huge,” Shanahan said. “Kyle is a big part of this team, and has been since we got here. We would have hated to lose him. For Kyle to do that, it was great for us, great for him to stay with us. I’m really happy he decided to do that
The fullback signed a five-year, $27 million contract in 2021 that has now been reduced approximately $3.4 million in total earnings according to overthecap.com. Juszczyk’s willingness to adjust saved the team $4 million against the 2024 league salary cap of $255.4 million.
While the 49ers currently are under the cap, the space they have created will rollover and help the organization’s ability to pay quarterback Brock Purdy in 2025 when his affordable rookie contract comes to an end.
Team owner and CEO Jed York is thankful for the assist from Juszczyk and is proud of the environment that the franchise has built promoting a “team-first” mentality. York understands how it gives the organizatio
“I think those are little things that give us an advantage,” York said. “To sort of stay in that mix, stay in that hunt where your window of winning a Super Bowl can be extended because guys are willing to work with you to stay on the team and also give you the room to be able to go attract more people to be able to come in to the club.”
n a competitive edge in the league.
