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Brandon Aiyuk Indicates He Might be Unhappy on the 49ers

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Grant Cohn

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Brandon Aiyuk might want off the 49ers.

On Monday, the day after losing to the Chiefs in overtime of the Super Bowl, Aiyuk went on social media to express his displeasure with how the 49ers used him in the biggest game of the season. "Don't forget what got you there," Aiyuk wrote.

Then his brother went on social media to vent. "This is the exact reason why we leaving San Francisco," Aiyuk's brother wrote. "Thank you 49ers for drafting my brother we are forever grateful. BA to Vegas. Why does your All Pro 1,300 yard receiver have three catches in the Super Bowl?"

Then Aiyuk's girlfriend went on TikTok to vent: "This might be the last day we touch foot on Levi's Stadium because we might not be out here next season."

What a terrible look for the 49ers' young wide receiver after the biggest defeat of his career. He's supposed to be upset about his team losing the Super Bowl. Instead, he's upset about his stats in that game. How immature.

To be fair, he's going through a tremendously emotional time, plus he's got the stress of a contract negotiation coming up. He's not the first young wide receiver to lose patience during a contract negotiation.

It was only two years ago that Deebo Samuel requested a trade during the offseason when he was negotiating an extension with the 49ers -- they almost traded him during the draft that year. But they didn't, and they eventually worked things out with Samuel.

I assume the 49ers will work things out with Aiyuk, too.

Get ready for a dramatic offseason.

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Grant Cohn
GRANT COHN

Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.

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