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Brandon Aiyuk is Back Inside the 49ers Facility

Don't be surprised if Aiyuk gets his extension in the next week or two.

Grant Cohn

Nov 19, 2023; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk (11) runs after a catch for a 76-yard touchdown against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the third quarter at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 19, 2023; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk (11) runs after a catch for a 76-yard touchdown against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the third quarter at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports / Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports
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The Brandon Aiyuk Saga might come to an end soon.

Aiyuk just posted a video of himself on social media entering the 49ers facility first thing this morning. In the video, he appears to be in an extremely good mood as he's singing and dancing in the driver's seat. This comes just a couple days after Aiyuk and his agent had a face-to-face meeting with the 49ers at Aiyuk's request, a meeting which reportedly went well.

I'm guessing Aiyuk asked the 49ers to meet his asking price and extend his contract now or trade him as soon as possible. And I'm guessing the 49ers said they'd see what they could do. And now he's back in Levi's Stadium.

There are a few ways to interpret Aiyuk's latest social media post.

1. The 49ers finally caved and intend to give Aiyuk every penny that he asked for. It's clear he wants more than $30 million per season, but it's unclear how much guaranteed money he wants. Probably no less than $50 million guaranteed, considering the Eagles just gave A.J. Brown $51 million guaranteed and both he and Aiyuk were second-team All Pros last season. Maybe the 49ers decided Aiyuk is worth all that money to them.

2. The 49ers finally found a trade offer for Aiyuk that they like and they intend to move him soon. Maybe that's why Aiyuk was wearing a Pittsburgh Pirates hat in the video. Maybe he's getting traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

3. The video means absolutely nothing and Aiyuk is going to the facility to lift weights.

I think the most likely outcome is the first one -- the 49ers are on the verge of caving. They caved last year with Nick Bosa, and they can't afford Aiyuk to miss any time if they're serious about winning the Super Bowl this upcoming season.

Don't be surprised if Aiyuk gets his extension in the next week or two.

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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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