Last week it was reported that the camp of San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuki and the Jacksonville Jaguars recently lost Calvin Ridley to the Tennesee Titans in free agency.This is how I interpreted Mia’s tweet: The 49ers asked for the first round pick of the Jaguars. No. 17 overall in this year’s draft and a solid player, Zay Jones — a 6’2, 200-pound veteran entering the final year of his contract.Jacksonville challenged that idea, giving up a first-round pick and giving Aiyuki north of $23 million a year, and the deal fell through.
To understand how we got here and to appreciate all that this moment represents, we need to rewind.Instead of downplaying such reports, I would look at them through a lens of imagining all that we don’t know or news that we will tell. never see daylight Would I trade Aiyuki? Absolutely not. Is there a deal that would change my mind? Absolutely, yes.This is a business and the 49ers must act in the best interest of the team in 2024 and beyond.
That means they’re considering all their options, from taking a pay cut on an expensive defensive tackle to trading a rising star.One reason the 49ers are shopping Aiyuki is because his asking price is higher than what they would buy . . be prepared to pay. So instead of paying money for a receiver they developed into a primary weapon at the starting position, they traded him for a first-round pick, drafted a replacement, rinsed, rinsed and repeated.Niners fans found Mia O’Brien. — the reporter who originally tweeted about Aiyuki and the Jaguars — prompted O’Brien to clarify the potential trade between San Francisco and Jacksonville:.
