ALBERT BREER PREDICTS A BRANDON AIYUK DEAL WITH THE 49ERS AT $29 MILLION

It’s the weekend, which means more Brandon Aiyuk speculation for the San Francisco 49ers. It’s been a bit quiet this week. Last week we discussed a litany of issues around what he was offered, what he was worth, floors, ceilings and everything else.

This week, Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer chimed in on the recent reports that Aiyuk was offered $26 Million. In his recent mailbag, Breer was asked if the deal gets done and has this to say:

I think so. My buddy Mike Silver of the San Francisco Chronicle has the San Francisco 49ers’ offer at a new-money average of $26 million per year. My sense is that’s getting in the neighborhood of where they’ll have to lock up Brandon Aiyuk, whom they really do value and love.

I think the final number, if I had to guess, will wind up being $29 million per year, which would put Aiyuk past the Miami Dolphins’ Jaylen Waddle and Detroit Lions’ Amon-Ra St. Brown, and still behind the Minnesota Vikings’ Justin Jefferson by quite a bit (which would be understandable.

This seems in lime with what I would guess as well. As I said last week, if there’s anything they can argue over, they will argue over it. Meanwhile, deals are getting done and Aiyuk has more examples to point at.

$29 million seems like a fair ending to this. Aiyuk would lock up just under $30 million and as Breer says, go above Waddle and St. Brown. Of course it’s all going to boil down to the gaurantees on his deal. In this deals (especially with the San Francisco 49ers) It’s less about the number and more about the guarantees.

I do think the 49ers get the deal done to keep the Brock Purdy/Brandon Aiyuk connection going. That just leaves Deebo Samuel, George Kittle Trent Williams....

Oh and Brock Purdy in a year.

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