{"id":354136,"date":"2026-06-10T03:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T03:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/354136\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T03:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T03:49:08","slug":"brandon-aiyuk-critiques-49ers-again-on-instagram-amid-contract-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/354136\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Aiyuk critiques 49ers again on Instagram amid contract dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brandon Aiyuk\u2019s recent emergence on social media now includes his bluntest message yet<\/a> about a mysterious estrangement with the 49ers.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou want to know why they really mad, though? They mad because they stupid. They dumb,\u201d Aiyuk posted Tuesday afternoon on Instagram. \u201cThey mad because they paid me $50 million in eight months, and then voided my guarantees for 2027. And I\u2019m about to be on a new team in 2027.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey mad at themselves, for real. They just acting likey they mad at me but they stupid (expletive) mad at themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch have repeatedly indicated that Aiyuk is not expected to resume his career with the 49ers. Team owner Jed York, however, indicated March 30 that he\u2019d like to see Aiyuk return<\/a>, and that previously allocated money indeed was a motivating factor fot such a comeback.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think it helps your trade leverage. It\u2019s just, he\u2019s a good football player,\u201d York said at the\u00a0NFL\u2019s annual meeting. \u201cWe paid him. I think we\u2019ve paid him more millions of dollars in snaps that he\u2019s had. I would like to see him play for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aiyuk indeed received close to $50 million upon agreeing to a contract extension in August 2024, after a protracted standoff that included social-media salvos and trade requests. Then came an October 2024 knee injury, and because he didn\u2019t abide by their rehabilitation schedule, the 49ers voided his 2027 guarantees before last summer\u2019s training camp. Although he attended practices through September, he wasn\u2019t cleared to participate, and he ultimately vanished from the team by October, going incommunicado with coaches and teammates.<\/p>\n

The 49ers placed him on the reserve\/left squad list in December, and he remains under the control contractually until an eventual release or longshot trade, with no further money owed until a $25 million bill come Sept. 1.<\/p>\n

The Santa Clara County District Attorney\u2019s office issued an arrest warrant for Aiyuk<\/a> back in February, stemming from him speeding down Tasman Ave. past Levi\u2019s Stadium and posting a video of that in December. After news of that warrant spread last week, Aiyuk posted another video of himself racing a car, believed to be on an Atlanta-area racetrack.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Aiyuk surfaced on Instagram<\/a> and addressed his career being in limbo, stating the 49ers were scared to part with him and \u201cthey\u2019re running from the belt.\u201d Aiyuk has posted pictures of himself wearing a hat of the Washington Commanders, whose quarterback, Jayden Daniels, is one of Aiyuk\u2019s closest friends and former Arizona State teammates.<\/p>\n

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