{"id":67060,"date":"2025-11-24T01:14:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T01:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/67060\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T01:14:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T01:14:13","slug":"brandon-aiyuk-potential-landing-spots-if-49ers-move-on-from-star-wide-receiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/67060\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Aiyuk potential landing spots if 49ers move on from star wide receiver"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brandon Aiyuk<\/a> hasn’t suited up for the San Francisco 49ers<\/a> in over a year, and his future with the franchise took a major turn recently.<\/p>\n

According to CBS Sports lead NFL<\/a> insider Jonathan Jones<\/a>, the 49ers voided Aiyuk’s guaranteed money<\/a> for the 2026 season during training camp, citing the wide receiver did not meet the requirements of his four-year, $120 million contract extension signed in August 2024.<\/p>\n

Saturday, coach Kyle Shanahan confirmed the team had voided the guarantees.<\/p>\n

“It takes a lot of things to get a contract voided,” Shanahan said. “I’ve never dealt with that in my career and been in any building that’s had that. It was unusual. But that’s stuff that I can’t get into right now.”<\/p>\n

Aiyuk tore his ACL in Week 7 of last season. He has not been ruled out for this season, but the recent reports on his contractual changes certainly put his future in San Francisco in doubt.<\/p>\n

Still, Aiyuk is only 27 years old and just two years removed from a 1,342-yard, seven-touchdown 2023 season that earned him second-team All-Pro honors. As such, he’d be an intriguing — and potentially quite popular — free agent if he is indeed one in the 2026 offseason. Here are some potential suitors.<\/p>\n

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The Commanders are enduring a disappointing 2025 season after breaking through for an NFC Championship Game berth in 2024, but there are plenty of connections here. Aiyuk played his college football<\/a> at Arizona State, where he was current Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels<\/a>‘ teammate. In fact, last summer, Aiyuk and Daniels talked during Aiyuk’s contract dispute<\/a>. Furthermore, Washington GM Adam Peters used to be in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

The Commanders’ lack of wide receiver depth has been on display this season as Terry McLaurin<\/a> has dealt with a quad injury. Deebo Samuel<\/a> — a former 49er — is in the final year of his deal. Washington is projected to have ample salary cap room and could look to add a wide receiver opposite McLaurin to bounce back in 2026.<\/p>\n

The Bills have struggled to find a top wide receiver to pair with Josh Allen<\/a> ever since they traded Stefon Diggs<\/a> after the 2023 season. Last year’s second-round pick, Keon Coleman<\/a>, has been a healthy scratch each of the last two weeks, and in Week 12’s loss to the Texans<\/a>, no Buffalo wide receiver could do much downfield.<\/p>\n

The Bills are very much in their Super Bowl<\/a> window, and Aiyuk could be a strong fit in what has been a major team need.<\/p>\n

No matter who is playing quarterback for Pittsburgh — a seemingly annual question ever since Ben Roethlisberger<\/a> departed — wide receiver is a significant need. The Steelers traded for and extended DK Metcalf<\/a> this offseason, but opposite him, it’s been a mishmash of younger players who haven’t delivered.<\/p>\n

The Steelers were reportedly interested in acquiring Aiyuk<\/a> during the 2024 offseason. Perhaps two offseasons later, they could make it work.<\/p>\n

New GM James Gladstone certainly hasn’t been shy, and beyond Brian Thomas Jr<\/a>. and Travis Hunter<\/a> — whose rookie season ended with a knee injury and whose position remains up in the air — the rest of Jacksonville’s wide receivers are scheduled to be free agents.<\/p>\n

Aiyuk and Thomas Jr. could form a promising outside wide receiver group, and given Gladstone’s willingness to make bold moves to improve Trevor Lawrence’s<\/a> surroundings, Aiyuk could be a fit.<\/p>\n

The non-playoff contenders<\/p>\n

Several teams who don’t project to be playoff contenders in 2026 could also be suitors. That includes …<\/p>\n

Titans<\/a> — It’s been a rough debut year for Cameron Ward, but rookie wide receivers in Elic Ayomanor<\/a> and Chimere Dike<\/a> have flashed, and Aiyuk would be a big help.Raiders<\/a> — The Raiders are in for a lengthy rebuild and will be looking for a new quarterback. Coach Pete Carroll knows Aiyuk well from his time as Seahawks<\/a> coach, and adding Aiyuk to Brock Bowers<\/a> could jump-start the passing offense.Saints<\/a> — The Saints could be looking for a new quarterback, and adding Aiyuk to the mix would be a major help. Chris Olave<\/a> is one of the league’s most under-appreciated wide receivers, and pairing him with Aiyuk would create a strong ecosystem for any quarterback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brandon Aiyuk hasn’t suited up for the San Francisco 49ers in over a year, and his future with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67061,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[39906,39916,25025,39905,10837,39912,6426,39917,39914,39909,24513,39918,17180,4611,39910,39911,14882,39915,6424,6417,752,6420,101,296,103,102,6427,104,106,105,39908,6443,39913,10839,10836,6455,39907],"class_list":["post-67060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-49ers-trading-brandon-aiyuk","tag-ben-roethlisberger","tag-brandon-aiyuk","tag-brandon-aiyuk-trade-rumors","tag-brian-thomas-jr","tag-brock-bowers","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-chimere-dike","tag-chris-olave","tag-deebo-samuel","tag-dk-metcalf","tag-elic-ayomanor","tag-houston-texans","tag-jacksonville-jaguars","tag-jayden-daniels","tag-jonathan-jones","tag-josh-allen","tag-keon-coleman","tag-las-vegas-raiders","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-nfl","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news","tag-stefon-diggs","tag-tennessee-titans","tag-terry-mclaurin","tag-travis-hunter","tag-trevor-lawrence","tag-washington-commanders","tag-who-will-brandon-aiyuk-play-with-in-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}