{"id":424934,"date":"2026-01-23T12:04:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T12:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/424934\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T12:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T12:04:14","slug":"top-brandon-aiyuk-landing-spots-if-49ers-release-star-wr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/424934\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Brandon Aiyuk Landing Spots if 49ers Release Star WR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">As the Buffalo Bills play the <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25365233-keon-coleman-draft-pick-blamed-coaches-bills-owner-amid-backlash-beane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">blame game<\/a> about who&#8217;s most responsible for drafting underwhelming 2024 second-round wideout Keon Coleman, they may keep tabs on Aiyuk&#8217;s interest in teaming up with 2024 league MVP Josh Allen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">In the past, general manager Brandon Beane has <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25191253-bills-gm-beane-blasts-critics-b-hing-about-wrs-one-dumbest-arguments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">bristled<\/a> at criticisms over his receiver depth chart, but after the Bills came up short in another mid-January playoff exit, he may be willing to take a big swing for a high-end pass-catcher.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">This season, Khalil Shakir led the Bills across most receiving categories, hauling in 72 of 95 targets for 719 yards and four touchdowns. He&#8217;s a solid receiver who operates primarily out of the slot, but the 6-foot, 190-pounder doesn&#8217;t put fear in defenders in critical situations or in the red zone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Four years into his career, Shakir hasn&#8217;t scored more than four touchdowns or racked up more than 821 receiving yards in a single season. Also, he&#8217;s averaged fewer than 11 yards per catch in consecutive terms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Averaging 14.6 yards per reception, Aiyuk would be a significant upgrade over Shakir as a big-play receiver and pose more of a scoring threat. The 49ers&#8217; soon-to-be ex-receiver has 25 career touchdown receptions. Shakir has 11.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Bills would need to <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/overthecap.com\/salary-cap-space\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">free up cap space<\/a> to make room for Aiyuk. That said, when healthy, the talented receiver has shown that he can be a go-to target for a passing attack that needs consistency and a spark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the Buffalo Bills play the blame game about who&#8217;s most responsible for drafting underwhelming 2024 second-round wideout&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424935,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-424934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}