David Bakhtiari does not see a bright future for Brandon Aiyuk.<\/p>\n
A day or so after the embattled Niners star was seen flashing stacks of cash on Instagram<\/a>, Bakhtiari took to his X page to express some serious concern for the San Francisco wide receiver.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel for Brandon Aiyuk,\u201d the former Green Bay Packers left tackle wrote<\/a>. \u201cInjuries, fame, and money can pollute the mind,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n David Bakhtiari does not see a bright future for Brandon Aiyuk. Allan Dranberg\/Csm\/CSM \/ Shutterstock<\/p>\n \u201cIf he is really spinning out and posting for all of social media to see, I hope his peers and inner circle are influencing him to get the help he needs rather than enabling for their own gain. It seems evident that the direction he is going will not end well for anyone involved,\u201d Bakhtiari added.<\/p>\n Aiyuk has been at the center of plenty of negative headlines<\/a> since 2024, following a knee injury he suffered in the months after he signed a huge contract extension with the Niners.<\/p>\n But the latest one, in which Aiyuk was accused of recently ghosting the Niners<\/a> after not playing for nearly two full seasons, clearly has some in the NFL world feeling uneasy.<\/p>\n Brandon Aiyuk was seen flaunting stacks of cash on Instagram earlier this week. Brandon Aiyuk\/Instagram<\/p>\n According to ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter, the 49ers have been trying to trade Aiyuk, but \u201cthey\u2019ve had a hard him getting ahold of him.\u201d<\/p>\n The NFL insider added that teams don\u2019t want to engage in talks about a potential swap with the Niners \u201cwhen they can\u2019t even discuss it with Brandon Aiyuk.\u201d<\/p>\n Brandon Aiyuk has not played a snap for the 49ers since October 2024. Getty Images<\/p>\n Making matters more distressing is San Francisco tight end George Kittle said publicly in March<\/a> that he hadn\u2019t heard from his polarizing teammate since midway through the 2025 season.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on with Brandon,\u201d Kittle said. \u201cI don\u2019t know what he\u2019s thinking about or what he\u2019s thinking. I really have no idea.\u201d<\/p>\n Aiyuk\u2019s money-flaunting IG post sure seemed to be a response to all the unfavorable press, as he captioned his carousel of pictures with the words, \u201cBit\u274c\u274c I\u2019m back 2\ufe0f\u20e3 ballin.\u201d<\/p>\n Although outside of that brief sentence, Aiyuk\u2019s offered very little insight into his mindset and his future plans \u2014 things obviously worrying Bakhtiari.<\/p>\n Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters <\/p>\n California Post News: Facebook<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, TikTok<\/a>, X<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>, WhatsApp<\/a>, LinkedIn<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t
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