John Lynch sounded confident Tuesday at the NFL Scouting Comnbine that the San Francisco 49ers will extend Brandon Aiyuk's contract.
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00:00 Brandon Iuke was asked if the cap going up will help the 49ers chances
00:06 keeping Iuke and
00:10 Lynch made it clear. Look the cap went up for everyone. This doesn't give the 49ers an
00:15 Advantage over other teams just means essentially players are gonna get paid more money
00:19 But he said he made it real clear
00:23 Brandon Iuke's one of his favorite players on the team. He embodies all the qualities the 49ers look for in their franchise players
00:31 He's tough. He's
00:34 great, he's
00:37 said he's got a great combination of toughness and grace and
00:40 His ability to contort his body in ways that frankly the other highly paid wide receiver who I won't name can't
00:48 so he said
00:51 What'd he say? I think I wrote it down
00:53 We want to keep him around for a long time and they have a good track record of extending their players
00:59 He made that clear. It doesn't seem like John Lynch was
01:01 sweating
01:04 Brandon Iuke
01:05 It seems like after hearing this I I think Brian I was gonna be on the team
01:10 I know his girlfriend said he might not be back
01:13 Which is fine, but that's not the same thing as I you saying he might not be back
01:18 And I know he said what if it's if it makes sense. Yeah, if the Niners offer him what he's worth he'll come back
01:24 There must there's nothing like it doesn't seem to be anything
01:28 Acrimonious between them like they hate each other. It's just business and from what John Lynch said he made it seem like he values
01:36 Brandon Iuke the way other teams in the league with cap space will value Brandon Iuke
01:41 it doesn't make sense the only reason of trade Brandon Iuke is if
01:46 Feel like you can't justify spending all that money on a player that you don't target enough, but
01:51 That's the only reason because he's ascending. He's improving. He's young he's
01:57 Gifted he does all the difficult stuff. He does all the
02:00 Not pretty stuff. He blocks that kind of stuff
02:05 He is the perfect embodiment of what the 49ers are trying to build in terms of their culture you point to Iuke
02:14 Hey, this is a guy who had a lot of talent but was sort of
02:18 Inconsistent early in his career and he just kept working and improving and look at him now. He got rewarded for his effort
02:24 So, yeah, this is reassuring
02:28 Trading Iuke would be a mistake. I could see the Niners talking themselves into it the way they talk themselves into trading
02:35 To Forrest Buckner, but Iuke is just it would be the same mistake
02:42 25 year old ascending player who's a franchise cornerstone. Why would you trade that guy?
02:46 You really sure you're gonna get a better player than that?
02:48 So, I think this is good news
02:52 this should be good news to Niner fans doesn't look like this is gonna go sideways and that
02:57 The Niner secretly don't like Brandon Iuke or that Brandon Iuke secretly doesn't like the 49ers
03:03 It's just business and he's very good and very expensive and they'll have to find a
03:06 Way to fit him in their cap structure what they can do and they'll have to find a way to get in the ball more
03:10 frequently
03:11 That's really the solution to this issue. Oh
03:13 You don't give Iuke enough targets to justify the price tag will give him more targets
03:20 Crisis solved I just solved it call it quality control
03:27 And he never even went to Cabo and he's gonna get the extension I don't even think I think this is a non story now
03:40 If you watch John Lynch's body language he was like
03:43 Yeah, I mean, you know we get this done all the time
03:47 Who do they not get it done with?
03:50 DeForest Buckner, right? When did they trade to force Buckner 49ers?
03:54 trade to forest
03:57 Buckner
03:59 Day that what day was that?
04:01 March 16th
04:06 2020
04:07 So if the Niners were to trade that's the one time they didn't do an extension with a player
04:12 They they started the negotiation. They realized they were pretty far apart and rather than
04:16 Create, you know a really messy situation with Buckner. They told him a wherever you want to go. We'll trade you
04:25 Find a team that's willing to pay what you want. I
04:29 Would think that the Niners if the Niners and I were that far apart
04:33 They would know it probably now and they'd have about two three weeks to find a
04:37 Trade partner he'd be out of here before the draft. They wouldn't drag this on and then trade him right before the season
04:44 So it sounds like that's not gonna happen. He's not gonna get the Buckner treatment again
04:48 If they were gonna get the Buckner treatment, he'd get it in two weeks. It doesn't sound like that's gonna happen
04:52 So will he hold out maybe what do they call it holding in you don't practice but you're at the facility
04:59 I would imagine something like that'll happen and the Niners will make him wait, which is
05:03 Probably a mistake on their part
05:04 There's gonna be a bunch of free agent not free agents
05:07 But a bunch of big-time wide receivers eligible for extensions is offseason and the Niners could like beat teams to the punch
05:13 Maybe save a little bit of money do it first, you know, you're gonna give an extension, but they'll wait until
05:19 August
05:22 The wait till they put the pads on a training camp before Brandon I you guys officially signed
05:25 But you know what kind of like Nick Bosa last year
05:30 He's gonna be in perfect shape. You don't have to worry about him not being ready
05:33 So I perceive this as goodness
05:38 *outro*
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