Analyzing how Mike Evans' contract extension with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will impact San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk.
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00:00 Mike Evans today signed a two-year
00:02 52 million dollar
00:05 Contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as 26 million dollars a year
00:08 He's worth it. He's second team all pro good for Mike Evans future Hall of Famer gonna be 31 next year
00:16 Another second team all pro wide receiver Brandon IU 25 years old
00:20 Did his price just go up? What do we learn about what Brandon's gonna command on the market?
00:25 I definitely think Brandon a eeks number just went up
00:29 When you look at Mike Evans, he's an aging receiver, right? It's only a two-year deal
00:33 He's a Hall of Fame player now the market gets set right now
00:38 Tampa Bay did a great job of getting it done now
00:41 Because what happens is you set that market every player that gets signed next wants more
00:46 Just gonna keep stockpiling and now you have guys like I believe CD land. No, Justin Jefferson needs to be signed
00:53 I believe CD lamb possibly I could be wrong on his contract
00:57 But Justin Jefferson is gonna be the last person to sign
01:00 Now if you're the Niners you want to get Brandon a uke sign before free agency starts why?
01:05 Any receiver that gets signed on free agency is gonna get overpaid
01:09 So this mark is gonna get stupid
01:12 outrageous stupid
01:16 Unless teams may view it in the sense of cuz I know it's a draft show to a little bit
01:20 He may view the the receiver in the draft a lot higher. So it may drop the market for receivers
01:27 That are free agents. So I think that could benefit the Niners in a sense because you're not gonna see people
01:31 Extend or re-sign players for outrageous numbers. You know what you can walk. I'll go I'll go get a rookie
01:38 Yeah for me
01:38 I think that's the most interesting thing is how do the Niners truly view?
01:42 Brandon I you do they view him as that superstar or they view him or do they view him like a DeForest Buckner in the
01:49 Sense of a super high caliber player
01:52 But I know this draft class has a player I could replace you with I think that's what concerns me the most
01:58 Absolutely, and it's like if his price tag is 27 million dollars 28 million dollars a year. It's like oh
02:05 That's franchise quarterback money almost it's like do you even really throw it to him enough to justify that?
02:12 That's the thing
02:14 It seems like with the Niners they like Brandon I uke a lot
02:17 but they don't like him enough to give him 150 targets a year and if all they want out of that split in X position is
02:23 Six seven targets a game then maybe they should trade Brandon. I you can get a guy in the draft
02:29 I mean better not miss cuz Brandon Ike's really really good at everything but I mean
02:36 Vikings did it right they traded Stefan digs drafted Justin Jefferson. It all worked out. I
02:41 Also think it's bad if you don't
02:44 Sign Brandon I for your culture like to be honest with you
02:47 Like he's true. He's the ultimate player in the sense of Kyle shunning him threw him in the doghouse
02:52 You're one year cut your two does Kyle wants to do
02:56 Turns into an all-pro level player like that's what you truly want your players to do like when their adversity hits
03:03 How do you respond?
03:04 I you can you can hold them up as an example so that every player after like look if I'm tough on you
03:09 Don't worry. Look what happened to Brandon. I you guy was tough on him
03:12 Absolutely, and if you trade someone like that, it's like what's the art? What was the purpose of you treating him that way?
03:17 Yeah, so for me, I think he's you kind of have to bring him back
03:20 I think definitely think he's the caliber player. I think he should be hitting 130 targets a year
03:24 I I per so if you look at it, I know last time we're on your show
03:27 I was talking about the Niners passing attack down the field
03:29 Brenda you
03:31 Records to any your forum if you I would personally future
03:34 Brandon I you cuz you number one George kid was your number two down the field number three
03:38 I would probably go to Juan Jennings and then for Debo. So when it comes to that as your true receiver one
03:44 Yeah
03:45 Definitely got a resigned Brandon. Are you in the in the soul?
03:48 If they use Brandon are you as their receiver one against man? They probably win. Yeah, I agree
03:55 What's interesting though is what Dave Merritt said about Brandon? Are you they had a little contempt for him?
04:01 Ike's a really good player, but he's the youngest of the Niners weapons
04:07 And he's a little bit of a hothead which is cool a lot of the time. I mean he blocks hard. He's tough
04:12 He goes over the middle Dave Merritt said all he wanted to do in that game was fight
04:15 but maybe that's an a maybe that's an exaggeration, but
04:18 it's a funny thing for the winning team to say about a player like
04:22 We're really ready, buddy
04:24 What's also something that Kyle is kind of instilled in him, right? Like Kyle is kind of if you look at Jennings Debo like their entire receivers
04:33 it's kind of a Kyle culture right like they you want them to block as hard as they can and kind of
04:38 Toe that toe that line where you don't get flagged
04:41 But you get in their head try to mentality the same thing why we saw George why we see George Kittle talk during plays
04:47 Right, that's that Kyle Shanahan mentality or the culture that he's built
04:51 Allowing his players to be who they are in a sense of it could be great for you
04:55 Or it could be bad in the sense of the team think this funny like oh this guy's out of his mentality
05:00 He's wanting to fight everyone interesting thing notes
05:03 Yeah backfired on him. I think like in the regular season is cool because it looks like they're playing with joy and passion and
05:11 Intensity and all of that but in the Super Bowl it came across as
05:16 lack of focus
05:18 Yeah, I'm very arrogant. Yeah, and like before the Super Bowl Brandon I you put out a little video
05:23 I think on tik-tok or Instagram or something like how to really fight in the football field
05:26 It's like people aren't really trying to throw hands
05:28 It did it a day and if you want you got to go for the neck and yada yada yada
05:31 It's like man, you should be not thinking about that. What are you talking about?
05:34 Well, I mean you think they were thinking about the right thing their coach was was drunk. Yeah
05:39 Yeah, allegedly maybe but yeah, I was bad
05:42 Look, so yeah, like you look you can look at the whole thing like up to that Super Bowl
05:47 I mean, but I definitely think he needs a lock-in
05:50 the price for Brandon you definitely went up but
05:53 The question is grant is if you're truly trying to build a team right your offensive line
05:58 Um is in a serious situation where you your whole right side is bad
06:02 Yeah
06:03 I would include center in there as well
06:05 If you could get wrong pick 15 to from the Colts who do like trading for niner players who were all pros, right?
06:12 If you get picked pick 15 and you could get an offensive tackle in that in this class when a very heavy
06:18 Offensive tackle class and then take receiver at 31. It's kind of enticing in the sense of you look at Brock pretty, right?
06:25 If he's truly that quarterback
06:27 It doesn't matter if he loses Brandon I you can my opinion like if he's truly the Niners truly believe Brandon
06:33 I brought pretty is the franchise quarterback
06:35 They think he is Brandon I you losing him should not matter in terms of winning games or winning a Super Bowl
06:41 You have George Kittle Christian McCaffrey. You will still have Divo Samuel and a young rookie
06:46 So for me, it's looking at it as like, okay
06:48 Well, you already have these great players on your roster
06:52 Pretty should be able to carry you with one less weapon - and you're gonna draft a wide receiver. We'd pick 31
06:59 Anyway, it's not like you're gonna just have be down a guy. You'll try to replace him. Absolutely. Yeah
07:04 What do you think I use worth in a trade?
07:07 Because you have to pay for him I don't think he's worth the top 20 pick like
07:12 Teams are gonna look at it like okay. Well, I have to pay it turn around. I have to pay him
07:17 So why would I why would I trade you a first rounder? Yeah receiver class?
07:21 I think right. Well, how much more do I like you than this wide receiver?
07:24 I could get it pick 25 for a fraction of the cost exactly. I have to like you way more
07:30 and that's interesting because
07:33 Teams do that for example for Stefan digs when you're in a win now mode, right?
07:40 You could do it if you have a rookie quarterback, right?
07:42 If you don't want to wait for that rookie receiver like a rookie contract quarterback
07:46 You don't want to wait for that rookie receiver to develop teams like the Texans teams like the Colts
07:51 You could look at those teams and like hey, you know what?
07:54 They have a young quarterback then you're a weapon to make him make that next jump
07:58 But I think he would get two seconds just because you have to overpay for him
08:02 Like you have to give him that big contract extension
08:05 It just doesn't make sense for a team to give up a first and a deep receiver class
08:09 That's really interesting
08:11 So the topic started us started as how Mike Evans impacts Brandon I you put the real issue may be how this draft
08:18 Affects Brandon I you like there may not be the market the trade market for him and he may not be able to really
08:24 Get 27 28 million dollars. He was my op for the draft instead
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