49ers GM John Lynch mum on Brandon Aiyuk saga as coaching camp starts

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers common manager John Lynch on Saturday preempted all questions about Brandon Aiyuk, noting that the disgruntled receiver remains absent and at the reserve/left squad record.

“We’re going to point of interest at the players which are proper right here,” Lynch mentioned on the open of a information conference marking the open of coaching camp. “We would really like him effectively. We would really like his circle of relatives effectively.”

Aiyuk, 28, has been at the reserve/left squad record since December after, in line with the 49ers, his attendance on the staff facility changed into sporadic and then nonexistent. That designation has left the receiver in roster limbo — he’s technically mild a member of the 49ers, nevertheless he doesn’t depend towards the 90-man roster or their wage cap.

To go back off the reserve/left squad record and be part of the vigorous roster, Aiyuk will have to document a construct a query to with the league, one thing he’s resisted so some distance. As an alternative, he’s attempted to agitate his outright open with a well-liked hurry of social media posts that criticize the entirety from the 49ers to Kyle Shanahan and the players union.

A theme in those movies and posts has been the Washington Commanders. Aiyuk in most cases is confirmed conserving a Commanders soccer or finishing his comments with “raise hail,” a host battle voice. Not too long up to now, he claimed to possess purchased a $10 million living in Loudoun County, Virginia, achieve the Commanders’ regulate to facility.

“If I’m loopy or if I’m cappin’, think them boys (49ers) gash me this present day, and I’ll sign with the Commanders day after today to return,” Aiyuk mentioned remaining month.

The 49ers, within the period in-between, will host the Commanders on Monday Night time time Football in Week 6 this season. Lynch declined to reply a construct a query to concerning the chance of Aiyuk turning into a member of one of the 49ers’ upcoming combatants.

Lynch has long maintained the 49ers are purchasing for exchange reimbursement for their one-time receiving leader, which the Commanders and each tons of NFL staff have been reluctant to put ahead given his 2024 multi-ligament knee smash and, probably, his comfort in inflicting distractions on social media.