Brandon Aiyuk will either sign a long-term extension with the San Francisco 49ers or be traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers, elevating Pittsburgh’s wide receiver room that has questions behind George Pickens. With Aiyuk added to Pittsburgh’s offense, former NFL defensive lineman and current ESPN analyst Chris Canty believes it would be like handing Russell Wilson or Justin Fields (whoever starts at quarterback), “the keys of a Ferrari.”
Canty said that it’s hard to acquire a player of Aiyuk’s caliber, as teams don’t usually give up that quality of player.
“The Pittsburgh Steelers need a player like Brandon Aiyuk, and it’s hard to find those kind of guys, ’cause usually when teams got ’em, they don’t let ’em walk out the building,” Canty said on Unsportsmanlike on ESPN Radio Wednesday morning.