It’s been a wild run-up to the first NFL Sunday of the season, and we got some more crazy news courtesy of Jay Glazer on the Fox NFL Kickoff Show. Glazer reported that the San Francisco 49ers were finalizing a trade with the Pittsburgh Steelers that would’ve sent WR Brandon Aiyuk to Pittsburgh minutes before Aiyuk signed an extension with San Francisco.
“The day it actually got done, the 49ers were trading him to the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was already en route there, and then all of a sudden, Brandon Aiyuk happened to show up early to the facility that day.