The San Francisco searched high and low to find a way to trade Brandon Aiyuk to the Pittsburgh Steelers. In the end, they couldn’t work out a deal. Not between themselves and Pittsburgh or with the help of a third party. An hour after news broke that Aiyuk was re-signing in San Francisco, The Athletic’s Dianna Russini dropped a wild piece of information of one trade the 49ers attempted to pull off involving Courtland Sutton, Aiyuk,and the Steelers.
“The 49ers only were willing to trade Brandon Aiyuk if they could get a top-flight WR to replace him,” she tweeted.