The Pittsburgh Steelers and San Francisco 49ers were the last two dance partners for Brandon Aiyuk. In the end, Aiyuk left with the one who brought him there. Aiyuk is remaining a 49er, signing a massive four-year, $120 million frontloaded contract that will make him among the highest-paid receivers in the game. Reacting to the news and recapping the last month of will he/won’t he, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport explains why a Steelers-49ers trade never came together.
“At the end, it was either going to be Steelers or 49ers and Brandon Aiyuk,” Rapoport said on NFLN’s The Insiders.