Kawakami: Trading Brandon Aiyuk would be massive 49ers failure on almost every level (paywall)
“Good teams accumulate a lot of talent; the great ones keep that talent around as long as possible. And the 49ers are getting ready to — or bluffing that they will — trade Aiyuk, who has great chemistry with Purdy and does every large and little thing Shanahan wants a WR to do. This feels reckless. Short-sighted.
And let me poke a hole in the general argument that the 49ers have to be disciplined with their salary-cap situation because of the looming $200 million-plus deal coming for Purdy next offseason.