The one thing many could point to when all this Brandon Aiyuk drama was going on was DeForest Buckner. That was the one homegrown, No. 1, S-tier player the San Francisco 49ers traded away. in return they got a first round pick which became Javon Kinlaw.
So then when deals came for George Kittle, Nick Bosa, Fred Warner and more, it’s fair to be skittish remembering not only DeForest Buckner’s deal, but expectations Kinlaw could replace him.
Now Brandon Aiyuk, the one negotiation we can all say was the most difficult in the John Lynch/Kyle Shanahan era went like most of the others: extended and paid.