NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport updated the contract talks surrounding 49ers WR Brandon Aiyuk and noted they are still trying to get something done. “They do want him,” Rapoport said. “They just want him at their price.
It is not a negotiation that to my knowledge is completely dead, they just have not done a deal yet. It’s pretty clear that Brandon Aiyuk wants the kind of money that Amon-Ra St. Brown ended up making – about $28 million average over the first three years of his deal – the 49ers are not there yet.
” “They like him. They really like him. They just have not been able to come together on a deal.
So maybe that’s kind of the feeling that Brandon Aiyuk was trying to give out.” Two years ago, the Cardinals inserted a clause in Kyler Murray ‘s contract extension that required a certain amount of film study. Cardinals GM Monti Ossenfort responded to questions about Murray’s work ethic, saying the quarterback has done everything they’ve asked him to do and has seen a lot of growth out of him.
“I heard some of those stories. It’s hard for me to comment; I wasn’t here,” Ossenfort said, via ProFootballTalk. “All I can say is from the second I walked into the building, seeing how he attacked his rehab — that was hard, what Kyler had to do last year.
And I’m not talking solely the rehab, but he had to learn, all the transition we had on the roster, all the transition we had on the coaching staff. For him to try to ingrain himself in that w.
