The contract wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown signed with the Lions this offseason could serve as a basis for what Brandon Aiyuk expects from the 49ers.
Aiyuk and the 49ers are talking, and Aiyuk’s goal is to beat St. Brown’s contract and get to “that number or higher,” Jeremy Fowler reported on ESPN.
What constitutes “that number” for St. Brown is a bit complicated, since the St. Brown’s full contract details show it wasn’t as good a deal as initial reports suggested. But the St. Brown extension gives him $28 million a year for three years, and Aiyuk will want something in that neighborhood.
The 49ers may simply not be willing to give Aiyuk a contract that tops St. Brown’s, however, and if they are, their options would be to sign a smaller contract or play this year at his $14.1 million base salary and then move on to 2025 as a free agent, where the 49ers could franchise him, sign him to a long-term contract or let him walk.
