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08-05-2024, 02:46 PM | |
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Aiyuk to the Steelers?
Seems to be a lot of buzz around the Steelers finalizing a trade for Aiyuk.
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08-07-2024, 12:39 PM | #136 |
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Yup. And I don’t blame them.
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08-07-2024, 01:29 PM | #139 | |
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Chase Claypool Diontae Johnson james washington emmanuel sanders antonio brown sammie coates dri archer Steelers absolutely love to draft day 2 wide receivers and not give them a second contract. |
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08-07-2024, 02:12 PM | #140 |
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08-07-2024, 02:53 PM | #142 | |
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08-07-2024, 02:57 PM | #143 | |
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It's not the end of his career - it's the culmination of it. If the guy gets $50 million guaranteed he's MADE his career. He most assuredly hasn't torpedoed it. Again fellas - its their job. It's a hobby for us but it's a vocation for them. This is something of a no-brainer for him. And frankly, his style of play will be revered in Pittsburgh. He's a physical, aggressive player that the fans of Pittsburgh will fall in love with immediately. Things are gonna be just fine for Aiyuk. |
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08-07-2024, 02:59 PM | #144 |
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Though looking at the list they made the right call. Not sure who would have warranted a huge contract from them. Brown-hard to give that head case a big deal. Claypool was a bust. I liked Juju but he did not warrant a big deal.
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08-07-2024, 03:06 PM | #145 |
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Remember all the debate on whether SF would pay Aiyuk and who was more valuable to the team him or Deebo?
Yea those were good times. |
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08-07-2024, 03:10 PM | #146 | |
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It's really simple. The 49ers are starting to run out of wiggle room with the cap, and they have their LT and only OL worth a shit holding out on top of Aiyuk demanding to be paid or traded. Aiyuk is playing hardball here, and forcing their hand. Your side lost that debate before it ever happened because Aiyuk has been their WR1 the last 2 years and that's why he's about to get paid like one. Deebo is a hybrid WR/RB WR2, and a really good one, but the best WRs are the ones that can run routes and separate. |
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08-07-2024, 03:16 PM | #147 | |
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Aiyuk is CLEARLY a better WR than Deebo. Now maybe the 49ers find Deebo to be a more critical 'weapon' give his versatility. But in a vacuum (and on most NFL rosters) I'd take Aiyuk over Deebo 100 times out of 100. This really may be little more than a timing issue. If we sign Creed and then in 2 years can't afford Karlaftis, it isn't a demonstration that we preferred Creed to Karlaftis. It's just that we had a guy who came up for a new deal that we wanted to keep so we did. And we hoped things would work out in 2 years with the other guy...then they didn't. This stuff is often a lot simpler than we make it. |
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08-07-2024, 03:24 PM | #148 | |
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Then on of course I showed him a poll of executives, coaches, and scouts that had Aiyuk higher His argument? The 49ers record with/without Deebo. |
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08-07-2024, 03:29 PM | #149 |
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Deebo has only had two seasons with over 1,000 combined yards. Sure a lot of that is due to injuries, but injuries are basically a part of what you expect from him at this point. The 49ers do a good job of force feeding him the ball in creative ways, but ultimately that’s what it is. It’s mostly not him just in the normal flow of a play. This is why you look at his game logs and it’s very up and down week to week, ask it is almost entirely dependent on if he breaks a big one or two plays in a game.
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When the 49ers do that with Deebo he's better than Aiyuk and an elite offensive weapon. I am...puzzled. Do gadget yards count or not, fellas? |
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