41 sats \ 4 replies \ @Cje95 27 Aug \ parent \ on: Stacker Sports- Cut Day Stacker_Sports
Yeah that whole situation is pretty odd... Neither team is willing to give him the $30 mil plus a year he wanted. From what I read both were pretty similar topping out at $28 mil and I am not sure how Lambs contract affects him because he isn't Lamb at all... Lamb is on a whole other level.
It seems to me that Aiyuk thought there would be a much bigger demand for him and he thought he could get teams he had no interest in playing for to bid him up and welp none of that happened!
The problem for Aiyuk is the 49ers have so many weapons that he just doesn't get the targets some of the other top 10 receivers get. His efficiency stats and yards per catch, yards after catch are comparable to these top 5 guys but he just doesn't have the receptions, yards and TDs to be in the 30M range. My other qualm about Aiyuk is every time Deebo is out and the 49ers need him to be that true number one he shrinks. When Deebo is out there stretching the field, Aiyuk is open on almost every play but 49ers offense is CMC first.
I think the 28M is about right. He is a top 10 receiver in my book but not a top 5-6 guy.
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Yeah I have heard that knock on him as well. He excels when there is a true #1 and they take the pressure off him so he can explode. To hit the $30 mil range you gotta be a true top 5 in my mind and be on that Mike Evans level where you didn't even have a QB for a bit and still put up numbers.
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Well Mike Evans is a future HoFer. I don't need Aiyuk to be that but taking the team on his back once and awhile when they need it would be suffice.