he Pittsburgh Steelers have been one of football’s most active teams during this offseason.
They have made some major moves to try and finally put a stop to their playoff losing streak.
They may still not be done making moves.
Since their WR2 position opened up, they have been regularly linked with San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk, but not much has come from those links yet.
It seems that is despite the fact that the team has seriously looked at making a move.
According to 93.7 The Fan’s Andrew Fillipponi, the Steelers have discussed trade packages for Aiyuk and those packages could include their first round pick in 2025.
Fillipponi says there’s just one problem. The 49ers haven’t shown interest in dealing Aiyuk yet.
The Latest on Aiyuk
Throughout the offseason, the 49ers have maintained the stance that they aren’t trading Aiyuk.
That was the team’s stance a month ago at the NFL Combine and remained the stance on April 22. During a press conference, 49ers GM John Lynch said the team was having “good discussions” with Aiyuk about a contract extension and they had no plans of trading him.
However, the 49ers keeping Aiyuk might not be as much of a certainty as Lynch has presented.
The San Francisco Chronicle’s Michael Silver has been hearing that an Aiyuk move is seen as a real possibility.
On April 23 he wrote, “All I know is that as of Monday night, when I posed the question to a 49ers source with direct knowledge of the team’s plans, the words I kept hearing were, ‘Anything’s possible.’ ”
Silver also added, “Earlier, I spoke to another team’s general manager who insisted that, because the 49ers and Aiyuk are far apart on negotiations for a lucrative contract extension, the fifth-year receiver is ‘very much in play.’ ”
There have also been hints dropped by Aiyuk throughout the offseason. He unfollowed the 49ers on social media and he also teased something big coming on the first day of the NFL Draft in an Instagram story on April 19.
Thursday will certainly be an interesting day for any fan hoping their team will land Aiyuk.
