Brandon Aiyuk

That or those 'if' questions will always be in play. This D (on paper) is better in several departments than it was last year, if healthy they can be top 10, even better. With Aiyuk, the QB play (if just decent) can make this team competitive in every game they play. I look for our TE's to have very good years simply because that is what this O is designed around, bt having Aiyuk opposite Pickens would/could have opened so many mare possibilities. Perhaps one will emerge, but the track record of those we have does not measure a at all to what he brings.

 

Cousins wouldn't be bad, but I was thinking someone younger. Short term Cousins could be a good thing though. Let's face it, TJ, Cam, and Minkah aren't getting any younger, and the window is rapidly closing. I just don't think it (Cousins) will happen though

 

I don't think the window has ever been open. Its not like we are the Chicago Bulls trying to get past the Pistons. We haven't gone deep in the the playoffs in years. In fact we seemingly need a host of miracles to qualify of late. So we have some great players on Defense in Minkah and TJ, but we have done nothing in many years now to think a window was even there.

 

You'll get no argument from me on that, the "window" was barely cracked open to begin with. It's just a shame that we have two generational talents like TJ and Minkah with not much to show for it. Let's face it, the Steelers aren't winning anything until they get a franchise QB. Wilson is washed, and Fields is a bust. HUGE mistake not keeping Mason

 

1 preseason game in and Fields is a bust. LOL.

 

I'm not going by that, but what he did in Chicago. Or should I say what he didn't do in Chicago?

 

Which was probably his plan all along. I highly doubt he ever intended to pack up and leave the golden state.

 

Are you saying that career 3rd string QB Mason Rudolph is a franchise QB? Come on, he is in danger of losing the backup job to Malik Willis down in Tennessee.

 

At this point, a trade or signing of Aiyuk would be pointless in my opinion. WR's are rarely plug and play, they take time to understand the offense, routes, timing, etc. Brining Aiyuk in now would just be paying for someone else's headache. We've always had better luck developing our own WR's than signing any big name players. I can't even think of the last big name WR we EVER signed actually. My worry is we'd bring in an arrogant head case that wouldn't actually contribute much this year.

I could be wrong, but I just can't see the urgency for a big name WR.

 

Why would you want a 36 year old QB coming off a season ending Achilles injury, who has a $180 million contract?

DAK would be a better choice if you are just throwing money at the QB spot.

 

Honestly I would start going hard after DK. Who ever signs the trade deal first gets the deal

Aiyuk did it right. Leveraged one team against the other

But certainly feels like it was just a tactic to get SF to up the money

Time for Omar to leverage DK on Aiyuk....ie time is ticking

If he can't get either...i would just go get Metchie from the Texans for cheap and see if he can turn into somethibg

HACK

 

We had a window and not a basement

 

We should have moved on from this a long time ago. I want the Niners to be saddled with another untenable contract. Plus, the drama here is insane. Don’t need that **** here after dealing with our diva receivers of the past….and present.

 

I don’t understand if the Steelers have a potential deal. Why not give SF a deadline or leave? Why are they giving SF so much time. Lets move on.

 

forget Aiyuk lets support Pickens give him the Ball.I Think he can be THE BEST

 

No, I'm saying that I think he could've been a better "bridge" than Wilson or Fields until we get a real QB

 

It’s hard to be the best WR if you are the only weapon.

 

Friermuth and Pickens are proven weapons. Problem is.... can Muth stay healthy and can Pickens not implode like AB did?

 

Muth is hardly elite. I can’t even say he’s overrated cause you have to be at least very good for that stature. Heath was a beast. Muth is nowhere near that. Pickens I worry about being a team player but time will tell. This season will show me whether he is or not.

 

I get the point, and don't think it would go that way. His CAP cut would be over 60 million (like Denver), I just brought it up as something to look for (for some team), if he plays well enough to establish that he is healed, he and Atlanta may have discussions of I want out of here, their CAP situation is not the worst, it could be a situation where a team might take on that debt (if it could be leveraged) to take a gamble. His guaranteed money would be gone at that time, his salary would be manageable and could likely be had for a lower draft pick just to get him out of there. Not saying we should or would, but after GB and Denver unloaded their QB's with massive cap hits, nothing would surprise me.

 

well, this is going to end anti-climatically for the Steelers.. i'd say move onto plan B, but it doesn't appear there is a plan B given how long the Steelers have allowed the 49ers to drag this out. we're going to have to roll the dice with an unproven rookie, a loose cannon in Pickens, and an injury prone Muth. oh boy.

 

That’s the issue, we should have told the Niners to pound sand a long time ago.

 

Its pretty unrealistic, but taking the CAP hits like GB and Denver did by unloading their QB's was unrealistic. And I would not advocate for him or anyone at this point. Just saying in this league strange things happen.

 

The problem with Muth is he rarely gets open. Seems like he's good for maybe 2 games a year, the rest of the time he's almost nonexistent