49ers News: Levi’s has been blessed
04 June 2026, USA, Santa Clara: The World Cup stadium in Santa Clara can be seen during preparations for the tournament. The home stadium of the American football team San Francisco 49ers will host Switzerland and Austria, among others, during the World Cup. Photo: Andrej Sokolow/dpa (Photo by Andrej Sokolow/picture alliance via Getty Images)49ers could recoup up to $18.4 million from Brandon Aiyuk
Not only will the 49ers not have to pay him another penny, whereas if he had just shown up, the 49ers would have been on the hook for $27 million for this year, it also enables the 49ers to get a lot of money back," Maiocco continued. I don't know the exact numbers that they will be able to get back from Aiyuk, but I would put it somewhere between $13.8 million and $18.4 million.
So, on the $23 million signing bonus, which is basically an advance for future performance, it comes out to $4.6 million per year for those five years. If the 49ers voided his contract a year ago in late July, they could get as much as $18.4 million back. Whatever the case may be, the 49ers are certainly going after that money, and there is no representation right now for Aiyuk, according to him."
Tom Pelissero: 49ers unlikely fazed by Brandon Aiyuk's antics
The bottom line is the 49ers don't need to do anything," Pelissero continued. I guarantee, [head coach] Kyle Shanahan, wherever he is, he's in, probably, Cabo or Hawaii or somewhere else; he's not sitting there looking at the Instagram and going, Boy, the 17th insult was the one that pushed this over the top. We should just give him his way and release him.'
John Lynch-I know one of Aiyuk's videos said Lynch had shown up to his house, and he said, Well, why is this man showing up?'-John Lynch is a former player, and he's the general manager. He's your boss, and he's trying to come talk to you. He might be worried about you. He might be trying to talk through why they're doing what they're doing here.
Aiyuk seems to be, you know, living in a world of his own making, at this point. It's possible that the 49ers reverse course, but if they haven't done it to this point-they didn't release him at the start of free agency when everyone thought, they didn't release him around the draft, they haven't released him here now on July 1st-what what reason, other than avoiding a couple of questions at a press conference and some of these Instagram videos, are they going to have to do anything for Brandon Aiyuk?"
49ers fans share what moves they'd make if they were in John Lynch's shoes
There are several reasons for the 49ers to bring in Clowney. One is his early down production. At one point last season, he had the fourth-highest pressure rate on early downs. He's always been known as a plus-run defender, but consistently getting after the quarterback will always get you noticed. And remember, we're talking about a player who just turned 33.
During the same span when he had the fourth-highest pressure rate, Clowney ranked 102nd among all edge rushers in average get-off time. The addition of Romello Height suggests a strong get-off time is something Raheem Morris values, which is why the team might not go out and sign Clowney."
One outstanding question for every team as the NFL's summer break begins (paywall)
No one expects the 49ers to answer the Rams' trade for Myles Garrett, but their pass rush could definitely use some help. That is, unless you expect third-round pick Romello Height to be an impact newcomer. If you do, go ahead and skip the rest of this ... but if you think he might be a little light at 239 pounds and even had a little trouble shedding blocks in college, then you halfway expect the 49ers to sign Joey Bosa or Jadeveon Clowney or trade for an edge rusher (like they did for surprisingly retired Bryce Huff last year). Nick Bosa says his brother Joey, 31 next month, is focused on golf these days, but maybe mom can help convince him to chase a Super Bowl ring with his brother."