Overview
- At the team’s end-of-season news conference, Lynch said it is “safe to say” Aiyuk will not play for the 49ers again.
- Lynch added the concluding roster transaction will come in due time, with multiple reports noting a release is the likely outcome.
- Aiyuk missed all of 2025 while rehabbing ACL and MCL tears sustained in Week 7 of the 2024 season and began last summer on the PUP list.
- The 49ers voided Aiyuk’s 2026 guarantees after reports he skipped meetings and other team activities, later placing him on the reserve/left squad list as communication ceased; Kyle Shanahan called the situation unprecedented and confusing.
- Lynch said the team will carry a dead-cap charge but will not pay $27 million in cash, freeing room for other moves as San Francisco addresses wide receiver this offseason.