The Green Bay Packers will certainly be in the market for a veteran wide receiver this off-season. Brian Gutekunst and Matt LaFleur have both made it obvious that they are interested in bringing in veteran experience to the position. Romeo Doubs and Christian Watson both had breakout rookie seasons in 2022. Their performances provide an optimistic future for the position, however, a proven veteran would be extremely beneficial for the Packers’ offense. It would appear there is one wide receiver who could be on the trade market that the Green Bay Packers should be interested in.
San Francisco 49ers Possibly Interested In Trade WR Brandon Aiyuk
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According to Jose Luis Sanchez of Sports Illustrated:
A decision will have to be made within the month regarding the fifth-year option on Aiyuk’s rookie contract. The 49ers will most likely utilize it, however, Aiyuk will start looking for something long-term sooner rather than later. Given the handful of players that the 49ers have already shelled out lucrative contracts to, retaining Aiyuk might not be possible.
Aiyuk is a tremendous player. He’s demonstrated to ascend each and every year he’s entered the league. The 49ers could not have asked for a better first round pick who continues to dominate his game. However, trading him is definitely skewed toward the likelihood realm than it is unlikely.
The reason is that finding sweet wide receivers isn’t too difficult. Plenty of good receivers have emerged on the second day of the draft, so a first-round draft selection isn’t necessary for one unless it’s a Justin Jefferson type. Since they are relatively easy to find as opposed to other positions, Aiyuk is likely to be shipped out as opposed to Deebo Samuel or George Kittle.
The 49ers cannot keep everyone, even someone as fantastic as Aiyuk whose arrow is pointing up. At some point, they’re going to have to choose if he’s worth keeping over others. Having two highly paid wide receivers who are guaranteed close to or around $70 million is just not going to work. Some other star on the 49ers is going to have to be sacrificed for that deal for Aiyuk to be executed and I don’t think it’s something the 49ers are willing to do.
From the sounds of it, the San Francisco 49ers are going to have a tough decision in the near future regarding WR Brandon Aiyuk. The fifth year option could loom large for the immediate future for the 49ers, however, long-term seems to be a major question. Aiyuk broke out during the 2022 season, finishing with 78 receptions, 1,015 receiving yards, and 8 touchdowns. That came in a season where he was clearly the number two wide receiver. If the Green Bay Packers were interested in a still young, but proven wide receiver, putting together a trade package may be worth it.
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I loved watching and yelling for LeRoy Butler, but my take on Rodgers is that he, like Brett Farve, was sick and tired of the head coach not using his “arm” which Defined both he AND Farve. So many times I “YELLED” at the TV, USE HIS ARM YA’ DUMB-*HIT, but he’d do a running play and then HAD to punk it away. In my mind, he just didn’t know what he had, or thought he was the running the show and that was that, when in fact, McCarthy let both Farve and Rodgers do passing plays if they saw a lopsided or out of position defense on a current down.