It’s the question that has become one of the most pertinent of the offseason, will the San Francisco 49ers trade Brandon Aiyuk?
At every juncture to this point, the answer from John Lynch has been a firm no, and conventional wisdom says that will remain the case as we finally enter draft week.
It would likely take at least a first-round pick in the 2024 draft for the 49ers to part with their leading receiver from each of the last two seasons, who was named a second-team All-Pro in 2023.
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Even then, a key reason why the 49ers likely wouldn’t be inclined to do such a deal is that, unless they can get into the top 10, there isn’t a wideout in a stacked class that could quickly replicate the impact of Aiyuk. As such, it makes more sense for the Niners to do what they have always said they intend to, and sign one of the NFL’s premier receivers to a long-term deal.
The equation would change, however, if the 49ers could somehow get into the top 10, and that is the scenario ESPN’s Bill Barnwell posits in his all-trades first-round mock.