- 14 minutes ago
Willard and Dibs debate if this Brandon Aiyuk situation is a distraction for Kyle Shanahan and the 49ers.
Category
🥇
SportsTranscript
00:00Let's go to Kay Bueno in Hayward.
00:02Hi, Kay Bueno.
00:02What you doing?
00:05Just wrapping up work here, taking my last break of the day.
00:08So let's go.
00:09Appreciate you guys taking my call.
00:10You know, the autumn wind, it's something that we never get out here anyways
00:15because it's always summer.
00:16Let's be real.
00:17That's a good point.
00:17At least in the autumn time.
00:19So, yeah, just want to give a quick take here about the whole circus
00:24that has become here.
00:26Look, he's not playing it down for the Niners.
00:28I don't think anybody should have that idea in their head whatsoever.
00:33Yeah, he's reporting today with Drew Rosenhaus, like you mentioned earlier.
00:36Rosenhaus, he's sort of, you know, the crisis PR agent here,
00:43as you mentioned with the previous agents he's had.
00:46Are you trying to get back to the league?
00:48He's not going to do it for the Niners.
00:50Clearly, Kyle is over it.
00:52Lynch, the way he worded his explanation earlier,
00:55it sounds like they're just trying to work the logistics out with the league.
00:59And look at the circus he's brought to the headquarter today.
01:03I mean, come on, you've got a helicopter floating around like it's good fellas.
01:07You've got all the media out there.
01:09So it was already a circus before when he started going to social media
01:12and doing all the insults and being a clown.
01:14But now he's bringing the circus with him today just to get reinstated.
01:18Imagine if he was actually in the locker room on the roster.
01:21So that's a huge red flag, huge no-no.
01:24He's not coming back.
01:25He's already a distraction right now.
01:28And I don't think, I don't know, who knows where he's going to be at.
01:30Frankly, it's not the Niners' problem.
01:31I mean, it is the Niners' problem because we've got to figure out what to do with him.
01:34But he's not going to play on this roster.
01:36The Niners got to just pretty much iron this out ASAP,
01:40make a trade for downs or another healthy receiver because we need it,
01:43and just move on from it because this is going to become just a huge stain
01:47if it just lingers on and on and on.
01:49Just get it out of the way.
01:50Get it done with it.
01:51Okay, Bueno, it's a good call,
01:53but I don't know if I share your perspective on it from this sense.
01:57And thank you so much for calling.
01:58Happy Friday.
01:59I'm glad work is done for you, or at least almost there.
02:02I don't think this is a distraction at all.
02:04And I've long wondered why everybody is so anxious to get it done.
02:09Like, I hear that a lot.
02:10We've been hearing that actually since July.
02:12Hey, man, just cut them and get this over with so that it doesn't distract you.
02:19How many different things need to happen with the Niners in 2026
02:24until as a fan base we realize it doesn't distract them?
02:29Brandon Aiyuk doesn't distract them.
02:31Dajon Love doesn't distract them.
02:33The substation.
02:33Jed York doesn't distract them.
02:36The substation doesn't distract them.
02:38And the fact that Kyle Shanahan got in a car accident as soon as he could call plays again
02:44doesn't distract them.
02:45They're 6-1.
02:46Even though there's an 11-day gap and a possible cover-up,
02:49and would he make it all the way to Australia?
02:51And, you know, what are they doing in camp and all the rest of it?
02:53And you're right.
02:54They've gone out and gone 6-1.
02:56You lose to Atlanta in what was a tough spot, a scheduled loss, so to speak.
03:00And I do think the Miami Heat last night was kind of a scheduled loss,
03:04second game of a back-to-back, and the Warriors were a couple of days off in advance of it.
03:09But that's not for now.
03:10That's for later.
03:11I think about what you're saying, distractions.
03:13So, yes, today was a distraction for, was it a minute 17?
03:1977 seconds.
03:20By the way, it was after practice.
03:21And like George Kittle said yesterday, like, I thought that was very prophetic.
03:26When they're like, what if IU comes to the facility?
03:28And he's like, do you all think he's getting in the facility?
03:32So that was about five blocks away with helicopters and vans and agents and lawyers.
03:42And the players were all in the cold tub or the workout facility
03:48or in their car on the way home after practice.
03:51They didn't see him.
03:52They're not going to see him.
03:54The 49ers are going to not let that guy go dap up Nick Bosa
03:58because they have actually something to protect.
04:01And they will.
04:02So, yeah.
04:03Like, again, does that distract the players?
04:06No.
04:07It distracts us.
04:10It entertains us.
04:11I'm entertained.
04:12I'm not distracted.
04:13Call it a healthy distraction then.
04:15Like, that's like.
04:16When we get to, and I'm thinking about Sunday,
04:18and we get to the witching hour, 1230,
04:21where losses become wins and wins become losses.
04:24Scott Hanson, the red zone.
04:25Love it.
04:25And it's awesome.
04:26And then it's a little bit of a letdown always
04:29when you get through the morning wave.
04:31And I'll have to check if it's an Octobox or not.
04:33I do know we've got a Paris game again.
04:36We do.
04:37It's a good one.
04:38It's a fun one.
04:39We've got seven games.
04:40Seven games.
04:41Seven games.
04:41Seven in the morning.
04:42And so when those are over,
04:43you'll get the Texans and Chargers start first,
04:45and then you get to the 125 window.
04:47Fox with a nice little two-piece Packers-Patriots,
04:52Raiders-Niners.
04:52And so, well, the other game, yes.
04:55I mean, there's three.
04:56I'm just saying.
04:56Sure.
04:57Yeah.
04:57It's a third game, but.
04:59Drew Locke versus the Cardinals.
05:00And if you look at the red zone,
05:01you'll probably get a lot of Packers-Patriots
05:04and then some Niners-Raiders and whatnot.
05:05But I do think when you get to, like,
05:08one o'clock and the morning wave is over
05:10and the afternoon wave has begun,
05:11all right, now we can roll up our sleeves
05:13and not worry about Dajon Love,
05:15Substation,
05:16Iuke,
05:17Jed York,
05:18and then Ohio Sting operation,
05:20et cetera.
05:22What?
05:23Your fantasy team.
05:24I like my chances this week.
05:26Yeah.
05:27Me too.
05:28I started Brissette,
05:29and now he's a Raven,
05:30so that counts as a zero.
05:32I thought all those,
05:33them Schefter and everybody said
05:34that deal wasn't getting finalized
05:35until the weekend.
05:36I just looked at the,
05:37why is Brissette already on the Ravens?
05:40I mean,
05:40I could ask a different question,
05:41which is why is someone in our league
05:43starting Jacoby Brissette,
05:44who is not starting this week
05:45and isn't even really on a team?
05:47I don't know if you noticed,
05:48but I've been busy.
05:48I do the Valkyries and the Warriors.
05:50I'm Cam.
05:51So,
05:51I might have forgotten to switch my lineup,
05:53but he's already down as a zero.
05:56I'm Cam.
05:56Moving up your list of impressions you do
05:59to an audience that does not know
06:00the people that you're doing.
06:01I appreciate that.
06:02Okay, good.
06:04Thank you very much.
06:08888-957-9570.
06:10Yeah,
06:11this is,
06:12like I,
06:12I don't know if that's hard for all of us
06:15to sort of process
06:16because of the way we consume all of this.
06:20We're so into it
06:21and the stories
06:22and all the things
06:23that come out of it
06:24or whatever.
06:25Like,
06:25I don't think
06:27that
06:28Brock Purdy
06:29and George Kittle
06:31and,
06:31you know,
06:33Demarcus Robinson,
06:34like,
06:34they're going to be running routes out there.
06:36There's,
06:37like,
06:37this Brandon Aiyuk thing
06:38just
06:39doesn't
06:40register.
06:41This is not in their way.
06:43Remember,
06:44it's the offseason from hell.
06:46No,
06:47it's not.
06:48The players are completely insulated from this.
06:51They haven't seen this guy in two years.
06:56Anybody else stressing out about someone you haven't seen in two years?
07:02I mean,
07:04he is a nothing
07:05as far as these guys are concerned
07:08in the team concept.
07:10The reason why it is a small,
07:12slight something in the minds of fans
07:14is because you need a receiver.
07:15And that's why,
07:17like,
07:17if they had a familiar name,
07:18but if they had everybody healthy,
07:20if Evans and Debo and Robinson
07:22and,
07:23you know,
07:23Stripling were all healthy,
07:24this would be a big,
07:25gigantic nothing burger,
07:27but you need a receiver.
07:28You've seen him as a receiver
07:30and he's been good.
07:31And so that,
07:32I think,
07:32for fans
07:33becomes a little piece of the,
07:34hey,
07:35he's in the facility.
07:36Why not?
07:36I get it.
07:37But at the same time,
07:38even if everybody was healthy
07:40and you know this,
07:41there's a lot of fans out there like,
07:42just sign him for insurance.
07:44Bring him back.
07:45We're like,
07:45you know that more injuries are coming.
07:48Yeah,
07:48maybe they are.
07:49Maybe they are.
07:50I like the idea of the Niners
07:51adding some receiver depth before Tuesday.
07:54I'm in.
07:55Let's see who it is,
07:56what you want to give up or whatever.
07:57But like,
07:59if you said,
08:01give me 200 names
08:05of who you could add to this roster
08:07at the wide receiver position
08:09by Tuesday.
08:10200.
08:11Wow.
08:12Brandon's not on the list.
08:14Not on the list.
08:17200?
08:18That's a little aggressive.
08:20That's a lot of names.
08:21How so?
08:22Because like,
08:23I don't even know if you can come up as like
08:24Terrell Owens at 53 years old
08:27ahead of Brandon Ayuk.
08:28Absolutely.
08:29Okay.
08:30Actually,
08:31make it a thousand.
08:32I don't know if you're understanding my point.
08:34No,
08:34I'm totally understanding your point.
08:36No way.
08:36No how.
08:37The number that you're putting on is crazy.
08:39Well,
08:40make it infinity.
08:42That's a bigger number.
08:43There is
08:44absolutely
08:46no chance
08:47if I'm the Niners
08:49that I would even
08:50entertain this
08:51as a thought.
08:52And I believe
08:54that that is what
08:55Kyle Shanahan
08:55also said today.
08:56Kyle,
08:57there's buzz about Brandon Ayuk
08:59and Drew Rosenhaus
09:00coming
09:01and going to the business offices
09:03meeting with team officials.
09:05Well,
09:05will you be
09:06have any role in that?
09:08No.
09:08We ought to talk about Ayuk.
09:10What's going to happen today?
09:12What's that?
09:12We ought to talk about Ayuk.
09:14What's going to happen today?
09:15No clue.
09:16Your guess is good as mine.
09:17What would you like to see happen?
09:19Good care of us.
09:21Is there an incentive
09:23for you guys
09:24to
09:25kind of have this thing
09:26just be over
09:27as quickly as possible
09:28just with all the noise
09:29that's going around with it?
09:30It's been over
09:31for our football team
09:32for a long time
09:32so
09:33I don't hear much
09:34except questions about them today
09:36but
09:36it's not too big of a deal
09:37for me to answer.
09:38Is it your understanding
09:40that if he comes off
09:41the reserve list
09:44that he goes
09:44automatically
09:45onto the active list
09:46and that you guys
09:47would have to make
09:48a transaction
09:49to accommodate that?
09:52I'd have to ask
09:52a lot of questions
09:53to get that answer.
09:55I think it's complicated
09:55so
09:56I haven't asked one question
09:58so
09:58I look at this
09:59as zero
10:00zero to do
10:01with our football team
10:02anything that has zero
10:03to do with our football team
10:04especially during the season
10:05I will give zero
10:06thoughts to.
10:07But doesn't it
10:08affect your roster?
10:10That affects your football team?
10:11I'm sure if it did
10:12people would let me know.
10:14It's a great
10:15follow-up question
10:16two follow-up questions
10:17there from
10:18Matt Barrows
10:19but
10:20I don't think
10:21from what I've read today
10:22I don't think this does
10:23affect the roster
10:25the way maybe we sort of
10:26thought that it would.
10:28This is just
10:29you know
10:29based on what I'm reading today
10:32my guess
10:33is the idea
10:34that this is going to
10:35like
10:36you know how we've been told
10:37for weeks
10:38boy all he's got to do
10:39is report
10:40and that forces the Niners
10:41to cut him
10:42it made it sound like
10:43it was very turnkey
10:44show up in a van
10:46you'll get released
10:49there are court cases
10:50coming dude
10:51I like
10:52I don't think
10:53this is resolved
10:54in calendar year
10:562026
10:56at all
10:57it might
10:58but probably not
10:59and I do think
11:00that it goes past
11:01the trade deadline
11:01unless they
11:02somehow get
11:03an offer
11:04which
11:04again if they get
11:05a 7th round pick
11:06would they accept it
11:07they probably would
11:08but even at that
11:10like that's a late
11:11day 3 pick
11:12I do think that
11:12procedurally
11:13what is most likely
11:15to happen is
11:15they have a meeting
11:16and we're now 48 minutes
11:17into it
11:18in theory
11:19and I can't help
11:20but think about
11:20John Lynch up there
11:21with arms folded
11:22and steam slowly
11:23seeping out of his ears
11:25just wanting to say
11:26something but also
11:27not wanting to
11:28and so
11:28the meeting ends
11:29and whatever they
11:30decide is going to happen
11:31well he's got to
11:32pass a physical
11:33and he can pass
11:34a physical
11:35and you could
11:36in theory
11:37put him on the
11:37practice squad
11:38and have him run out
11:39there with the other
11:40squatters
11:40but then
11:41he would be
11:42in the building
11:43and I don't think
11:43you want that
11:44so how do you
11:45go from where
11:46you are today
11:47having this meeting
11:48to where
11:49you don't cut him
11:50or trade him
11:50and you also
11:51have him not be around
11:52because you're
11:54if you're the football
11:54team your hands
11:55are washed of this
11:56there are business
11:57people who are
11:58handling this
11:58this will probably
11:59go to court
12:02and if it doesn't
12:03then yeah
12:04they'll release him
12:05I mean you heard
12:06even the way
12:06Kyle talked about
12:07like if this was
12:08going to affect
12:08our football team
12:09somebody would have
12:10come talk to me
12:10nobody's even
12:11bringing Kyle
12:12into this
12:13I am so fascinated
12:15by who was in
12:15this meeting
12:16I wonder
12:17I wonder if
12:18John Lynch
12:19was even there
12:21from a messaging
12:22standpoint
12:22I actually would
12:23sort of
12:24potentially bet
12:25that he wasn't
12:27because that
12:28it's like
12:28the message
12:29is being sent
12:30to Brandon
12:32Iyuk
12:32and Drew Rosenhaus
12:33and the league
12:34that's like
12:34we've washed
12:34our hands of this
12:35you don't matter
12:36I'm not wasting
12:37my time
12:37walking down
12:38the street
12:38to get into
12:39a meeting
12:39with you
12:39the lawyers
12:40will handle
12:41that
12:41they're down
12:41there
12:41you talk
12:42to them
12:43and the league
12:44and figure it out
12:45let us know
12:46when you're ready
12:47to give us
12:47our 13 million
12:48dollars
12:48but like
12:49from a transactional
12:50standpoint
12:50this is nothing
12:52there's nothing
12:53to talk about
12:54so why would
12:55John Lynch
12:55waste his time
12:56I don't know
12:57if it's wasting
12:58his time
12:58but there's
12:59a certain
12:59amount of
13:00if I'm
13:01John Lynch
13:01and let's
13:03just say
13:03that he is
13:04a little bit
13:04steamed
13:05over the
13:06things that
13:06were said
13:07and you're
13:07in a closed
13:08door meeting
13:08and you know
13:09the lawyers
13:09it's lawyers
13:10and Rosenhaus
13:11and it's
13:11the lawyers
13:12and Rosenhaus
13:13and maybe
13:13Iyuk says
13:14whatever he's
13:14going to say
13:15and you know
13:15guys before
13:16we wrap it up
13:17John Lynch
13:18let's go to
13:18John in the
13:20center of the
13:20table
13:20and if you're
13:21John Lynch
13:22and it's a
13:22closed door
13:23meeting
13:23you can express
13:25your feelings
13:26and your
13:26thoughts
13:27in a direct
13:27manner
13:28that would
13:29be
13:29I don't know
13:30for me
13:30as a grudge
13:31holder
13:31I would probably
13:33want to be there
13:34and be able to
13:34say some things
13:35I got it
13:35and maybe he did
13:37or maybe that's
13:37done on their
13:38own time
13:38maybe he is
13:39I have no clue
13:40but I'm super
13:41curious about it
13:42I just
13:43the more that I'm
13:44learning today
13:47yeah that's my
13:48one sentence
13:48this isn't about
13:49football
13:50I don't know
13:50if we knew that
13:51all week long
13:52this has got
13:53nothing to do
13:54right now
13:55with football
13:56nothing to do
13:57with the roster
13:58nothing to do
13:59with the wide
14:00receiver room
14:01quite frankly
14:02it sort of
14:03sounds to me
14:03like it's got
14:03nothing to do
14:04with the 49ers
14:06he's trying to
14:07get back into
14:07the NFL
14:08and the NFL
14:10is the outfit
14:12that sent him
14:12a message saying
14:13you owe the
14:14Niners 13 million
14:15dollars
14:15this has all
14:16been sent to
14:17their management
14:17council
14:18John Lynch
14:19referenced that
14:19yesterday
14:20so yeah
14:21it's at the
14:22Niner facility
14:23ish
14:23and I'm sure
14:25Niner
14:25legal representatives
14:27need to be there
14:28but I don't know
14:29if Kyle could not
14:30have been clearer
14:31oh he's not
14:32nothing to do
14:33with our football
14:34team at all
14:35but part of the
14:35reinstatement
14:36in essence
14:37would be
14:38okay so you
14:39file paperwork
14:39to get reinstated
14:40and now you are
14:42a 49er
14:43pending
14:43certain things
14:45and one of them
14:45is pending
14:46that you pass
14:46a physical
14:47and so
14:47I don't think
14:48that the team
14:49has to
14:49oh my god
14:50you're here
14:51let's get you
14:51that physical
14:52right away
14:52if I'm the
14:5349ers
14:54I'm thinking
14:54yeah
14:55glad you came
14:55back
14:56and you filed
14:56the paperwork
14:57good to see
14:57you Drew
14:58always a pleasure
14:59to see you
14:59as well
15:00yeah we're
15:01going to give
15:01you a physical
15:02how's Thanksgiving
15:03sound
15:04because our
15:05doctors right
15:05now are busy
15:06tending to the
15:07actual football team
15:08oh by the way
15:09your copay
15:09is 13
15:11million
15:13dollars
15:13pretty good
15:15Ruben
15:15insulated
15:16major
15:17major
15:17bag
15:18alert
15:18major
15:19Ruben
15:20what's up
15:23hey guys
15:23how you doing
15:24we're good man
15:27first time caller
15:28so thank you
15:28for taking my
15:29my call today
15:30thank you
15:31thank you
15:31for calling
15:34uh
15:35just wanted to
15:36chime in a little
15:37bit on the
15:37the whole take
15:38and maybe
15:39give a comedic
15:40sense to it
15:41um
15:41I know that
15:42I heard
15:42I think it was
15:44Willard say
15:44that there was
15:44not enough
15:45time for
15:46for a
15:47little bit of
15:48laughter on this
15:48but
15:49would you guys
15:50consider
15:51and
15:51and imagine
15:52in a couple
15:53of years
15:53from around
15:5410
15:54I don't know
15:55how long
15:55it would take
15:55right
15:56that uh
15:57a Uke ends
15:57up
15:58let's say
15:58Cardinals
15:59or Chargers
16:00or
16:01or the Raiders
16:02since apparently
16:02Adam says
16:03that they're
16:03okay with
16:04CTE players
16:05right
16:06um
16:07let's say
16:08he does that
16:08he has a career
16:09whatever washes off
16:10and
16:11somehow
16:11there's some
16:12little uh
16:13documentary that
16:14pops up
16:14and we kind
16:15of get the
16:15back end of
16:16what actually
16:17happened in
16:17those calls
16:18or texts
16:18with uh
16:18Jaden Daniels
16:20so that's
16:21something that
16:21I'm kind of
16:22looking forward
16:22to after all
16:23this is said
16:23and done
16:24um
16:25Ruben
16:25I get the
16:26uh
16:26the intrigue
16:27thanks so
16:27much
16:28the uh
16:28example I
16:29always use
16:29on this
16:30and was
16:31it you
16:31and I
16:31or was
16:31it me
16:32and Gu
16:32or somebody
16:33had a bet
16:34as to whether
16:35or not we
16:35would ever
16:36get any sort
16:37of public
16:38statement
16:39about where
16:40Andrew Wiggins
16:40was
16:41it was me
16:41okay
16:41it was me
16:42and it's not
16:43over yet
16:43well life is
16:44not over yet
16:45thank you
16:45so um
16:47although did we
16:48did we put a
16:48clock on it
16:49no
16:50I don't think
16:50you got for
16:51the rest of
16:51our lives
16:52did you
16:52we didn't
16:53really put a
16:53clock on it
16:53it was more
16:54of just an
16:55idea in the
16:56ether of would
16:57we ever find
16:57out and I
16:58guess we kind
16:59of know but
17:00we still don't
17:00know and yeah
17:01this is one of
17:02those ones where
17:03I would love to
17:04know and I
17:04don't know if we
17:05will ever know
17:06unless you know
17:07Brandon lands with
17:08another team and
17:09you know starts
17:09calling people a
17:10little cat
17:10yeah and I'm
17:11look can't rule
17:13out him being in
17:14the NFL he's got
17:15a credible agent
17:15and he's young and
17:17he's got a lot of
17:18talent and he
17:19didn't like you
17:20know break any
17:20laws other than
17:22speeding so it's
17:24certainly possible
17:25but man if I'm a
17:27general manager in
17:28the NFL I'm
17:29certainly not putting
17:30any capital or
17:31money into into
17:32trusting where this
17:33thing's gonna go
17:34Steve
17:34help.
Comments