49ers’ Super Bowl dreams have a looming salary cap crunch

The San Francisco 49ers just extended running back Christian McCaffrey, giving him the largest contract in NFL history for his position. But all offseason, they’ve been plagued by rumors surrounding their wide receiver contracts.

During the 2024 NFL Draft, there were reports that Deebo Samuel and Brandon Aiyuk could both be on the trading block. For Samuel, it was to get his cap hit off the books and for Aiyuk, it was to avoid paying him huge money at the top of the receiver market this offseason.

The latest salvo in the public negotiating is a report out of the Bay Area that the 49ers offered Aiyuk $26

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