After months of speculation, rumors, reports of trade agreements and updates on whether or not he was standing around at San Francisco 49ers practice, the Brandon Aiyuk saga has finally, mercifully come to an end.
The ending puts everybody right back where they started with the star wide receiver remaining in San Francisco.
The team and Aiyuk reportedly agreed to a new four-year contract extension on Thursday worth $120M.
Perhaps the most eye-opening part of this development is that according to ESPN's Adam Schefter it is the same contract the 49ers offered Aiyuk nearly three weeks ago, meaning his hold-in did not really get him any additional money from the 49ers' original offer.
Aiyuk's offseason included a hold-in, a trade request and rumored deals with Cleveland, New England and Pittsburgh.
The only thing that matters now for the 49ers is that one of their best players is remaining in place for several more runs at a Super Bowl. As likely as a trade may have seemed at times, there is no way the 49ers actually wanted to go through with that unless it was a last resort and they were out of other options.
They are a better team with him, and there is no way they were going to get a trade that was going to improve their roster without him.
Now they do not have to worry about that for a while.
