Niners Nation
Here is the final injury report for the San Francisco 49ers:
Out:
LB Tatum Bethune (high-ankle sprain)
K Eddy Pineiro (hamstring)
Doubtful:
Edge rusher Robert Beal (concussion)
Questionable:
LB Luke Gifford (hip/neck)
The first question Kyle Shanahan was asked was about the elephant in the room, Brandon Aiyuk. Shanahan answered without answering at first, saying, “Yeah, it’s week-to-week. Hoping he can clear all of the markers so he can come back and start his practice window.”
When asked if Aiyuk may have missed meetings or done something to upset the team, causing the 49ers to void Aiyuk’s 2026 guarantees, Shanahan confirmed it was true, but this happened back in the offseason:
Yes. That happened back in July, though. So, that was other things. But as far as missing meetings and things like that, any injured player, and people on IR or doing rehab, their schedule is totally different than the rest of the team.
Sometimes they’re involved in meetings, sometimes they’re not at all. Not gonna go through each thing with them, but anytime a guy is on IR and stuff, they’re not in the daily routine of meetings.
Yeah, he’s missed some. There have been other people on our team who have missed meetings before. But that doesn’t have anything to do with his contract.
Shanahan still believes Aiyuk will return and play for the team this season. When asked if the Niners and Aiyuk were on the same page when it comes to returning from his injury, Kyle said, “I can’t tell you that—not getting much dialogue, personally, between him and I. I’ve been told that it’s week to week, so each week I wait to see if he’s coming back to practice. I haven’t got that answer yet.”
According to Shanahan, there are still some markers that Aiyuk has to clear before returning. He’s technically not medically cleared yet.
Shanahan would not commit to saying Aiyuk is motivated to return:
“I don’t think that really matters. I think everyone may have a different opinion of that. I know, with the contract stuff, that happened back in July. I knew it was going to be a while for him to come back. I was hoping to get him back around this time. We’ve kinda been going about that. Just coaching the team, I don’t deal much with injured players. I was told a few weeks ago that he was getting closer, and we haven’t made progress in that so far. From my standpoint, I’m just waiting for him to get back to practice.”
Shanahan would not tell the media why Aiyuk’s guarantees were voided:
I’m not going to get into specifics with that. There were a number of things in July that to me, is more of a business side dealing with lawyers and stuff and contracts, and, stuff that is really not my area of expertise.
Shanahan said there was some disappointment, but not toward Brandon. More toward the situation: “Yeah,...
