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49ers in Five: Shanahan explains what went wrong with Brandon Aiyuk last year

The biggest storyline of the early part of last season was the freezing of Brandon Aiyuk out of the offense. Yesterday Kyle Shanahan heaped praise on the third-year receiver and explained why there was a disconnect between Aiyuk and what the team expected of him.

“You have to go through experiences to learn stuff...His rookie season was COVID year. And so he didn’t have anything in the offseason. He just showed up here and we didn’t even know until about two weeks before he showed up whether we were having a season or not, so he was a little behind and then training camp was kind of a joke for the whole league.