The day after the San Francisco 49ers upended the Arizona Cardinals in dominating fashion in Week 11, head coach Kyle Shanahan told reporters he wouldn't open up the practice window for still-injured wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk this week.
It's been seemingly a weekly occurrence for Aiyuk, who is now well over a year removed from the devastating ACL and MCL tears suffered in October of 2024.
Then, in his Q&A mailbag heading into Week 12, NBC Sports Bay Area's Matt Maiocco was asked whether or not Aiyuk would ever be seen in a Niners uniform again in light of both the injury and hefty extension (one San Francisco openly disliked signing), to which the team insider responded as not being an overreactive take.