49ers coach Kyle Shanahan on Saturday confirmed that the franchise had indeed voided the $27 million in guaranteed money last July that wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk stood to earn in 2026, confirming reports that had emerged Friday. The shocking report broke a little over a year after Aiyuk had put pen to paper to sign the deal. And Shanahan, who has been coaching in the NFL in some capacity since 2004 and a head coach since 2017, admitted he had never before encountered a situation such as Aiyuk's.
"Yeah of course," Shanahan said when asked if he was disappointed that things have gotten to this point. "I've been coaching over 20 years, and I've never been in a situation where a contract's been voided. It's extremely unusual to me."
