If every good deal makes each side a little unhappy, then mission accomplished for the San Francisco 49ers after they (finally) came to terms with star wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk.
San Francisco, in the end, got no hometown discount. In fact, what Aiyuk would’ve received from the Pittsburgh Steelers was actually less (until you consider tax implications) than the four-year, $120 million extension he signed Thursday. Conversely, while Aiyuk’s hold-in moved the 49ers off the spot they occupied in the spring, it didn’t move the needle much the past few weeks, and the final numbers wound up short of where the Minnesota Vikings’ Justin Jefferson and Dallas Cowboys’ CeeDee Lamb landed financially this summer.
