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A star cornerback chastises the 49ers and Kyle Shanahan for mishandling Brandon Aiyuk.
Much of the San Francisco 49ers’ 2023 season can be looked back on with pride, but the disappointment of not winning a Super Bowl will likely stay with the team for a much longer.
The 49ers fell to the Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII, their second defeat to Kansas City on the grandest stage of football in four years, and doubts remain about whether head coach Kyle Shanahan gave San Francisco the best chance to prevail.
Shanahan has been under fire for not getting his guys ready for overtime and for not using Brandon Aiyuk on more plays. Aiyuk was the 49ers’ top receiver in the regular season, but the player’s discontent with his targets in the game versus Kansas City has fueled trade rumors. An NFL player has also fueled those rumors by praising the former Arizona State Sun Devil.
Sauce Gardner, a cornerback for the New York Jets, is a regular poster on X, formerly Twitter. This week, he decided to voice his opinions as a general manager. This week, Gardner talked about Aiyuk, a wide receiver he considers to be exceptional and who ought to receive the ball more frequently.
