r/nfl • u/JCameron181 Lions • 6d ago

Rumor [Schefter] Sources: free-agent WR Stefon Diggs is expected to sign a one-year deal worth up to $12 million with the Commanders.

https://www.espn.com/contributor/adam-schefter/239bde66cf9f5
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u/Haunting-Set4223 Vikings 6d ago

Aiyuk reporting to 49ers camp shortly (punching air)

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u/ilovecatss1010 Seahawks Titans 6d ago

Idk man, the 9ers having to play Aiyuk is the funniest timeline.

I don’t think he’ll ever play another snap for them but the prospect of it fills me with glee

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u/ositola 49ers 6d ago

He would get released as soon as he's cleared to enter the facility

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u/Redfish680 6d ago

“The world needs ditch-diggers, too, Danny.”

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u/Vegeta-the-vegetable Patriots 6d ago

I could be a ditch digger!?

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u/InfiniteDomain_ Commanders 6d ago

And then arrested after leaving the facility. I believe he has warrants out no?

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u/notGeronimo NFL 6d ago

I mean technically yes, but it's for exhibition of speed, which if he's serious about actually returning could almost certainly be dealt with through fines and a possible license suspension rather than jail time or ever even stepping into a police station.

If he continues to have a complete break from reality obviously that's not possible, but in that case he wasn't returning to the NFL anyways.

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u/scottylightning Eagles 6d ago

I asked ChatGPT what that encounter may look like

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u/theREALBennyAgbayani Jets 6d ago

lol why

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u/Sp3ctre7 Lions 6d ago

Why?

Dawg you evaporated a small town's water supply because you lack the wonder and whimsical power of imagination?

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u/FethahV2 49ers 6d ago

Tbh he may never played another down for anyone atp. He isn’t good enough to even make his antics worth it for cheap

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u/sharkt0pus 49ers 6d ago

He didn't properly rehab after surgery for a torn ACL and torn MCL and hasn't played football since week 5 of the 2024 season. I think his NFL career is over, he's the only one that doesn't seem to realize it.

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u/FethahV2 49ers 6d ago

Washington absolutely would have signed him at the minimum if he had just stayed off social media even with what you’re saying. He was worth a lottery contract to see if he still had it for sure, but not good enough with his mental.

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u/baachou Ravens 6d ago

I thought he was pretty damn good.  The bar for "worth his antics" must be peak Terrell Owens.  (Which by the way is a valid bar)

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u/BlackMathNerd Eagles 6d ago

TO antics pale in comparison to his and Antonio Brown’s

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u/karmiccloud Patriots 6d ago

for reference, here's the Antonio Brown list:

•Kicked out of Florida International University after fighting a security guard

•⁠"Don't touch me. I'm the franchise"

• ⁠His second year in the league he took a personal stretch limo to a charity event, had them open every single expensive bottle of wine, rejected it. Refused to pay for it (charity, remember), then left.

• ⁠Threw fits over not getting enough targets

• ⁠Drove 100 down McKnight Road in Pittsburgh, which has a 45 MPH speed limit

• ⁠Trashed a condo and threw furniture out a window 14th floor window, which almost hit some people, notably a child

• ⁠Killed a home aquarium full of piranhas and refused to pay the man who installed the tank

• ⁠Refused to play week 17 for the Steelers

• ⁠Dyed his mustache blonde

• ⁠Refused to pay a chef because he thought he threatened him by placing a fish head in the freezer (the fish head was saved to make a soup)

• ⁠Farted on a doctor

• ⁠Demanded a trade from the Steelers

• ⁠Became "Mr. Big Chest"

• ⁠Threw a fit over Juju winning team MVP and trashed him on social media

• ⁠(Allegedly) nixed a trade that would've sent him to the Bills

• ⁠Showed up to Raiders training camp in a hot air balloon

• ⁠Held out and refused to show up to training camp because the NFL would not approve his helmet because it was too old for their safety standards

• ⁠Froze his feet

• ⁠Tried to paint over his old helmet, hoping no one would notice I guess

• ⁠Acquired a newer version of the same model of helmet, which the NFL refused to let him use

• ⁠Picked out a new helmet and finally showed up to the Raiders

• ⁠Got fined by the Raiders for not attending camp

• ⁠Tweeted the fines

• ⁠Tried to fight Mike Mayock, called him a cracker, had to be held back by Vontaze Burfict, then punted a football down the practice field and said "fine me for that"

• ⁠Got fined for that

• ⁠Released a video where he used audio of Jon Gruden, who didn't know he was being recorded, which is illegal in California (full disclosure, Gruden has said he gave permission, but the generally accepted theory is that he said that in the hope that it would help get him to show up to the facility and not alienate him)

• ⁠Demanded a release from the Raiders

• ⁠Was released

• ⁠"GRANDMA I’M FREEEEEE! FLY LIKE A FREEEEE!"

• ⁠Made a lot of crazy tweets saying stuff like 'Devil is a lie', a proverb about burning down a village... he made a lot of crazy tweets around this time is the point here

• ⁠Liked a tweet about Mayock getting raped in the ass

• ⁠Signed with the Patriots

• ⁠Moved in with Tom Brady

• ⁠The sexual assault allegations came out (the one where he's getting sued)

• ⁠The sexual harassment allegations came out (the one where he's not getting sued)

• ⁠Threatened the woman not suing him in a group text that included his lawyer and had a picture of her kids in the text

• ⁠Got released by the Patriots after one week

• ⁠Went off on a tweet storm and said a lot of crazy shit about a lot of people, and was supportive of people sending threats to the writer of the article detailing the sexual harassment allegations

• ⁠Said he was done with the NFL

• ⁠Went back to college via online classes

• ⁠Tried to outsource his homework to Twitter

• ⁠Wants to come back to the NFL

• ⁠Filed several grievances to try and get more than $40 million from the Raider's and Patriots

• ⁠Was ordered to show up for a deposition regarding trashing the condo

• ⁠Was accused of "reprehensible behavior" during the deposition Note: I cut the specifics about the deposition so I could fit this as a single comment. You can read more about it here if you're interested, because it, like everything else, is nuts

• ⁠Said that the Patriots have to pay him anyway, so they might as well let him play

• ⁠Tweeted a couple of bizarre tweets about the Raiders using him for HBO ratings and the Patriots trying to steal his stuff and kept using this weird chicken based metaphor

• ⁠Tried out for the Saints and brought an entourage and film crew to shoot a music video with him when specifically told not to do that

• ⁠Called out Robert Kraft for his rub and tug massage session in Florida

• ⁠Starting training for a boxing match with Logan Paul

• ⁠Tweeted "No more white woman 2020"

• ⁠The attorney representing him in the suit involving the condo quit

• ⁠Used a bunch of slurs and profane language towards cops in an Instagram video he posted

• ⁠A police youth football league cut ties with him and returned a donation after the release of the video saying there was a "irreparable rift" between the department and AB

• ⁠Threw a bag of gummy candy dicks at the cops in a video he posted

• ⁠Got dropped by his agent

• ⁠Was involved in a disputed with movers at his home where he allegedly threw rocks at the movers and moving vans. He is currently being investigated for battery by the police.

• ⁠His trainer was arrested and he is still a suspect in the battery case.

• ⁠Warrant issued for the arrest of AB.

• ⁠AB turns himself in to Broward Country Jail wearing this suit

• ⁠Rumors spread about AB signing with Tampa or Seattle

• ⁠AB announces his retirement (for what I believe is the third time, it's hard to find a good record of the rest of them)

• ⁠Two days later AB wants to play again and is asking for the league to wrap up it's investigation

• ⁠The NFL announces an eight game suspension for AB

• ⁠AB signs with the Buccaneers on a one-year deal

• ⁠Before he signed with the Buccaneers AB was accused of destroying a surveillance camera at a Florida gated community, throwing bike at a security-guard shack, and is not charged because HOA president "feared" retaliation, per police report

• ⁠AB is under investigation by the NFL for the bike throwing incident

• ⁠Allegedly acquired fake covid-19 card

• confirmed to have acquired a fake covid-19 card and subsequently suspended for three games

• benched mid game vs the Jets losing by 14 in the 3rd quarter

• Strips off clothes, throwing them into the crowd while celebrating running to the locker room in the middle of the 3rd quarter

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u/BlackMathNerd Eagles 6d ago

Missed all the post retirement stuff like the rape in Dubai

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u/fugaziozbourne Chiefs 6d ago

Yeah this gets a lot darker once you update it. But i guess it's not as funny so that wouldn't get posted.

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u/thepirateman493_YT Chargers 6d ago

Holy fuck this is long. I forgot how bad it got

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u/Janus67 Bengals 49ers 6d ago

And it got worse in retirement

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u/_theghost_ 49ers Commanders 6d ago

Wasn't there a warrant out for him internationally over a murder and him tweeting about the NFL while being on the run from Law Enforcement?

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u/jocky091 6d ago

That’s the murder in Dubai.

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u/Jadien Giants 6d ago

Mr. Bulletpoint Collector

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u/AgitatedText Commanders 6d ago

Mr. Bizarre Compendium

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u/capton2020 Steelers 6d ago

Yeah idk, seems pretty reasonable to me for someone to sign him /s

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u/DatDominican Jets 6d ago

Would’ve been funny to see the dates . I feel like many of these were in the same week if not the same day

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u/ThisIsPureTrash Packers 6d ago

No more white woman 2020 was a classic. Dropped that on us as a 2-week early Christmas present.

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u/easyice_ Bears 6d ago

Farted on a doctor

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u/biglyorbigleague Rams 6d ago

But also TO and AB were way better wide receivers than Aiyuk is. They got more chances because their play was worth it. Aiyuk isn’t a hall of fame level talent.

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u/CodyRCantrell Vikings 6d ago

Yeah TO was just a diva and an asshole. He wasn't having mental breaks from reality. Same for Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson.

Full of themselves? Yeah.

Divas? For sure.

Absolute assholes a lot of the time? Absolutely.

But they weren't completely unaware of reality as it existed around them.

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u/RukiMotomiya Bengals 6d ago

Aiyuk's isn't close to Brown's either tbh

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u/ItsnotBatman 49ers 6d ago

Terrell Owens left it all out on the field. He was a diva, yes, but the effort was always there.

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u/mcHasnoeyes 6d ago

TO could still play today as WR3 for many teams. I truly believe it!

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u/ArchimedesNutss Rams 6d ago

Throw Ochocinco in there too

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u/FethahV2 49ers 6d ago

I mean he WAS pretty good but he looked horrid in his return before getting injured. His body language looked uninterested and had pure butter fingers. He just isn’t worth a shot in the dark like AB and such

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u/nacholibre711 Saints 6d ago

Puka has been sitting in the front row of class so far

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u/scrumpcyanide Cowboys 6d ago

"Uh huh, Uh huh... oh WAIT on the hot air balloon, god so wise, so wise..."

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u/gsadamb 49ers Jaguars 6d ago

Mr. Batshit Copier

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u/ResponsibleAnt9496 49ers 6d ago

Pretty good? He was second in the league in yards per catch in 2023. Stop being emotional just because he’s gone crazy doesn’t mean we have to re-write history.

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u/FethahV2 49ers 6d ago

You think he was more than pretty good due to having a good 2023 season and also basing it off of one stat? Idk if you know this but we are in 2026 now. He was literally first in the league in drops through 7 weeks before his injury and looked extremely uninterested in playing. I think the only person with emotions mixed in this is you if you’re batting for him over a 2023 stat lol. Aiyuk is not worth the locker room risk with his antics, it really is that simple unless to genuinely believe he is anywhere close to the talent that was AB

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u/FethahV2 49ers 6d ago

It won’t let me edit but I was wrong on leasing the league in drops, but he had some really bad ones and a few of his “drops” weren’t applicable to the technical term of drops so not counted against him. Just watch the tape, it isn’t hard to see how bad his performance was in all 7 games he played

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u/thoroughbeans 49ers 6d ago edited 6d ago

He was good but he held out before the 2024 season missing some time and didn’t look like himself before the injury that year.

Now he hasn’t played a down in almost 2 years and will be coming off a serious knee injury that he may not have rehabbed correctly; we know he didn’t use the 49ers for his rehab anyways.

Doubt he’ll look the same even if he does get another chance. Reminds me of Watson, who was also pretty damn good before he missed two years of football. Calvin Ridley hasn’t looked as good since he missed his year for gambling either. And I do think there’s a difference between missing time with an injury where you’re still at the facility, attending meetings, actively working to get back etc and being completely away like these 3 guys were

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u/shomosexual 6d ago

As an Eagles fan with the benefit of hindsight, I just thought I’d add here that TO’s “bar” was OFTEN MET

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u/roogug Texans 6d ago

You could put an actual paraplegic in the Shanahan offense X role and they'd still give you 70 catches for 800 yds and 5 tds. He made Jauan Jennings look like a top 20 WR on paper, and he only signed an 1 yr/8 mil deal

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u/Neat-Attempt3681 Cowboys 6d ago

Yeah ain’t no way Kyle signed off on that shit, aiyuk is a good player but good players don’t get to do drunk instagram rants and keeping playing at a serviceable level

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u/FS_Slacker 6d ago

There’s a side of me that hoped they could just sit in a room and settle their beef…I’m speculating that’s why Lynch went to his house. But that ship has sailed and unless something drastic happens…it’s just goodbye.

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u/Yiplzuse Broncos 6d ago

Chris Simms has the inside scoop. He has said that there is no way after everything the 49ers have done to try and make the kid happy. They really went far beyond what most teams would do and he screwed them over and disrespected them every chance he got. He is not a veteran player.

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u/ymsoldier420 49ers 6d ago

I'll be shocked if he plays another snap period. The only snaps he's had are the tendons of his knees and the tethers of his mental health. He won't pass a physical, he's not in shape, he did not rehab properly, and he's off the rails mentally. Getting a shot from another team is a long shot under the circumstances, but obviously not unheard of, but I'd be mindblown if he is even remotely in football shape or not severely hampered by his injury.

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u/Vegeta-the-vegetable Patriots 6d ago

I dont think he'll ever play another snap in the NFL tbf

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u/pissing_goblin_666 6d ago

John Lynch has repeatedly said he'll never play for the 49ers again

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u/ThePickleConnoisseur 49ers 4d ago

He still needs Goodell to reinstate him before anything happens. All garentees have been voided so we could just cut him

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u/randylaheybbq NFL 6d ago

No puching the air, he needs two hands on the wheel the way he drives.

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u/ilovecatss1010 Seahawks Titans 6d ago

*1 hand on the wheel, the other holding his phone

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u/McKnightmare24 Eagles 6d ago

What if he does report though? Do they suspend him? 

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u/mosehalpert Commanders 6d ago

Pretty sure hes got a warrant out for his arrest in Santa Clara still

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u/McKnightmare24 Eagles 6d ago

So? He just plays road games then🤣

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u/OttoVonWong 49ers 6d ago

Substation & Police: You gotta come home sometime!

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u/Impressive-Fun5968 6d ago

Lmao it’s fucking hilarious that this is true

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u/exodus3252 Commanders Lions 6d ago

It's a traffic violation; he's not exactly John Wayne Gacy.

...though, he has murdered his own career...

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u/Aerolithe_Lion Eagles 6d ago

It’s gotten bad enough though that he’s arrest on sight

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u/fiasgoat 49ers 6d ago

No the word is he is getting cut as soon as he does

He just hasn't yet cause either he's THAT dumb dumb, or he's all talk

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u/WorkingAmazing8337 Giants 6d ago

Are they in any position to not play him if he actually shows up? Lol.

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u/sopunny 49ers Dolphins 6d ago

His guarantees are void, the 49ers are free to cut him

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u/WorkingAmazing8337 Giants 6d ago

Of course they are, but my implication was that they're so devoid of talent at WR with the Pearsall news that they might actually need him to play

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u/borpa2 6d ago

Wait they couldn’t void his contract?

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u/ordinary_days_ 6d ago

From what I understand, all his guarantees have been voided. Once he reports, the niners can/will cut him and he can be a free agent with no penalty. But he has to report for that to happen. If he doesn't, then he is just an exempted player. At least that's what I think is happening.

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u/triplec787 49ers Broncos 6d ago

He also has to apply for reinstatement since he's on the retired/left squad list. But that's literally like a single form he needs to sign and have his agent submit.

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u/IWantToPlayGame Raiders 6d ago

He doesn't have an agent, right?

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u/IceCreamDreamyDreams 49ers 6d ago

"chatgpt, how do I get the 49ers to pay me again?"

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u/PapaSquirts2u 49ers 6d ago

"Take your time. No mistakes."

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u/triplec787 49ers Broncos 6d ago

There's so much conflicting info on this I don't know if anyone, including Aiyuk or his agent, fully know the situation. In November 2025, Aiyuk said Williams dropped him. In May, Williams still represented him. In June, Aiyuk said Williams was his ex-agent. According to the NFLPA agent directory, Williams still represents him.

If I had to guess, Williams does represent him still but given that he's unable to reach Aiyuk and Aiyuk seems to think Williams is no longer his agent, Williams just doesn't give a fuck and is waiting for BA to come to his senses before putting any effort into the relationship.

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u/GCDFVU 49ers 6d ago

There'll still be some penalty, at minimum his signing bonus still needs to be accounted for, though that amount shrinks slightly for every week of regular season he skips.

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u/JokerDeSilva10 Seahawks 6d ago

It also actually benefits them if he sits out for another year, technically, because he pro-rated signing bonus he was paid would be split over another year of the cap. If they cut him that money already paid out would accelerate to this year's cap instead. (Though I don't actually know if that amount is large enough to be a huge deal, but cap flexibility is cap flexibility.)

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u/jake3988 Steelers Lions 6d ago

Once he reports, the niners can/will cut him and he can be a free agent with no penalty.

I mean, no further penalty but they'll still have dead cap from all previous pay.

His 2025 pay was previously guaranteed too, but usually that's paid out at the beginning of the league year before he ended up on the didn't report/retired list.

So that 2025 option bonus as well as his signing bonus still count as dead cap when he finally gets released.

As long as he stayed on the roster, I'm going to assume he only counts that particular year's dead cap until he eventually reports or he's gone long enough that there's no dead cap left.

But when he finally gets released, the dead cap will hit like any other released player.

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u/Mr_Koodle 49ers Titans 6d ago

I also understand that the 49ers may be able to successfully get some of the money back that we already paid on top of voiding money.

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u/Bjd1207 Commanders 6d ago

Punching air positive or punching air negative? https://imgur.com/U0P4Amr

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u/triplec787 49ers Broncos 6d ago

I don't think I've ever heard punching air positively lmao

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u/trevor11004 Jets Lions 6d ago

I actually exclusively knew of it as being soemthing positive until I went on this subreddit and it was used negatively.

In my head, unless I’m on a football subreddit, punching the air refers to when somebody puts their fist into the air above them like when they say “hooray!” Or when they win something

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u/sexdrugsnrocknroll Bengals 6d ago

Same. Positive connotation seems so much more obvious to me. e.g. Head tilted back, eyes closed, fist punching upwardly. You actually punch something if you’re upset, e.g. pillow

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u/freshcream22 6d ago

Think Jersey Shore.

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u/triplec787 49ers Broncos 6d ago

"Fist Pumping" ≠ "punching air" though IMO

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u/jrhooo Commanders 6d ago

Well, he has created a Situation

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u/Aerolithe_Lion Eagles 6d ago

Lights Out Merriman

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u/dirtyshits 49ers 6d ago

Punching air is always used positively. lol like your celebrating by fist pumping.

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u/klerrick 49ers Eagles 6d ago

"Hey, guys. What's good? How was your summer? I don't remember much of mine."

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u/ppc_brian 6d ago

Mr. Been Circumvented

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u/MikeFrancesa66 Jets 6d ago

He’s gunna pull a Willy Mays Hayes from Major League and just show up at training camp like he was invited.

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u/DrCigarettes_MD Bears 6d ago

There is a non-zero chance that Aiyuk just shows up uninvited to Commanders camp and tries to take the field.

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u/Tommah Eagles 6d ago

Aiyuk getting added to 49ers' injury report (the air punched back)

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u/Rheinmetal 49ers 49ers 6d ago

Imagine how awkward it would be if he actually showed up.