REPORT: 49ers to release Aiyuk

[BillsFanForever19]

2 hours ago, HappyDays said:

 

I think if one them gets fired both of them do and vice versa. They're a package deal IMO. I tend to lean in your direction though that they're both here to stay but there will be some splash moves made to create some excitement. 

 

I agree with both of your sentiments that it's likely both stay and to quiet the anger from fans over both how I see the season ending and they're staying - that we're likely to see some splash moves.

 

Where I disagree though is the idea that they're a package deal. I could easily see a scenario where Beane lets McDermott go. 

 

There was even a conversation on the Jeremy White, Joe Marino, Jerry Ostrowski show that discussed what they perceived as a possible rift between the two. 

 

I think if Beane felt that either a.) McDermott wasn't getting the most out of what he was giving him or b.) That he could keep his job at the cost of McDermott - he'd pull the trigger. 

 

If Beane goes, McDermott will surely go as a new GM would want to bring in their own guy. But I don't think Beane would willingly go down with the ship if he could avoid it. I don't think the bond is so tight that he'd willingly go to the unemployment line if he didn't have to.

[FireChans]

4 hours ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

 

I agree with both of your sentiments that it's likely both stay and to quiet the anger from fans over both how I see the season ending and they're staying - that we're likely to see some splash moves.

 

Where I disagree though is the idea that they're a package deal. I could easily see a scenario where Beane lets McDermott go. 

 

There was even a conversation on the Jeremy White, Joe Marino, Jerry Ostrowski show that discussed what they perceived as a possible rift between the two. 

 

I think if Beane felt that either a.) McDermott wasn't getting the most out of what he was giving him or b.) That he could keep his job at the cost of McDermott - he'd pull the trigger. 

 

If Beane goes, McDermott will surely go as a new GM would want to bring in their own guy. But I don't think Beane would willingly go down with the ship if he could avoid it. I don't think the bond is so tight that he'd willingly go to the unemployment line if he didn't have to.

Beane can’t let McD go imo. That’s not the power dynamic. 
 

I do think Beane is not above selling McD down the river to Terry to save himself. He has a self-serving streak in him. Even back in 2023 when the season was shaky, I felt like some of the things Beane said had the air of subtly blaming McD for the team’s shortcomings. 
 

Ultimately, I think both will end up being a package firing. And I hope they would be. I think their track record here is too intertwined to fairly parse out who is “more” at fault.

 

It would be a mistake to keep one at the expense of the other imo.

[boater]

On 11/21/2025 at 7:32 PM, ALLinALLEN said:

 

Missing meetings? He will fit right in with Keon! 

 

 

They could miss meetings together. Then WR1 and WR2 would both be inactives. Beane has to pull the trigger now.

[BADOLBILZ]

5 hours ago, Puckman5 said:

 I would be extremely surprised if McDermott brought in a defensive coordinator and allowed them to implement anything other than his McDefense.   

 

 

I would have been until this season.   I think it's reached a point where he has to relinquish control defensively.   He is baby sitting Babich.   Babich may one day be a great DC but that position is the one that favors the wiser man.   Offense can still be about innovation so young minds can still find an advantage.   

[harmonkillebrew]

Could we be looking at a Cooks, Aiyuk, Shakir WR room next year?

[Bob in STL]

Every thread here turns into fire Beane.  Fire McDermott.  
 

Like a goof ball such as Terry Pegula will make magical moves to improve the team?   Not gonna happen.  
 

Terry is too busy watching the stadium cost overruns and worried about opening day of NEXT year.    His wife is not well.  His hockey team is run by two guys on expiring contracts after THIS season.  

 

Terry is not firing either of them.  He likes them.  

[BillsVet]

2 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said:

I would have been until this season.   I think it's reached a point where he has to relinquish control defensively.   He is baby sitting Babich.   Babich may one day be a great DC but that position is the one that favors the wiser man.   Offense can still be about innovation so young minds can still find an advantage.   

 

Pretty noticeable how, at least publicly, McD offers criticism of the OC whereas the DC isn't highlighted that way.  

[Yobogoya!]

23 minutes ago, BillsVet said:

 

Pretty noticeable how, at least publicly, McD offers criticism of the OC whereas the DC isn't highlighted that way.  

 

I'm inclined to believe that's because for all intents and purposes, McD is the DC right now.