Brandon Aiyuk admits he made things 'difficult' before signing back with 49ers

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Brandon Aiyuk stood at the lectern at the San Francisco 49ers facility a happy man after agreeing to his lucrative contract extension to remain in the Bay Area. 

And now that everything is done, with ink put to paper to allow him a clear mind financially heading into the 2024 NFL season, he admitted to reporters that he made things pretty hard toward the end of negotiating. 

"I’m not going to lie, I made it a little more difficult than I needed to at the end," Aiyuk said smiling on Tuesday, via NBC Sports Bay Area, less than one week away from the 49ers’ start against the New York Jets on "Monday Night Football."

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San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk (11) walks off the field after the NFL NFC Divisional Playoff game between the Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers at Levis Stadium in Santa Clara, CA. (Bob Kupbens/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

"It was like — I’m not going to say the entire time, but for about the past month I think we were pretty good."

Any time a player requests to be traded, it’s usually not "pretty good" between him and the front office. But GM John Lynch finally got things done with the Aiyuk camp on a four-year, $120 million deal with $45 million guaranteed. 

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Things weren’t looking good, though, when Lynch basically told Aiyuk, along with head coach Kyle Shanahan, that he has to practice with the preseason schedule coming to an end last week. Aiyuk had been holding in, not holding out, but he reportedly wasn’t a fan of this "you got to play" statement from