"According to @JayGlazer, Brandon Aiyuk called off a trade to the Steelers in the eleventh hour to stay with the 49ers," Jay Glazer posted on X on Sept. 8, 2024. "Kyle Shanahan told Aiyuk that he had to make a decision by the end of practice on the day the deal got done. Aiyuk chose to stay in San Francisco."

The 49ers took a wait-and-see approach with Greenlaw following his Achilles injury and that ultimately cost them.

In January, on the first day of the San Francisco 49ers’ offseason, head coach Kyle Shanahan made it clear that retaining linebacker Dre Greenlaw would be among the team’s biggest priorities. “We’re doing everything in the world we can to bring Greenlaw back,