The Daily Slop – 5 November 2026
Editor’s note: Each day, Hogs Haven compiles a collection of articles, podcasts & tweets from around the web to keep you in touch with the Commanders, the NFC East, the NFL and sports in general, with a sprinkling of other stuff. Enjoy!
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Sports Illustrated
Commanders’ Unique Usage of Safety Nick Cross Could Have Long-Term Implications
Nick Cross’ expanded slot role gives Washington more options and could influence Mike Sainristil’s playing time and how the secondary is built
Washington Commanders safety Nick Cross has greater alignment
diversity than any NFL defender, according to SumerSports data through Week 8. The interesting part is that Cross’ position designation captures only part of what defensive coordinator Daronte Jones asks him to do. So, then the real question becomes: What does Washington gain by moving him around this much?
Cross gives Jones a 212-pound safety who can play closer to the run game and be used as a blitzer. He can also move back to a deeper alignment on the next snap. Washington doesn’t have to take him off the field to change his job.
Cross earned his two highest overall PFF grades of the season against San Francisco and Philadelphia. The Eagles game was also his strongest in run defense and tackling, backing up what Quinn saw near the line.
Moving Cross around only helps if the other ten defenders are on the same page. Cross’ work at nickel also gives Jones an alternative to Mike Sainristil, who didn’t play a defensive snap against Philadelphia.
Cross still has something to prove in coverage. PFF has charged him with 10 receptions on 11 targets for 69 yards and one touchdown across four appearances, with a 56.2 coverage grade. Those catches averaged 6.9 yards, so opponents haven’t piled up yardage in that sample. The figures include all his coverage work, not just his plays from the slot.
If Cross proves he can cover consistently from the slot, Washington could have less need for a dedicated nickel corner. That would give general manager Adam Peters more flexibility to prioritize outside corners or depth elsewhere in the secondary.
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The Athletic (paywall)
How should the Commanders approach the trade deadline? Here are some options
Should the Commanders buy, sell or stand pat?
Jhabvala: Stand pat. Payne was their best option in a trade, but any deal is off the table because of his injury. The team doesn’t have many other obvious candidates who have the contract, position and potential value to be enticing to other teams. Two who could be of interest are safety Nick Cross and edge rusher Dorance Armstrong (No. 46 on The Athletic’s big board).
Cross is only 25, has the versatility to play as many snaps at free safety as he does in the box, would have a minimal cap hit for an acquiring team and is particularly good as a run-stopper and blitzer. But to get rid of your top safety and a leader of the secondary when the playoffs are technically still in play wouldn’t seem to make much sense. It’s not like the Commanders have much depth on the back end. Armstrong, 29, has taken on more of a reserve role in Daronte Jones’ defense, but is still effective as a pass rusher (he’s averaging the fourth-most pressures per game for Washington at 2.17). He’s also on an expiring contract.
Aldridge: It’s a recurring theme with this year’s team, but they’re kind of stuck. With Payne’s injury, I don’t really see an obvious trade candidate among the team’s young veterans (and, obviously, Washington won’t likely trade any of the high-profile free agents it just signed, like Cross, Odafe Oweh or Amik Robertson, who would bring back decent to good pick value in return). The Rams are playing better, but they’re still really banged up, so I’d be surprised if Washington isn’t at least in Sunday’s game. And if they were to beat Los Angeles … I mean, how could you then turn around and punt (no pun intended) on the rest of this season by moving guys at the deadline?
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Bullock’s Film Room (subscription)
Commanders Film Review: Pass Rush vs Eagles
Coming off the bye, they were hoping to turn things around and against the Eagles they certainly did. They delivered five sacks and multiple other pressures. According to NextGenStats, the Commanders had a season-high pressure rate at 46.5%. When they blitzed, they had a pressure rate of 83.3%, the second highest pressure rate on blitzes by any team in the NFL this season.
So how did the Commanders do it? During the bye week, I wrote about some schemes that worked which they could use more frequently, and we definitely saw them come up against the Eagles on Sunday night. Things like read blitzes, disguised overloads and B gap stabs were all effective against the Eagles.
On this play, Oweh takes quite a wide alignment prior to the snap, but at the snap he works almost directly up the field. Mailata fans out towards him, cutting off his speed rush, but Oweh hits him with a nice cross chop move. Oweh reaches across Mailata’s body with his inside hand, chopping down with it as he makes contact with Mailata’s outside hand. Oweh then backs that up with his own outside hand chopping down to ensure Mailata’s outside hand is out of action. As a result, Oweh clears himself a path to the edge. He bends around the edge and rips through with his inside arm to break free of Mailata and close on the quarterback for the Commanders fifth sack of the game.
Overall, the Commanders will of course be happy with the uptick from their pass rush unit in this game. They generated much more consistent pressure and of course finished those plays, putting up five sacks. However, this felt to me much more like the Eagles offensive line being bad than the Commanders pass rush being exceptionally good. Don’t get me wrong, you can only play against whoever the opponent puts out there each week, so I’m not trying to discredit this performance. But I do wonder how sustainable it is.
The Commanders blitzed at a significantly lower rate than they have done all season. Much of these pressures and sacks came on four-man rushes. We’ve seen through the first six games of the season that this pass rush isn’t good enough to consistently win with four, and that Daronte Jones has had to blitz a lot and dial up various pressure packages in order to generate consistent pressure. This game doesn’t line up with that theme so far this season, which speaks to an issue with the Eagles offensive line rather than some big adjustment the Commanders made over the bye week.
Individually, everyone played well up front. Chaisson had perhaps his best game in a Commanders uniform. Omenihu was a menace to whoever had to try and block him on the inside. Armstrong got the better of Bell frequently. Oweh had a solid game against one of the best tackles in the league. While Oweh and Chaisson had some very good reps against Mailata, they’ve had some very good reps individually in lots of games this season and the overall rush unit hasn’t looked this good. So I’m reluctant to say that this group has turned the corner. I definitely believe in their talent and I like the unit overall, but I’m eager to see if they can stack up performances like that against a Rams team with a much stronger offensive line.
Last Man Standig (paywall)
Robert Henry Jr. goes from the champs to a second chance with Commanders — and a bigger opportunity
Robert Henry Jr.’s quickness made a strong impression on the Washington Commanders during training camp and the preseason. Enough for the undrafted rookie running back to make the practice squad — and for the Seattle Seahawks to pluck him from it for their active roster.
The former University of Texas at San Antonio standout watched and learned from players and coaches who finished last season as the NFL’s last team standing. Henry, however, was inactive for all four games with Seattle. With their injured backs returning, the Seahawks released Henry on Monday.
“I feel like everything really does happen for a reason. If it was my time to play and stay there, I would’ve still been there,” he said.
As it turned out, the timing couldn’t have been more fortuitous for Henry or his former team.
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Washington Post (paywall)
X-factors to watch for Sunday vs Rams
Defending Puka
Amik Robertson and Trey Amos are the starting outside cornerbacks, while Nick Cross and Jeremy Reaves start at safety.
When the Commanders go to their sub package, the alignment varies. Robertson and Cross have also logged significant snaps as slot defenders. When Robertson is in the slot, Rasul Douglas replaces him at outside cornerback. When Cross is in the slot, Quan Martin replaces him at safety.
Washington’s back end was excellent against the Eagles last Sunday, but it will be far more challenging to replicate that against Nacua, quarterback Matthew Stafford and the Rams’ passing offense. Los Angeles will be without wide receiver Davante Adams, which should make it easier for the Commanders to pay extra attention to Nacua and try to keep him in check.
Blitzing
On their blitzes since Week 6, they have generated a pressure rate of 60 percent (fifth) and a sack rate of 13.6 percent (tied for sixth).
The Commanders had their best pass rush performance of the season against Philadelphia. They posted season-best marks with a pressure rate of 48.8 percent and five sacks, according to TruMedia. The Rams have one of the best offensive lines in the league — they’re second in pressure rate allowed and fifth in sack rate allowed — so they’ll need to be even better this week.
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Commanders.com
Tim Settle, Shy Tuttle step up to fill void in Commanders’ D-line
For the rest of the year, the duo of Shy Tuttle and Tim Settle will be charged with manning the defensive interior. They handled themselves well in the Commanders’ 27-10 win over the Philadelphia Eagles, but with more run-dominant teams on the schedule, they will be asked to continue stepping up. The Commanders believe they are ready for the task.
Tuttle and Settle have enough experience to prepare for larger roles. They have played in a combined 251 games with 102 starts, recording 404 tackles between them. Settle is a more recent starter and was an important piece of the Houston Texans’ run defense, on top of recording six sacks in two seasons. Tuttle has been more of a rotational player over the past two seasons but has more starting experience. He played at least 15 games in four consecutive seasons from 2022-24, and while he was not an impressive pass rusher, he did have 186 tackles in that span.
Tuttle at least earned the right to get more snaps on Sunday after being a disruptive force against the Eagles’ offensive line. He filled the stat sheet with six total tackles — including two for a loss — a sack and a quarterback hit. It’s his first multi-sack season since 2022, and his two tackles for loss were the most he has ever recorded in a single game.
He currently has a 73.9 tackle grade from Pro Football Focus – a career high for the veteran.
Settle’s value does not stop at stuffing runs. His 15 sacks in the previous eight years don’t sound like much, but he has nearly doubled that number in quarterback hits, including 10 in 2024, and 41 total pressures, according to Pro Football Reference. He already has a half-sack this season, and there is a chance that will increase with more snaps.
Settle admitted that he is still getting back into the groove of rushing quarterbacks — his previous role required him to be mostly a run-stuffer — but with Payne now out for the foreseeable future, he will likely have more opportunities to generate pressure.
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Commanders Roundtable
Expect Ricky Barber to be elevated for home game against the Rams
Amid injuries in the trenches, the Washington Commanders are expected to make a move to upgrade the lack of depth ahead of week nine.
Defensive tackle Ricky Barber is expected to be signed off the practice squad and onto the 53 man roster, per Ben Standig, giving the Commanders a young piece now looking to prove himself. Barber joined the organization as an undrafted free agent following the 2025 NFL Draft before being part of the final round of roster cuts, re-joining the team on the practice squad. He was then promoted for the final two games of the regular season with his NFL debut against the Dallas Cowboys
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Riggo’s Rag
5 Commanders players carrying more responsibility than their roles suggest
Deatrich Wise Jr. – Commanders DL
The Washington Commanders will be relying on those further down the depth chart in their defensive trenches moving forward. Pro Bowler Daron Payne is out for the season with a fractured foot, and the hits kept coming when Javon Kinlaw also landed on season-ending injured reserve after surgery for an MCL injury.
And just like that, Daronte Jones is without his starting 3-4 defensive ends for the rest of 2026.
Not exactly what the Commanders had in mind, but they will just have to roll with the punches. As always in the NFL, it’s next man up, so rotational players have to be ready for increased duties whenever their numbers are called.
Losing Payne and Kinlaw is a body blow. This might be felt more in the run game than anywhere else, so it’ll be interesting to see how Jones decides to fill the void.
Tim Settle Jr. and Shy Tuttle must come through. But given his run-stopping prowess, giving Deatrich Wise Jr. some work on early downs is a definite option.
Wise returned from a long layoff this season and has played well. Asking him to fill an every-down role right now is a stretch, but if he can make his presence felt on obvious running plays, that will be enough.
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Commanders Roundtable
Commanders evaluating wide receiver trade market, but not Brandon Aiyuk
[T]he Commanders are also reportedly exploring interest in the trade market at the position with Dan Graziano of ESPN noting that general manager Adam Peters has done his homework. Washington has been loosely linked to Josh Downs, who the Indianapolis Colts are reportedly eyeing a fourth round pick for, along with Brian Thomas Jr., the Jacksonville Jaguars’ wide receiver who played with Jayden Daniels for two seasons at LSU. Thomas has been tied to trade rumors for the bulk of the last two seasons where he has logged just ten catches through seven games.
One target that Washington is not expected to pursue, though, is wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk. After months of no news, Aiyuk has now filed to be reinstated and plans to report to the San Francisco 49ers on Friday, marking an official and abrupt announcement to the next phase of his return to play. What the 49ers opt to do remains unclear after general manager John Lynch previously pointed to the trade market as the preferred route, but the Commanders are not expected to pursue after an offseason filled with noise and daily updates via social media.
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Pro Football Talk
Eagles-Commanders somehow breaks 19 million viewers
When George Costanza pitched the show about nothing to NBC president Russell Dalrymple, Dalrymple asked, “Well, why am I watching it?”
“Because it’s on TV,” Costanza said.
More than 30 years later, that sentiment still applies. As evidenced by the fact that, per Nielsen, 19.015 million (on average) watched Sunday night’s snoozefest between the Eagles and Commanders on the network that Dalrymple once ran.
It’s an amazing number, given that it was the 2-5 Eagles against the 1-4-1 Commanders. The game itself wasn’t particularly compelling, and it followed afternoon windows that culminated in a down-to-the-wire showdown between the Chiefs and the Broncos.
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Bleeding Green Nation
Tanner McKee benched: Joe Milton is the Eagles’ new starting quarterback
McKee hasn’t been great. He is 0-3 as a starter this season with two touchdown to two interceptions and a 76.6 passer rating. In fairness, he wasn’t exactly helped by the coaching staff or the number of injuries to key offensive starters.
But it’s not like the Eagles were exactly in love with McKee, who began the season as the team’s third quarterback behind veteran Andy Dalton at No. 2. The Eagles cut Dalton after he threw an interception on his sole pass attempt in relief of Hurts in Week 3. They had interest in bringing the 39-year-old back after Hurts’ outlook worsened … but he reportedly declined and decided to join the Atlanta Falcons instead.
Dalton’s rejection led the Eagles to sign Milton away from the Dallas Cowboys’ practice squad in order to have more depth behind McKee. Milton was the emergency third quarterback behind McKee and rookie Cole Payton during his first game with the Eagles in Week 6. But then Milton moved ahead of Payton as McKee’s backup in Week 7.
Milton, who is roughly two months older than the 26-year-old McKee, offers some intrigue. He can run around a bit more than the statuesque McKee, which could be important since the Eagles lead the NFL in unblocked pressures. Milton also has a big frame at 6’5”, 235 pounds
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Bleeding Green Nation
Eagles on pace for worst offense since 1998: How did it get to this point?
The Eagles have their worst offense through eight games this century. What were the factors that got them to this stage?
There’s no argument the Philadelphia Eagles offense is bad. The 2026 unit is historically bad.
The Eagles are 29th in the NFL in points per game (17.1) and 30th in points per drive (1.61). They’re 32nd in yards per game (265.3) and yards per play (4.4), far from the offensive juggernauts the franchise has posted this century — whether that would be from Andy Reid, Chip Kelly, Doug Pederson, or even Nick Sirianni.
There has only been one Eagles team that has put up fewer points than the 2026 squad this century. The 2012 Eagles averaged just 16.6 points per game, and they ended up with a 4-12 record in what would be Reid’s last season. The 1.61 points per possession is also the lowest since 2012.
The 265.3 yards per game is the lowest through eight games since 1999 (244.0), and that Eagles team started 1-7 before rallying to finish 5-11 (year one under Reid). The 4.42 yards per play is the lowest since 1999 (3.92), and only the 1998 offense was worse than those two (3.73).
Those 1998 Eagles were an abomination. They were 30th out of 30 teams in points per game (10.1) and yards per game (261.7). That was the only time in franchise history the Eagles finished in the 30s in points and yards per game. If points per possession and yards per possession were measured in 1998, the Eagles would have been last in those categories too.
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The Ringer
What Went Wrong: The Dallas Cowboys’ Red Zone Defense
Dallas has allowed the most yards per game and seventh-most points per game this season, and now it sits at 3-5 after an embarrassing 33-30 home loss to the supposed-to-be-rebuilding Cardinals. Arizona benched quarterback Jacoby Brissett for Gardner Minshew in this game and still outgained the Cowboys 467 yards to 261 and scored 23 points between the fourth quarter and overtime.
Just about everything is bad for Dallas’s defense right now, but nothing stands out quite as much as how it performs in the red zone. By expected points added, the Cowboys have the fifth-worst red zone passing defense. They regularly miscommunicate coverage responsibilities, lose sight of receivers, and get little pressure on opposing quarterbacks.
Dallas is playing itself out of what should be an easy path to winning the NFC East because its defense can’t stop a nosebleed. With each passing week, I feel more certain that Parker will be a one-and-done experiment at DC and that head coach Brian Schottenheimer’s goodwill with the fan base will be used up because of this whiff of a hire.
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Blogging the Boys
Cowboys roundtable discussion: Arizona loss, Cowboys defense, head coaching
Tyler Allgeier finished with 147 rushing yards. Is the problem poor tackling, blown assignments, or simply a lack of physicality from Dallas?
Mike – It’s all three, but for me, the biggest problem is poor defensive discipline and a complete lack of physicality. Players were losing their assignments, failing to maintain gap discipline, taking poor angles, and missing tackles. But what frustrates me most is how easily Arizona bullied Dallas at the line of scrimmage. There was no aggression, no accountability and very little resistance once Allgeier reached the second level. When it’s all three you have to look at Christian Parker to take responsibility for all this, and he’s sitting firmly on the hot seat already.
Jorge – All of the above. Tackling has been an issue all year, and the lack of physicality has been a staple of the Dallas Cowboys defense even when they were recently good. Both go hand in hand; the same goes for the assignments. Christian Parker is failing as a DC, and the same issues have bubbled up all year. When you mix all three shortcomings into defensive performance, you get exactly what you saw on Sunday. The fact that the Cowboys defense isn’t okay at any of these three things is an indictment of Parker.
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ESPN
Jerry Jones’ stance on coach pay is a sign that he remains the Cowboys’ biggest problem
The immediate issue is coach Brian Schottenheimer, whose Cowboys are 3-5 after blowing a 14-point lead and losing to the Arizona Cardinals in overtime on Sunday.
Schottenheimer went 7-9-1 in his first season and is now 10-14-1 as an NFL head coach. He is reportedly making somewhere between $5 million and $8 million annually, making him one of the league’s lowest-paid head coaches.
That would be an interesting arrangement for almost any franchise. For Dallas, it is patently ridiculous.
Forbes estimates the Cowboys are worth $17 billion, a whopping 25% more than the NFL’s second-most-valuable franchise, the Los Angeles Rams, which the publication valued at $13.5 billion. In 2025, Dallas delivered $677 million in operating income on $1.28 billion in revenue.
This isn’t an owner trying to scrape together enough money to keep the lights on. Jerry Jones can afford any coach he wants, but apparently he has decided that the market’s going rate is an unnecessary expense.
Or, as a coaching agent told NFL Network’s Jane Slater when asked how aggressive Jones had been in looking for a veteran coach after the 2024 season: “Jerry won’t pay $13M and up, and that’s the starting point.”
Instead, Dallas promoted Schottenheimer, its own offensive coordinator and a longtime assistant. The Cowboys were the only team to interview him that year. Schottenheimer might prove to be a good coach despite his 10-14-1 start, but should the most valuable team on the planet be led by a guy who has to grow into the job?
The NFL does all it can to level the competitive playing field and limit any advantage a legacy, big-market franchise or extremely wealthy owner might have. There is a hard salary cap, a college draft that favors losing teams and a weighted regular-season schedule. Any Given Sunday is the motto.
What it doesn’t restrict is spending on everything else — from head coaches and full staffs that might better train and prepare teams to personnel departments that might better identify and acquire talent.
Yet, given the chance to use the franchise’s considerable resources on such things, Jones has chosen to not just punt, but dismiss the concept. He, himself, famously doubles as the team’s general manager, despite the Cowboys’ repeated stumbles and the fact the job has become increasingly complex.
Jones’ insistence that there is no correlation between coaching salaries and winning deserves skepticism.
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Upcoming opponent – Rams
Commanders next game is at home on Sunday vs the Los Angeles Rams
Turf Show Times
McVay’s ridiculous BS explanation for 1st half run game failure
Coach was asked about why the team got away from 13 personnel and running the ball against the Chargers in the 1st half. This was his response:
“We didn’t even have a chance to get any plays off [in the first half]. Your first down, decent gain. Second down, average. Third down and you’re off the grass. To even establish any sort of momentum or rhythm was non-existent for us. You credit them. I thought there were some plays that we could have executed at a higher level. But there were so minimal opportunities. The defense deserves a ton of credit. They kept getting stop after stop. They didn’t say anything except for just going out there and making their plays, even on the sudden change when we turned the football over early on in the game.”
Does McVay think everyone else is stupid or something? The Rams attempted FIVE rushes in the entire 1st half. Let me repeat that – FIVE RUSHING ATTEMPTS for 10 yards over 6 1st half drives. In order to establish a run game, you have to – get this – actually hand the ball off! Not think about it, not pretend to do it, but actually do it. You either commit to the run game or you don’t. The Rams did not, and he’s giving the Chargers credit for something they didn’t even do. This was completely self-inflicted by McVay’s own playcalling, which was mind-blowing considering that they just ran all over the Raiders the week before in 13 personnel.
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Front Office Sports
Is the Lamar Jackson Era Over in Baltimore?
“The question is: Is the season over for the Ravens right now?” ESPN analyst Domonique Foxworth, formerly a Ravens defensive back, said on The Domonique Foxworth Show. “And I think a bigger question is: Is this chapter for the Ravens over?”
Jackson made his highly anticipated return to the Ravens’ lineup Sunday against the Bills in Orchard Park, N.Y., after missing three games because of an ankle injury. But that return lasted only one play, as he injured the thumb on his right hand while throwing a pass on Baltimore’s first offensive snap.
Ravens coach Jesse Minter said after the game that Jackson would undergo surgery and would be placed on the injured reserve list with a “potentially” season-ending injury.
Huntley reportedly will be sidelined for the remainder of the season because of turf toe.
That makes Fagnano, who was signed after going undrafted out of Connecticut, the starter for now. He’s making the NFL’s minimum salary of $885,000 for this season. The Ravens signed Fagnano and fellow rookie quarterback Diego Pavia, the Heisman Trophy runner-up from Vanderbilt, after he also went undrafted. But the team waived Pavia just before training camp, essentially choosing Fagnano over him.
The Ravens have quarterback Kedon Slovis, just signed off the Packers’ practice squad, on the roster and Austin Reed on the practice squad. They are discussing a trade with the Cardinals for Jacoby Brissett, a source told Front Office Sports. Brissett just was demoted to third-string by the Cardinals behind new starter Gardner Minshew and rookie Carson Beck. The deal could be completed before Tuesday’s NFL trade deadline.
But it’s debatable whether this season is salvageable. The Ravens are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped their record to 4-4. According to ESPN Analytics, their chances to make the playoffs are 7.2% and their chances to win the AFC North are 0.5%.
Jackson—who represents himself in contract negotiations—and the Ravens failed to agree before this season to an extension. Barring a new deal before then, Jackson will enter the offseason with only one season remaining on his contract. His current deal would count approximately $87 million against the Ravens’ salary cap next season, an unwieldy figure that probably would have to be addressed.
That precipitated this week’s public discussion about whether Jackson has taken his final snap with the Ravens.
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Front Office Sports
Brandon Aiyuk’s NFL Reinstatement Bid Could Force 49ers’ Hand
Aiyuk has applied to the NFL for reinstatement and plans to report to the 49ers on Friday, agent Drew Rosenhaus confirmed to Front Office Sports on Wednesday.
Assuming that Aiyuk is indeed reinstated, his plan to report Friday to the 49ers perhaps will put the team in the position of choosing between retaining him under the terms of his existing contract, releasing him to make him a free agent, or trading him by the NFL’s league-wide trade deadline Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET.
Aiyuk is currently on the reserve/left squad list, making him ineligible to play until he’s reinstated from it. The 49ers did not have an immediate comment.
The 49ers have not been obligated to pay Aiyuk’s salary to him while he’s on the reserve/left squad list. They were not forced to make a decision about his future with the organization as long as Aiyuk did not apply for reinstatement from that list or report to the team.
But now, Aiyuk is taking those steps necessary to possibly force a resolution after recently hiring Rosenhaus as his new agent.
Team officials have said in the past they do not foresee Aiyuk playing again for the 49ers.
Niners coach Kyle Shanahan said at a news conference Wednesday that he believed team officials had “talked to [Aiyuk’s] agent.” Asked for his response to that, Shanahan said: “None. I have no expectation. I’ve kinda moved on with that mentally and everything. … Nothing has really changed for me.”
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