Brandon Aiyuk's social media post mocking Kyle Shanahan's car crash draws backlash and could cost him a job

Brandon Aiyuk's progressively regular cringe societal media posts person already outgo him the respect of immoderate NFL coaches and wide managers, and that is costing him money. But what helium did connected Tuesday mightiness besides outgo him aboriginal occupation opportunities.

Aiyuk went connected his Instagram relationship precocious Tuesday day and made a not-so subtle notation to Kyle Shanahan and the head-on collision the San Francisco 49ers manager was progressive successful earlier this month.

"You can't triumph the contention if you clang out," Aiyuk posted, without naming Shanahan.

KYLE SHANAHAN 'THIS CLOSE' TO LOSING HIS RIGHT EYE IN HORRIBLE CAR CRASH, NFL ANALYST REVEALS

Brandon Aiyuk #11 and Kyle Juszczyk #44 of the San Francisco 49ers successful the locker country earlier the crippled against the Arizona Cardinals astatine Estadio Azteca connected Nov. 21, 2022, successful Mexico City, Mexico. (Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images)

On the adjacent descent Aiyuk added, "Keep yo caput up and enactment successful yo ain lane. You gone win."

The IG communicative was added pursuing the quality Shanahan had suffered important injuries – including aggregate breached ribs, a breached nose, a breached manus and concussion symptoms – successful an car mishap helium took work for causing erstwhile helium dropped his telephone portion driving.

His Tesla veered into an oncoming lane, hitting a car traveling successful the other direction.

So, yes, aggregate sources astir the NFL person told Fox News Digital they're disappointed, worried, and adjacent upset astir Aiyuk's online activity. One said helium is "disgusted" Aiyuk seemed to beryllium astatine minimum mocking, and possibly adjacent celebrating his coach's misfortune.

And wherefore would Aiyuk beryllium doing that?

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk, right, fails to drawback a walk against New York Jets cornerback Michael Carter II successful the extremity portion during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled successful Santa Clara, California connected Sept. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

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Because he's been feuding with Shanahan and the 49ers dating backmost to 2024 and surely past November erstwhile the nine voided his 2026 guaranteed wage for failing to fulfill obligations related to his rehabilitation from an October 2024 ACL injury.

To beryllium clear: Aiyuk is inactive nether declaration with the 49ers. But he's ne'er going to play for them again. Both Shanahan and wide manager John Lynch person said arsenic much. Aiyuk is presently connected the "reserve/left squad" database and not astatine grooming campy with the team.

During his clip distant from the squad, dating backmost to past winter, Aiyuk has seemingly crashed retired connected societal media.

He filmed himself driving astatine ludicrous velocity (perhaps arsenic precocious arsenic 104 MPH) connected the thoroughfare adjacent to the 49ers grooming facility, starring prosecutors to complaint him with the California misdemeanor discourtesy of accumulation of speed, alleging helium intentionally accelerated astatine excessive velocity connected a nationalist roadway.

The lawsuit was based mostly connected the video Aiyuk himself posted online.

Brandon Aiyuk (11) of the San Francisco 49ers looks connected from the tract anterior to the NFC Championship NFL shot crippled against the Detroit Lions astatine Levi's Stadium connected Jan. 28, 2024 successful Santa Clara, California. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

There was besides a station successful which Aiyuk sits a backpack afloat of currency connected a shelf. He opens the backpack, pulls retired wads of bills and repeatedly throws the wealth into the aerial and onto the floor. He past closes the backpack, puts it on, and walks away.

Aiyuk, intelligibly sending the connection helium doesn't request anyone's money, deleted the video.

All this portion helium was trying to get traded oregon acceptable himself up to get signed by different squad if the 49ers merchandise him.

Yes, bizarre.

One of the teams that has been astir intimately connected to having an involvement successful Aiyuk has been the Washington Commanders. They person an admitted request for wide receiver assistance and backmost Jayden Daniels played with Aiyuk erstwhile some were successful schoolhouse astatine Arizona State.

The transportation has been truthful evident that a newsman connected Tuesday asked Washington wide manager Adam Peters astir the value of a player's societal media enactment erstwhile evaluating him?

"That's a bully roundabout question, close there," Peters said with a laugh.

"Bada-- you are," caput manager Dan Quinn told the newsman from his spot adjacent to Peters. "Straight bada-- close there."

George Kittle and Brandon Aiyuk of the San Francisco 49ers basal connected the tract astatine Allegiant Stadium successful Las Vegas earlier Super Bowl LVIII against the Kansas City Chiefs connected Feb. 11, 2024. (Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images)

Everyone understood the constituent of the question: Would the Commanders, needing endowment astatine the presumption Aiyuk plays, see adding Aiyuk contempt his sometimes unhinged thrust done societal media?

Or would the squad spot the behaviour for what it is: rebellious, anger-filled, and often conscionable strange.

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"I mean, we look astatine everything," Peters said. "I mean, it's a large question, but we bash look astatine everything and, you know, we privation to marque definite it's the close subordinate to beryllium successful our locker room, successful our bloodstream, and successful our culture.

"And we often, we look astatine that stuff. It's not ever the archetypal happening we look at. Obviously, you're looking astatine the portion and you speech to the teams that the players person been connected and however they were successful the locker country – the players that person played with them and truthful connected and truthful distant to marque those decisions.

"But, you know, that's not usually a immense portion of it."

Peters paused.

"Usually," helium added.

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