At this point, the Washington Commanders may have to forget about any notion of trading for San Francisco 49ers wide receiver and former NFL All-Pro Brandon Aiyuk.
Aiyuk, a popular name in trade rumors for the Commanders over the last year-plus, threw up another red flag over the weekend with a bizarre video posted to social media mostly focused on trashing the 49ers.
In the video, Aiyuk seemed to compare himself to a toy and the 49ers to a small child who has a toy they don’t play with but only grows jealous when another child — ostensibly the wide receiver-poor Commanders — wants to play with the same toy.
He also inferred that the 49ers were “scared of the belt” and the video was edited to repeat Aiyuk saying “stop being a female dog” and “stop being a cat” because they’re not trading him.
“Stop running from the belt, it’s inevitable,” Aiyuk warns in the video, which lasts exactly 92 seconds.
The 49ers still have Aiyuk under contract on a 4-year, $120 million extension he signed in August 2024. He hasn’t played in a regular-season game since suffering a catastrophic knee injury in Week 7 of the 2024 regular season.
Brandon Aiyuk’s Meltdown Following Massive Deal
Aiyuk wound up with the big-money deal he wanted for years after consecutive 1,000-yard seasons, including his only NFL All-Pro season in 2023 with 75 receptions for 1,342 yards and 7 touchdowns.
Through 7 games in 2024, Aiyuk had 25 receptions for 374 yards and no touchdowns before he tore his ACL and MCL against the Kansas City Chiefs.
“We don’t know what (Aiyuk) is physically going to be like,” ESPN’s Adam Schefter said on the “Pardon My Take” podcast in March. “His knee was shredded. I can’t say that the Washington Commanders won’t go after him because he and Jayden Daniels are close, and Jayden may push for him. I think that’s a possibility.”
He hasn’t played since, and with no explanation as to why. Aiyuk cut off communications with the 49ers early in the 2025 season, and the team was eventually forced to void the rest of the guaranteed money in Aiyuk’s contract, which would have been approximately $25 million in 2026.
“Assuming the end is here, the Niners will have paid out $48.15M for 7 games and 25 catches across two seasons,” Spotrac’s Michael Ginnitti wrote in December 2025.
Police Recently Issued Warrant for Aiyuk’s Arrest
An arrest warrant was issued in California for Aiyuk on June 3 after he posted a video of himself driving well over the 40-mile-per-hour speed limit past Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
“The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office issued a warrant for the arrest of San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk on a misdemeanor charge of exhibition of speeding,” ESPN’s Nick Wagoner wrote on June 3. “The warrant is in reference to a video Aiyuk posted to YouTube in December, in which he appears to tape himself from the driver’s seat going well over the posted 40 miles per hour speed limit on a road that runs past Levi’s Stadium, the DA’s office confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday.”
Rumored Commanders Trade Target Raises Eyebrows With Bizarre Video