Brandon Aiyuk Trade Rumors & McCaffrey's Injury Update | GSMC Football Podcast

and welcome everybody to another edition of the gsmc football podcast brought to you by the gsmc sports network as always I'm your host Kenneth gin Felder and it's great to have you guys here on this Wednesday August 7th we have a lot to talk about on the show today before I get into that just want to remind you guys as always to tip or donate get your comments recognized make sure to go to the following link that is gsmc podcast. net really helps the show makes the show more interactive between myself the host and you guys the viewers and that is gsmc podcast c.net and as always it is displayed on the ticker at the bottom of the show segment down below so with that let's get into what we are going to discuss for today so we're going to start off the show we're going to talk about the latest rumors surrounding Brandon iuk um that's been going on the last couple of days so I just wanted to touch upon that as well as talking about Christian mcaffrey and giving you an update on his injury a calf strain that's going to keep him out for the entire pre-season so a couple things with the 49ers to start off the show then in the second part of the show we will recap episode one of the Hard Knocks um episode featuring the Bears so the training camp version of that so I I watched that last night so I want to get into that we'll talk about the practices between the Giants and the lions that have gotten heated there there's been some scuffles some uh some fights breaking out so I just wanted to get into that as well um then we'll talk about Joe burrow some recent comments that he had um on the up and atam show talking about Patrick Mahomes going up against him and then in the final part of the show we will begin Our receiver rankings and we will talk about the a uh the NFC East we'll get into the NFC east and rank the uh receiver groups the receiving cores in that division so let's get into the first topic which is talking about the latest Brandon iuk rumors so there's been a lot of mixed things so you had well you had these trade packages in place for iuk and supposedly the two teams that were in on iuk there's also three well there was three and then you heard that one of the teams was out and then they were back in it it was just a lot of a lot of mixed reports out there yesterday but basically the Browns were in on him the Patriots were in on him and the Steelers were supposedly in on him and for the Steelers in order for them to possibly obtain auk they'd have to give up one of George Pickins PA Routh or their first round pick for next year and probably not going to happen but that I think that's why there were reports out there well that was why there were reports out there that the Steelers were reportedly out on iuk the Patriots apparently uh Kendrick Bourne was involved in the trade package for the Browns it would be Amari Cooper who just restructured his contract so you have all that but the 49ers don't want to trade auk and I know he he's been a topic of conversation this off season because he wants that new deal but who knows if that's going to happen with the ners and Kyle shanan expressed hope that iuk would remain with the team but provided no timetable for a resolution uh he refused to discuss specifics regarding offers contracts or trades and yeah it's just there're a bunch of courts out there and you just don't know what to believe now in terms of what would be the best fit for him because you have the Steelers you got the Browns and you got the Patriots well the Patriots are a little further away from competing right now they're in a rebuild and you got a Young quarterback and Drake May right now not going I don't think he's going to be the starter right off the bat I I think you're going to have jacobe brette start at least the year and then you go to Drake May at some point so but you know I I I think if you would have ranked the three destinations they'd probably be ranked at the bottom and then between the Browns and the Steelers well here's the thing both teams I think will be very competitive they'll be in the thick of things in the playoff race but which is the better destination for him it it's it's tough to say if you go to the Browns you're going to be the number one guy and I mean you you could be the number one guy in Pittsburgh too but they got George Pickins who's a stud but you know with the Browns Jerry Judy's been you know we we we were expecting more from him you know and you got David and joku and Elijah Moore there and you got Deshawn Watson who hasn't been great since going over the Browns and then with the Steelers yeah you got George Pickins who's a stud and then at the quarterback position you know there's question marks there too because Russell Wilson we don't know if he's going to be there well both quarterbacks we don't know if they're going to be there Beyond this year so it's it's kind of a toss up between the Browns and the Steelers in my opinion which would I would lean I would lean towards it it's it's really tough I mean I guess maybe you'll lean towards the Browns because you know the Browns are locked in with DeShawn Watson with the Steelers I mean you don't know they they have a completely different quarterback room this year they could have a completely different quarterback room next year because Russell Wilson's only there for one year and Justin Fields they they didn't pick up his fifth year option so he's he's going to be a free agent now Justin Fields has looked great in Camp but we got to see how they actually play in a real game so but what's the best move for auk it's staying in San Francisco why would you want to leave well you could say well because he wants to get paid and the 49ers are not willing to give him the money that he wants I get it but you go anywhere else any other team that's willing to trade for you and the 49ers are willing to trade with them it's not going to be like it is in San Francisco now you're going to be the guy you're going to get your targets you're going to put up good numbers but are you going to win probably not and you have some people say in the media saying that the 49ers Super Bowl window was closed if iuk is to leave which I think is ridiculous because this team is still really good even without iuk now does this offense take a massive hit absolutely but they have enough players on this team that they're going to be able to work through it so but this that's just the latest I mean right now nothing has happened but those are the teams that at least were in on iuk so we'll see if he ends up getting traded I mean I've said it all along that I'm not ve very optimistic with how this is going and that this is ultimately going to lead to him going somewhere else but only time will tell and you know the 49ers are dealing with some injuries and also another hold out Trent Williams is holding out so he's looking for a new contract so it's just the 49ers have a lot going on but with the injuries yeah so Christian mcaffrey is dealing with the calf strain he's expected to miss a couple of weeks of practice and it's unlikely to play in the preseason the 49ers will handle McCaffrey's injury with caution to ensure he is ready for the regular season and also the rookie Ricky piol who could be auk's replacement he aggravated his shoulder during practice so that's just another injury there as well but yeah a calf injury it that those are tough to deal with those are very tough to deal with and mcaffry has dealt with them before I think he was dealing with it a little bit last year if I'm not mistaken because you know he did play in every game but he was still dealing with nagging injuries throughout the season but they got to be very careful with him and I think they will because they don't want to see this guy get hurt cuz he has been a Difference Maker since he came over to San Francisco from Carolina so we talk about you know if auk leaves yeah that that hurts the 49ers but you still got him you still got Debo Samuel you still got George KD still you're backed up by a very good defense and and Brock pie is a good quarterback and I'm not saying he's Elite not saying he's top tier but he's gotten the job done whether you think he's a system quarterback or not he's gotten the job done so they'll figure it out but you know now you got you know the stuff with auk and you know McCaffrey's hurt it's just they're dealing with a lot right now but I think they're a good enough team that they're going to be able to figure it out but I know my friends who are Jet fans are like you know mcaffry you could take his much time as you want to heal up even if it leaks into the regular season because that's the opening matchup on Monday on the first Monday is the Jets 49ers and you know my Jet fan friends uh and family members they do not want to see maccaffrey and they don't want to see auk just give the Jets a very easy game well even if those guys are out it's still going to be tough but make it a little bit easier so but it it just seems like mcaffrey will be fine for the regular season but right now it's yeah he's just not going to play in the preseason so we'll keep an eye on that we'll keep on the iuk stuff but yeah it looked like for the moment that yeah he could be traded yesterday but that ended up not happening so maybe something happens today who knows I mean we we saw him shaking hands with Kyle Shanahan at practice so he was showing up just not practicing so we'll see how it goes but this is just something that's going to continue and yeah The Season's a month away so we're getting closer but let me know what you guys think though about the IU trade rumors the mcaffry injury it's just yeah the 49ers are getting hit with a lot and like I said Trent Williams is holding out you know Ricky piol is hurt it's there's there's a lot going on there's a lot going on and on top of that you got Dre Greenlaw who's recovering from his injury that he suffered in the Super Bowl those are those were big pieces for this team now like I said I think they'll figure it out but you know we saw back in 2020 when the 49ers was getting killed by injuries now some of these aren't injuries these are just guys looking for a new contract but still a lot of their guys were out and look what ended up happening to them they ended up just not having a good year I forget what they went they went like six and 10 so we'll see what happens but let me know what you guys think though in the comments about uh these two things and just the 49ers in general so when we come back from our first break of the show uh I'll talk about episode one of Hard Knocks featuring The Bears give you my thoughts on that when we come back from our first break of the show so with that being said stick around and we'll be right back here on the gsmc football podcast