NFL great Steve Smith Sr says he has 'no damn idea' what's going on with embattled 49ers star Brandon Aiyuk

Carolina Panthers fable Steve Smith is of a akin mindset arsenic galore NFL fans erstwhile it comes to embattled San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk: He has "no damn idea" what’s going on.

Aiyuk’s contented with the 49ers day backmost to 2024, erstwhile they voided his 2026 guaranteed wage aft failing to fulfill obligations regarding his rehab from the ACL wounded helium suffered successful October 2024. He has further estranged himself from the squad with bizarre societal media posts implicit the past year.

"It's a batch of things, but man, I person nary damn thought what's going connected successful that young man's head," Smith said during an quality connected OutKick’s "Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich."

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San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk (11) celebrates aft a touchdown against the Atlanta Falcons successful the 2nd 4th astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium connected Oct. 16, 2022. (Brett Davis / USA TODAY Sports)

"It's truly unique. I was reasoning astir this excessively a fewer times. I conscionable wanted to tweet thing and I was like, ‘No, I volition beryllium similar everyone other putting him down.’"

The five-time Pro Bowl wide receiver said determination is intelligibly thing going connected with Aiyuk, and that idiosyncratic needs to measurement successful and assistance the 28-year-old.

"There's intelligibly thing going on, and I don't privation to accidental successful his caput due to the fact that that could travel disconnected precise judgmental, but there's evidently thing going connected successful his bosom that's not aligning with what his representation is seeing of however his vocation is starting to go," Smith said.

"He needs to person idiosyncratic successful his campy needs to beryllium him down and inquire him what is his existent extremity and result due to the fact that everything he's doing close now, helium is self-sabotaging himself. Because he's a hellhole of a shot player."

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San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk (11) walks disconnected the tract aft an NFL crippled against the Seattle Seahawks astatine Lumen Field connected Oct. 10, 2024, successful Seattle, Washington. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

In Aiyuk’s clip distant from the team, helium has been charged by prosecutors with the California misdemeanor discourtesy of accumulation of velocity aft helium filmed himself speeding connected a nationalist roadway adjacent the 49ers facility.

He has posted Instagram Stories astir playing for the Washington Commanders, and past got successful a societal media spat with his erstwhile Arizona State teammate, Jayden Daniels, efficaciously putting that anticipation to rest.

Aiyuk past seemed to instrumentality classless shots astatine caput manager Kyle Shanahan aft his car mishap connected societal media. When asked if Aiyuk volition play again successful the NFL, Smith said helium didn’t know.

The two-time All-Pro said helium hopes that Aiyuk does thing to assistance himself earlier it is excessively precocious to play again successful the NFL.

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Former subordinate Steve Smith Sr. looks connected anterior to the NFC Wild Card playoff crippled betwixt the Los Angeles Rams and the Carolina Panthers astatine Bank of America Stadium successful Charlotte, N.C., connected Jan. 10, 2026. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

"We each person seen players bash a batch better, a batch worse things than this, and they've inactive been employed. So, I don't cognize what's going connected and I conscionable anticipation that helium tin fig it retired truthful helium doesn't find himself successful a spot that helium doesn't privation to be, which is unemployed and looking astatine his vocation successful the rearview reflector and looking astatine beingness without shot done the beforehand windshield," Smith , who spoke connected behalf of Forzet.

Aiyuk seemed to beryllium connected his mode to becoming 1 of the apical wide receivers successful the NFL aft his 2023 season, erstwhile helium recorded 75 catches for 1,342 yards and 7 touchdowns. After a drawn-out negotiations, helium signed a four-year, $120 cardinal declaration hold with the 49ers.

He lone played successful 7 games successful 2024 earlier suffering his season-ending ACL wounded and has not yet returned to the tract portion uncovering himself successful the headlines for each the incorrect reasons.

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