NFL LIVE | Brandon Aiyuk to Steelers - Adam Schefter UPDATE on Brandon not practice today with 49ers

Francisco between the 49ers and Brandon aou he is on their 53 man roster he is taking up a roster spot despite the fact that he hasn't been practicing now here's the key part they're practicing today Jamar Chase didn't practice in Cincinnati let's see if Brandon iuk is practicing out in San Francisco and just like Brandon iuk hasn't been a practice Trent Williams hasn't even been in the building he continues to hold out seeking a new contract as 3 years and 75 million on a contract left with no guaranteed money remaining clearly he would like some of that money guaranteed doesn't have it and because he doesn't have it he's not showing up and doesn't intend to show up until that deal is adjusted so important to see if they can get that done if the worst case scenario happens and both of those players Miss time it could be a disaster for San Francisco both auk and Williams join the 49ers in 2020 auk was drafted in the first round and Williams was acquired via trade with Washington since then the pair have both been off the field for 303 snaps those plays didn't go well for the offense San Fran averaged over two fewer yards per play and the team's qbr was cut in half just shows their importance to this offense look in addition to Williams and iuk being absent the 49ers are also dealing with some injuries we mentioned Dr Green law on pup both Ricky peaw and Christian mcaffrey have been injured during Camp those may be not as concerning but how worried are you about a slow start in San Francisco Isco well I'm not necessarily worried about a slow start even though I think a slow start may happen like this league is a league that's built on players and all the players that you named frent Williams IU green law I know Christian mcaffry had a calf during training camp they got a lot of guys that they're counting on and those guys either aren't there or nicked up but here's the thing it's a 17 Game season so if they come out of the gate slow I'm not concerned because of how this team is built Because of Who the head coach is and how they are always there at the end of the season but there is no doubt about it you just don't replace production and the playmaking ability of some of the guys that aren't going to be there or aren't there right now and just say that everything is going to be status quo but here's what it does we all have talked about Brock py and the contract that could be coming next off season and so now the 49ers get an opportunity to see can Brock per who has been Stellar every step of the way so far can Brock py carry the load like some of the other Elite quarterbacks in the National Football League they're talking about paying Brock py upwards of $55 $60 million a year Well when you make that much money you got to be able to make the people around you better so can Brock py do that if he is without some of these pieces early in the season I think this is a great limit test for the 49ers yeah I think I I I hear your point about Brock you know it'll be it'll shine a light on him if he's not if the team is not working at full strength uh obviously and that's an individual situation for him that can turn into to a team situation if things aren't really going well which look I would be I would be mildly worried about especially on the offensive side where we know that that side of the ball is really predicated on timing and Rhythm and repetition throughout the offseason through training camp and in the early part of the Season which many teams treat like another training camp because of how few games players play in the preseason the second thing I'd be worried about especially in when you're talking about wide receivers and skill position players like Christian like Brandon iuk is those guys are always susceptible to soft tissue injuries when they haven't been playing football I'm sure they I'm sure Brandon iuk has been play been training his rear end off those guys always have hamstring issues when you aren't playing football and aren't executing those kinds of moves that's the thing that would worry me the most on top of the things that you alluded to booger and let me recount the 49ers summer Christian mcaffry hasn't practiced CF stream Trent Williams hold out not there Brandon iuk situation stuck in the mud and Christian McCaffrey's backup running back Elijah Mitchell out for the year with an injury put him on IR so there are a lot of things that this team already has had to overcome and it hasn't even played its first game against the New York Jets on Monday Night Football in 12 days you know what's funny though um even with all the turmoil the analytics still like them the 49ers have a 16% chance to win the Super Bowl not just make it there but win the Super Bowl kicks off eight days from now Monday Night Football Jets 49ers caps off week one that's 12 days days away so Adam still three big names not working out for these teams and give us the latest let's start with Hassan reic Hassan reck still has no deal with the New York Jets and there hasn't been a lot of progress between the two sides we'll continue to see if they can get a deal done but there hasn't been a lot of hope he hasn't reported he's racked up fines close to $2 million so far that are unforgivable he has requested a trade and the Jets haven't acted on that at this time just as there's a stand still there there's also one and did not participate this comes you see him right there one day after head coach Zack Taylor said Chase would practice all week after the star wide receiver practice on both Sunday and Monday so what's going on here okay he's still waiting for the deal of course our Bengals reporter Ben baby added this just moments ago he said Zack Taylor says wide receiver Jamar Chase is day today added that Taylor probably quote put his foot in his mouth when speaking yesterday about Chase's availability Adam what more can you add well Laura I think that the negotiations between these two sides are slowo right now and I think Zack Taylor was enthused about the fact that Jamar Chase had been back participating in practice but those have only been walkth through practices when he's practice it was all individual drills not full on practice and this is a situation that has Beed watching all training camp and continues to Bear watching and you could tell today it was almost as if Jamar Chase was trying to replace the narrative that Zack Taylor used yesterday in fact Zack Taylor yesterday was very confident and optimistic that Jamar Chase would be practicing today that he would be playing in week one and Jamar Chase almost made a statement of his own by showing up and not practicing today as if to say this narrative is not going to be dictated entirely by the Cincinnati Bengals and clearly there still is an issue unless Jamar Chase gets paid yeah you can just tell you know well if you read between the lines you can just tell that this young man is very frustrated very frustrated he doesn't he knows that he doesn't have a whole lot of options here other than to just do exactly what he did which was look I don't have any leverage the only leverage you know I I don't have a Dak Prescott type of situation where I'm setting up for free agency next year where I could just walk and leave out of here you know I'm on a one-year deal he he really the only thing he can do is sit out and withhold services and you just know that anybody who right now kind of like puts it puts it out there in any way shape or form that this guy has no other choice but the play he's going to push back against that and this this sounds like that like he goes like hey you know what you think I'm going to practice okay watch this I'm not practicing I'm going to go out here in my street clothes I'm going to watch you guys although we probably it's probably a safe bet that you know you wind up seeing him week one and you wind up seeing him play it's got to be extremely extremely frustrating for someone who's been so productive and they know that they need in order to get to where they want to get to and leou I see it the exact same way you do like it's very frustrating he's a top five wide receiver maybe top three while receiving a game of football he's gonna play for a million bucks and he knows that he's worth way more than that and on top of that you've seen the wide receiver Market explode CD lamb just got 136 M over four years but understand this with this collective bargaining agreement he's basically tied to Cincinnati for two more years and we know what Mike Brown and how I say how Mike Brown decides to negotiate deals so I think he's stuck now the relationship between burrow and Chase is such that chase is not going to want to miss opening day with his partner because he's going to want to be out there but even if he does at at a certain point he's got to come in to get an acrude season so like he really has no choice but to come and play I Feel for him but this is not a decision that was made based on Jamar chase this was a collectively bargained issue the team drafts you in the first round has a four-year deal and a chance for a fifth year option and then they can franchise you two more years so he has zero leverage whatsoever but to figure out a way to go to Mike Brown and say Hey listen are you gonna do the right thing I'll come out here I'll show up I may not give you my best but if you will do the right thing for me okay T Higgins is not going to be here most likely Tyler board is already gone everyone knows I am your wide receiver Mike Brown do the right thing that's all he's asking and he's pleading and he's doing that through the media he's doing that he's doing it every way he can without ever saying a word I just wonder if Mike Brown will listen because this young man is crying out to Mike Brown to do the right thing and Mike Brown is saying hey this is how we do business in Cincinnati we're not doing anything different and he's going to test this young man's resolve I don't think it's right but it's what the collective bargaining collective bargaining agreement says that he can do B you said 136 M's right there's a lot of M&M's going around right now at the wide receiver position and you say he's got no leverage I would disagree Jamar Chase can simply say my back's bothering me I don't think I can play that week one my hamstring's tight I don't think I can play week one and the Bengals will get that message if that's what he decides he wants to do so he has leverage he doesn't have as much leverage as he'd like to have due to the collective bargain agreement having two years left in the contract but nobody wants a situation how's that going to go over though Shifty H H how is that going to go over if he starts talking about hamstring or his back come like players in the locker room understand the business you don't have to lie Us in order to K with players understand the business players also understand to your point that he scheduled to make $1 million in base salary this year he had a $3.8 million aost bonus so he's going to make 4.8 million doll so he's going to step out there right now when all those M are out there and risk that like I again has he been willing only to do that this summer has he been willing to do it so far have we seen him practice once have we seen him do anything other than a walk the only no you're right look the only leverage the only leverage he has which we have already said is to withhold his services and figure out a way to continue pushing this out and pushing this out and pushing this out now understand look the wide receiver room in Cincinnati is pretty darn strong they've drafted pretty well okay Jermaine Burton has looked pretty good Andre oshas looks pretty good Charlie Jones is pretty good T Higgins is pretty good they've got a fleet of tight ends also and they've got a quarterback who's pretty darn good so look I mean for cincin this is this is this is going to be the epitome this is right here this is the very definition of the cat and mouse game that teams and players are going to play with each other play with one another when the team feels as though they have the leverage and the player only has one course of action I'm going to hold out final who's going to Blink first you know what his leverages I believe that in week two the Cincinnati Bengals play the Kansas City