Brandon aak makes honest admission about 49ers contract standoff aak admitted that his contract talks were a bit more difficult than they needed to be Brandon a contract dispute with the San Francisco 49ers was one of the longest dragging storylines of the NFL off season aak went as far as to request a trade from the organization and reports indicated he was on the verge of being dealt at multiple points throughout the process before he ultimately agreed to terms to remain in San Francisco having since returned to practice ahead of the season opening tilt against the New York Jets scheduled for Monday September 9th iak spoke to reporters Tuesday about his lengthy negotiations with the 49ers and he made a comical admission about his new 4-year $120 million deal I'm not going to lie iak told reporters while laughing bya NBC sports's Matt miako I made it a little more difficult than I had to at the end the aak contract Saga carried on throughout much of the offseason the star wide receiver had publicly requested a trade from the team and hinted on social media that he'd be keen on joining the Washington commanders and Pittsburgh Steelers reports even indicated that the framework of Trades had been agreed upon with both the New England Patriots and Cleveland Brown though aak who would need to agree to sign an extension with whatever team traded for him shut down those deals after months of back and forth with with the front office aak received the New Deal that sees him collect an average annual value of $30 million which is tied with Tyreek Hill for the fifth highest aav among wide receivers