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        Brandon Aiyuk "Not Close" To Returning

        By Jared Smola | Updated on Thu, Sep 25 2025 5:10 PM UTC
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        49ers WR Brandon Aiyuk (knee) is "not close" to returning, HC Kyle Shanahan said in a Thursday radio appearance. "There's no absolutes on these things," Shanahan said. "He's gotta continue to hit markers. He's tracking well, we'll be a better team when Brandon's out there... But it's not close." Shanahan said back in mid-August that "around Week 6" was when he was expecting to get Aiyuk back, but it's sounding like it could be later than that. Aiyuk is working back from a torn ACL and MCL suffered last October. If you've been stashing him in fantasy, try to hang on to him. But don't expect Aiyuk to be a contributor before the back half of the season.

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