49ers’ huge receiver Brandon Aiyuk discovering the endzone additional pleasurable than the doghouse

The 49ers’ second-year huge receiver caught six passes for 66 yards and scored the game-profitable touchdown in time beyond regulation on a 12-property move enjoy that he capped by launching himself towards the conclusion zone and achieving out to sweep the ball just about the pylon.

Aiyuk was at first dominated out of bounds at the 1-property-line, but a video clip critique evidently confirmed Aiyuk’s pylon extend had been profitable. The participate in, according to coach Kyle Shanahan, was developed to get the ball to the 2- or 3-property line, but that did not acquire into account Aiyuk’s traveling means.

“I felt as I was working, (Cincinnati safety Vonn Bell) did not have a very good angle and was behind me,” Aiyuk said. “We’re not really intended to get to for the pylon unless it is fourth down (it was initially down), but nobody stated everything when I scored.”

That previous comment may be a bit of a zinger from Aiyuk, who spent the very first 6 video games of the time in Shanahan’s doghouse. In those 6 games, Aiyuk caught 9 passes for 96 yards. Awful stats for a initially-spherical decide on whose rookie year confirmed wonderful likely — 60 catches for 748 yards and five touchdowns in 12 game titles.

1 human being who was apparently was amazed by Aiyuk’s rookie overall performance was Aiyuk, who pretty much relaxed-ed himself out of a work this period with his sloppy routes and indifferent blocking. Passes that need to have been thrown to him were being in its place heading to journeyman receivers, one particular of whom Shanahan praised, saying he “plays like his hair is on fire.”

Aiyuk played like his hair was just styled and did not want to be mussed.

The breakthrough arrived in the course of the 49ers’ bye 7 days soon after Match 6, when, Aiyuk reported again then, “Me and Kyle had some words and phrases.”

Shanahan, as a guess, had most of them, and they seemed to have had an outcome. Aiyuk commenced to acquire…