The San Francisco 49ers are already being viewed as a top-notch Super Bowl contender ahead of the 2024 NFL season. They are actually favored to win each and every single one of their regular season matchups.
After making a run to the Super Bowl last season, the 49ers are still stinging from their loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.
In order to get back to the big game and win it this year, San Francisco will need everyone to step up and play just a little bit better than they did last season. Thankfully, they have the roster in place to compete.
San Francisco 49ers Need This One Thing To Win The Super Bowl
Gilberto Manzano of Sports Illustrated has revealed one thing that the 49ers must do in order to win the Super Bowl. He thinks that keeping Brandon Aiyuk is an absolute must.
“Aiyuk dropped this memorable line during his interview on the Pivot Podcast: ‘If you can’t afford a Lamborghini, you can’t have one.’ Well said, but the 49ers better figure out how to pay for that Lamborghini, because they’re going to need Aiyuk to win this season’s Super Bowl.”
Aiyuk and the San Francisco 49ers have had issues this offseason. The star wide receiver wants a new deal and deserves one, but the franchise has not been willing to offer the kind of money he’s seeking.
During the 2023 season with the 49ers, he ended up catching 75 passes for 1,342 yards and seven touchdowns.
Those numbers show just how important Aiyuk has been for San Francisco. Deebo Samuel is a great player, but Aiyuk is two times the wide receiver Samuel has been. He is truly the No. 1 option for Brock Purdy.
At this point in time, there have not been many positive reports about progress between the San Francisco 49ers and Aiyuk. Hopefully, that will change in the near future.
It will be interesting to see if the two sides can make some progress over the next couple of months before the regular season gets underway.