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Jason Smith: "Taking Aiyuk away from this team is a huge thing. Outside of McCaffrey, Aiyuk is the best player out there. He makes so many things happen, makes the defense adjust in so many different ways. Now defenses can get to Kittle more in the middle of the field, they can throw their shutdown corner on Samuel. Pearsall is a rookie receiver, sometimes they're phenomenal, but many times they're not. I'm itching to pick the Rams to go to the Super Bowl, and depending on what the Niners have coming back on this, I'll feel really good about that. I could see the 49ers taking a step back."
Mike Harmon: "With Deebo, you're trying to get the full 17 out of him. Are you taking away any of the rushing attempts? That's part of what he brings to that offense. If that gets taken out, then yeah, they're taking a step back."
Jason Smith and Mike Harmon react to the latest reports on a potential Brandon Aiyuk trade. Jason explains why the loss of Aiyuk further opens up the NFC for multiple other contenders.