Where's this reverse narrative coming from? I hate it too.
Reality is we don't know much.
1) the "when healthy" is doing A LOT of heavy lifting here. How much rehab did he skip (we know he skipped some)? How stable is his knee?
2) this does not seem true? He had locker room issues in 2024, was a headache, and single handedly blew up a practice because he didn't want to do the team bonding thing. He is also supposedly leaving the Niners without any friends left on the team. Came into 2024 out of shape on purpose (this is a weird rumor). Had a meltdown vs the coaches in front of the team in 2024 over usage (he didn't like Jennings was getting his targets). Granted I have heard of these takes from Niners fans so take it with a grain of salt.
I have also heard opposite takes from Commanders fans, who are also biased...in the opposite way.
What's the truth...I don't know. But waving away any concerns is ridiculous.
The knee especially concerns me. I get that Aiyuk would be on good behavior for a 1 year deal. But that knee...if he skipped most of rehab. We simply can not rely on his health and effectiveness.
I don't want Jayden Daniels getting hurt again cause Aiyuk is physically washed up, Terry misses half the season, and we have zero other targets.
We can sign Aiyuk...but it should not change our desire to add other WR and we might have to switch priorities at #7 to only offense because we're stuck relying on injury prone players.