The Browns and San Francisco 49ers have negotiated the framework of a deal that could send wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk to Cleveland, NBC Sports Bay Area's Matt Maiocco reported Monday night.

According to Maiocco's report, the Browns are one of two teams, along with the New England Patriots, with whom the 49ers have negotiated the framework of deals for the 26-year-old Aiyuk. The next step is for the wide receiver to determine whether or not he would accept the contract terms with either of the teams.

Aiyuk, who is entering the final year of his rookie deal, has been in a long-term contract stalemate with San Francisco for some time. The 49ers, according to Maiocco, granted him and his representation permission to negotiate contract terms with not just the Browns and Patriots, but also the Washington Commanders and Pittsburgh Steelers.

Maiocco's report states that if Aiyuk does not accept either team's terms, he could remain with the 49ers. Aiyuk, the 26th overall pick in the 2020 draft out of Arizona State University, reported to camp on time but has not been on the practice field yet with the 49ers.

Aiyuk is set to make $14.124 million this season. According to Maiocco, he is reportedly seeking around $30 million annually.

The Browns, according to Cleveland.com's Mary Kay Cabot, would likely send the 49ers wide receiver Amari Cooper, who was also involved in an offseason contract dispute, as part of a package that also included draft picks. Cooper agreed to a restructured final year to his current deal, which fully guaranteed the $20 million base salary while also providing him an opportunity to earn up to $5 million in incentives.

Wide receiver Kendrick Bourne, according to Maiocco, would likely be the player the Patriots include in their deal with the 49ers.

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Aiyuk would give the Browns a younger option at the top of their wide receiver corps compared to the 30-year-old Cooper. They added another member of the 2020 wide receiver draft class in March when they acquired Jerry Jeudy, the No. 15 pick in that draft, from the Denver Broncos.

"It [would be] just making the receiver corps a lot more better," Jeudy said Sunday of the potential of adding Aiyuk. "Brandon Aiyuk [is] a great player, so bringing him to the team, we’re going to make the team better and help us win more games, and that's the goal, to win more games."

The Browns gave Jeudy a three-year, $58 million extension a week after they acquired him. After injuries slowed him during minicamp and the first week of training camp, Jeudy participated in his first full practice on Sunday.

Aiyuk was a second-team All-Pro selection last season after leading the NFC champion 49ers with 75 catches for 1,342 yards and seven touchdowns. He also led San Francisco in 2022 with 78 catches for 1,015 yards and eight touchdowns.

For his four-year career, Aiyuk has 269 catches on 399 targets for 3,931 yards and 25 touchdowns.

Cooper was acquired by the Browns in March 2022 from the Dallas Cowboys. He became the first Browns wide receiver to post back-to-back 1,000-yard receiving seasons in his first two years in Cleveland, with a combined 150 catches for 2,410 yards and 14 touchdowns.

The former No. 4 overall pick in 2015 draft did not show up for minicamp in June, earning more than $101,000 in fines. He agreed to the restructured contract, which didn't include any extra years, on July 23, the day veterans had to report for training camp.

Cooper said the minicamp absence was his way of protecting himself from potential injury. However, he spoke after the first training camp practice at The Greenbrier of the skyrocketing wide receiver market, in which multiple players received massive paydays through extensions during the offseason.

"Yeah, I mean, I don't be pocket watching," Cooper said on July 25. "So definitely understand the landscape. I mean, it was the same thing when I signed my deal. … Like I said before, I was very much under the impression that I would be extended. So that was one of the reasons I actually pushed so hard for it. But unfortunately it didn't happen that way.

"And, like I said before, I'm willing to go out there and work and do my thing to go out there and get what I want."

Chris Easterling can be reached at ceasterling@thebeaconjournal.com. Read more about the Browns at www.beaconjournal.com/sports/browns. Follow him on X at @ceasterlingABJ

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