Much of the NFL world is trying to make sense of the “bizarre situation” unfolding in the inevitable Brandon Aiyuk-49ers divorce.

Speaking Monday on the “Papa & Silver” podcast , The Athletic’s Michael Silver — who broke the news Friday that the Niners voided guaranteed money in Aiyuk’s $120 million contract extension signed just last August, which the wideout did not contest — speculated on the curious series of events after a “very contentious contract dispute.”

“If you are the agent for a player and the team tells you, ‘We’re voiding $26 million or more in recently acquired guarantees,’ that should be a brawl. And I know the player has to want to fight for it too, and I don’t know exactly what’s going on with Brandon, and that may factor in,” Silver said.

The situation developing

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