It’s hard to miss the ongoing developments in the Brandon Aiyuk saga, especially since some of you send an email whenever he posts a new video on Instagram.

Most recently, Aiyuk had another message for Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels and a general point about his intended social-media habits if/when he lands with a new team.

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As to Daniels, Aiyuk said this: “He said, ‘I don’t do that Internet shit, bro. Hit my phone if you gotta talk to me, bro. You got my number.’ I called . . . he don’t answer. Hit my phone, bro. It’s important. It’s the money on the line.”

Aiyuk also explained his “social-media antics” by saying this: “Well, shit, I gotta get paid somehow. ‘Cause the employer holding me captive without pay. At least social media paying.”

Aiyuk then said that, even when he’s back in the NFL, “I’m still gonna be on my bullshit on social media.”

None of it matters until Aiyuk petitions the league for reinstatement from the reserve/left squad list and then, when reinstated, reports for camp with the 49ers. At that point, their only sensible move would be to cut him.

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But Aiyuk has said he won’t be “reinstating” with the 49ers. Which shows that he knows exactly what he needs to do to put the 49ers in checkmate, and that he refuses to do it.

Until Aiyuk does, anything else he says is noise. And it seems that no amount of noise will persuade the 49ers to release him from the reserve/left squad list, because it costs them not a penny to keep him there.