Joseph Zucker @@JosephZucker Featured Columnist IVFebruary 9, 2025 Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images The San Francisco 49ers “are expected to explore trading” wide receiver Deebo Samuel, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. “While it’s not a certainty that Samuel is done in San Francisco, it’s enough of a possibility that both sides appear to be at
The San Francisco 49ers “are expected to explore trading” wide receiver Deebo Samuel, in accordance to NFL Community’s Ian Rapoport.
“While it’s not a certainty that Samuel is done in San Francisco, it’s enough of a possibility that both sides appear to be at peace with moving on if it goes that way,” Rapoport stated.
Adam Schefter of ESPN reported San Francisco has given Samuel and his representatives the inexperienced light to pursue a commerce.
Samuel told Schefter he had a “hard conversation” with head coach Kyle Shanahan about his future.
“But I have to do what’s best,” he stated. “I’m more than thankful for the Niners giving me the opportunity of a lifetime, but now I think it’s best that we find another team.”
The 2021 All-Pro watched his manufacturing bolt backward this season. He caught 51 passes for 670 yards and three touchdowns in 15 appearances.
His utilization became a level of competitors for Samuel. In a since-deleted submit on X in December, he stated he became “not struggling at all just not getting the ball!!!!!!!” While the 29-year-out of date took down the message, he didn’t poke succor from the sentiment when addressing it publicly.
“You read what you read. [I’m] a little frustrated for sure,” he told journalists on Dec. 10.
Have to mild Samuel get traded, the writing became on the wall in accordance to San Francisco’s offseason industry last year. The crew out of date a first-round pick on Ricky Pearsall and then signed Brandon Aiyuk to a $120 million extension.
Though Aiyuk is getting greater from ACL and MCL tears that ended his season after seven games, it seems fancy the organization is able to transfer ahead with he and Pearsall because the quit two alternate recommendations in the passing assault.
One complication in procuring and selling Samuel is that the Niners are incentivized to motivate properly past the draft to in truth create the transfer.
Any commerce ahead of June 1 will put $31 million in dreary money on the books and label San Francisco $15.2 million against the salary cap. By executing the deal on June 2 or later, the crew would unfold the dreary money hit across 2025 ($10.6 million) and 2026 ($20.4 million) while saving $5.2 million toward the cap.
A resolution to this thunder of affairs infrequently is just a few months away.
Source: Bleacher Report
