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Nick Wagoner
Santa Clara, California – For the second time in three years, the wide receiver Deebo Samuel Sr. asked that the 49ers of San Francisco exchanged it. This time, the 49ers are ready to welcome such a decision.
Samuel told ESPN on Sunday that the Niners granted him and agent Tory Dandy permission to find a trading partner after Samuel expressed his desire for the first time to go to his exit meeting with coach Kyle Shanahan in January.
“It was a difficult conversation to have with Kyle because of the relationship we have,” Samuel told Adam Schefter d’Espn. “But I have to do what is best. I am more than grateful for the Niners who have given me the occasion for a life, but now I think it is preferable that we find another team.”
Samuel’s trade would come with major wage ceiling ramifications for Niners. They restructured Samuel’s contract in September, a decision which means that if they exchange it before June 1, they would absorb dead money of 31.55 million dollars on the ceiling. Samuel must also be an option bonus of $ 15.4 million on March 22, which means that the Niners would almost certainly want any agreement before that.
If a business cannot be consumed, it remains the possibility that the Niners can free Samuel despite the director general John Lynch, on January 8, that such a decision was not an option. In this scenario, the 49ers could use a designation after June 1 on the transaction after the start of the new year of the league on March 12 and before its option bonus was due; If they do, this ceiling stroke would be reduced to $ 10,751,753 in the next two years.
“Deebo is under contract,” said Lynch. “(He is) a good player and made a ton for this organization and we are not leaving good players from here.”
But unlike Samuel’s trade demand in 2022, the Niners are more likely to separate from him this time. Samuel’s previous request came when he made contractual negotiations with the 49ers. When these discussions were slow to materialize, Samuel became frustrated and asked to be treated.
At the time, Samuel was released from his best season, almost leading the Niners to an appearance of the Super Bowl, and he was considered a key element in the team’s future. San Francisco therefore never entertained offers for Samuel and finally signed it for an extension of $ 71.5 million over three years in August 2022.
This time, Samuel, 29, undoubtedly comes his worst season, with 806 melee yards and four affected (the two career stockings except for a 2020 season during which he only played seven games).
During a section of four games at the end of the season against Seattle, Green Bay, Buffalo and Chicago, Samuel had only 97 melee yards on 17 keys, ending with 21, 21, 20 and 35 yards during These matches. It was the first time that Samuel had not managed to have at least 50 meters from the fray in four consecutive games since a five game section during his 2019 recruit season.
On December 9, one day after the match against the Bears, Samuel evacuated on social networks, writing in a post since suppressed on X that he “did not struggle at all not to obtain the ball!”
Asked about the message the next day, Samuel said: “You read what you read. (I am) a little frustrated.”
The 49ers selected Samuel with a second round choice in the draft of the 2019 NFL and its versatility quickly enabled it to become a spark for their offense.
Samuel’s ability to play back has become prominent in 2021 when he finished with 77 receptions for 1405 yards and six affected with 59 races for 365 yards and eight other scores on the path of the first All Pro Honors team. That season, Samuel only became the third player in the history of the NFL to have 1,000 reception yards with at least five affected rushing and five affected.
For his career, Samuel has 334 receptions for 4,792 yards and 22 affected and 202 races for 1,143 yards on the ground with 20 grounds on the ground. These 20 precipitated scores have been most by a wide receiver since at least 1960.
The 49ers began to plan the actual possibility that Samuel is starting his last season with the team of the last off -season when they spent the choice n ° 31 in the recovery of the receiver Ricky Pearsall. Not only did the Niners wrote Pearsall, but they also signed the Brandon Aiyuk (four -year, $ 120 million) and Jauan Jennings (two, $ 15.39 million) receiver to contract extensions.
Aiyuk is recovering from a torn ACL and a MCL in his right knee, but he, Pearsall and Jennings should be the three main options of the team to the position if Samuel is treated, although they should also be on The market to add to this off -season since Aiyuk is injured, Pearsall is still largely unproven and Jennings is entering the last year of his agreement.
Samuel’s demand for trade also adds another layer of drama to what is an important offseason in San Francisco. The 49ers will seek to deal with Samuel while working on a mega-contract extension for the quarter-Arrière Brock Purdy and another case for the tight star George Kittle.
