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Will 49ers WR Deebo Samuel Have a Resurgence This Season?
Deebo Samuel never has been able to live up to the contract extension the 49ers gave him two years ago.
He was coming off a first-team All Pro season. Since then, he hasn't even made a Pro Bowl, while Brandon Aiyuk has taken his spot as the team's no. 1 wide receiver. Now Aiyuk is asking for an extension worth roughly $30 million per season and, if he gets it, the 49ers probably won't be able to afford Samuel after this season and might have to trade him.
Samuel doesn't seem to want to leave. While Aiyuk held out of OTAs and minicamp because he's unhappy with the 49ers' offer and his role in the offense, Samuel showed up and practiced. He acted like the veteran leader and captain he is, while Aiyuk acted selfishly.
Aiyuk recently said on The Pivot Podcast that he's tired of taking a backseat to the other stars on the 49ers offense and that he would be happy to play for the Washington Commaders or the Pittsburgh Steelers. Meanwhile, Samuel seems happy, motivated and focused.
Is it possible Samuel will have a better season than Aiyuk in 2024?
Consider that last season, a season most people considered to be a disappointment for Samuel, he gained 1,117 yards from scrimmage and scored 12 touchdowns. That's pretty good. And now he's in even better shape.
If Samuel can recapture his All Pro form, it will be extremely difficult for the 49ers to trade him because he's irreplaceable when he's at his best. Aiyuk is excellent, but lots of wide receivers have his skill set.
GRANT COHN
Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.