The San Francisco 49ers are going back to the drawing board this off-season. After being extremely competitive for the last three seasons, San Francisco finished this season 6-11 and well out of playoff contention.
However, they could see a massive draft package coming their way soon that could help turn around their fortunes.
“Will Sell High” 49ers Learn Of Massive Draft Haul Right At Their Finger Tips
There have been several players who have been traded during the NFL’s effective dead period during the last few years, including Aaron Rodgers, Jalen Ramsey, Stefon Diggs, and Keenan Allen.
Here is one name who could be added to that list in the very near future:
WR Deebo Samuel, San Francisco 49ers
The 49ers’ list of free agents for 2025 and 2026 includes Brock Purdy, George Kittle, Javon Hargrave, Dre Greenlaw, Jauan Jennings, Kyle Juszczyk, Charvarius Ward and Samuel. The simple answer is that general manager John Lynch won’t be able to retain all of those players, nor would it be wise to. That leaves Samuel as an obvious man out, it would appear.
San Francisco drafted Ricky Pearsall in the first round last year and invested $120 million in Brandon Aiyuk, while Jennings (career-high 83.7 PFF receiving grade) has flourished in a more full-fledged role. Meanwhile, Samuel hasn’t enjoyed the success we’re accustomed to seeing, netting a career-low 70.9 PFF overall grade with a career-low 1.60 yards per route run and 8.2 yards after the catch per reception.
Instead of paying Samuel another significant deal, it feels inevitable that the 49ers will sell high after a poor season and recoup their assets, bracing for what could be an offseason of retooling.
Here is a look at Deebo’s stats this season:
| Receiving | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | Team | Opp | Result | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Touch | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 2024-12-30 | SFO | DET | L 34-40 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 1 | 5 | 100.0% | 5.0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 5.3 | 4 | 5.3 | 21 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2024-12-22 | SFO | @ | MIA | L 17-29 | 9 | 7 | 96 | 13.7 | 1 | 27 | 77.8% | 10.7 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 5.0 | 12 | 10.1 | 121 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-12-12 | SFO | LAR | L 6-12 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | 6 | 42.9% | 2.3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.5 | 5 | 3.8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024-12-08 | SFO | CHI | W 38-13 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 20 | 66.7% | 7.3 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 2.6 | 7 | 5.0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024-12-01 | SFO | @ | BUF | L 10-35 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 7 | 80.0% | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5.0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024-11-24 | SFO | @ | GNB | L 10-38 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 21 | 25.0% | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024-11-17 | SFO | SEA | L 17-20 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | 11 | 57.1% | 3.1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -1.0 | 5 | 4.2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024-11-10 | SFO | @ | TAM | W 23-20 | 6 | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 0 | 32 | 83.3% | 10.3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 4.7 | 8 | 9.5 | 76 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-10-27 | SFO | DAL | W 30-24 | 7 | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 0 | 47 | 57.1% | 10.1 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 3.8 | 8 | 10.8 | 86 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024-10-20 | SFO | KAN | L 18-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2024-10-10 | SFO | @ | SEA | W 36-24 | 5 | 3 | 102 | 34.0 | 1 | 76 | 60.0% | 20.4 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 3.8 | 7 | 16.7 | 117 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-10-06 | SFO | ARI | L 23-24 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | 33.3% | 3.7 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 3.0 | 4 | 5.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024-09-29 | SFO | NWE | W 30-13 | 5 | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 0 | 53 | 60.0% | 11.6 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 7.0 | 5 | 14.4 | 72 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024-09-15 | SFO | @ | MIN | L 17-23 | 10 | 8 | 110 | 13.8 | 0 | 28 | 80.0% | 11.0 | 2 | -10 | 0 | -1 | -5.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-09-09 | SFO | NYJ | W 32-19 | 9 | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 0 | 25 | 55.6% | 6.0 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 2.9 | 13 | 5.9 | 77 | 1 | 0 | |
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