{"id":62069,"date":"2025-06-17T07:18:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T07:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=62069"},"modified":"2025-06-17T07:18:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T07:18:31","slug":"commanders-analyst-says-what-all-49ers-fans-already-knew-about-deebo-samuel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=62069","title":{"rendered":"Commanders analyst says what all 49ers fans already knew about Deebo Samuel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\">The San Francisco 49ers were eager to trade off All-Pro wide receiver Deebo Samuel to the Washington Commanders this offseason, accepting back a mere fifth-round pick in the NFL Draft while absorbing a massive $31 million dead-cap hit.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\">If the Niners thought Samuel could enact some vengeance against them in the playoffs while playing for another postseason contender, they likely wouldn&#8217;t have essentially given him away.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\">But they did.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\">Perhaps San Francisco felt Deebo was already on the decline, never quite the same player since his exceptional 2021 season that resulted in his first and only All-Pro nod. Questions about weight and conditioning apparently became an issue in 2024, according to multiple Bay Area insiders, and now those questions are working their way into Washington&#8217;s camp post trade.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\">Particularly after a viral Commanders minicamp video showed Samuel looking awfully slow on the field.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\">True, Samuel&#8217;s former teammate with the 49ers, tight end George Kittle, quickly shot down criticisms of the now-Washington wideout&#8217;s speed, pointing out how such practices aren&#8217;t intended to go full-throttle.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\">But, now there are grumblings about the receiver&#8217;s playing weight.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-7\">Commanders analyst raises concern over Deebo Samuel&#8217;s weight<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\">Acknowledging what Kittle also echoed about such practices not being full speed, 106.7 The Fan&#8217;s Danny Rouhier shared some thoughts about what he saw of Samuel during minicamp.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\">Simply put, Rouhier is concerned:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I\u2019m not judging the speed or how hard he\u2019s going. I have no idea if he\u2019s going faster or slower, medium, or anything between. He looks heavy-set. He looks heavier than I remember him looking, whether it\u2019s a uniform thing, whether he\u2019s wearing extra padding or something. He looks like the guy that played in San Francisco last year that they said \u2013 never quite got in shape.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Time for @funnydanny to weigh in on Deebo, and&#8230;yeah, he lookin&#8217; a bit thick. pic.twitter.com\/bRy5p6bz5g<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 106.7 The Fan (@1067theFan) June 12, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\">This is precisely what Niners insiders had discussed, particularly <em>The Athletic&#8217;s<\/em> Matt Barrows and the <em>SF Standard&#8217;<\/em>s Tim Kawakami, and even Samuel admitted playing heavier than his listed weight.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\">Perhaps this influenced a frustrating 51-catch, 670-yard receiving campaign in which the dual-threat receiver recorded a career-worst 3.2 yards per rush attempt, all but negating his once-potent dynamic of being a &#8220;wide back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\">Many San Francisco fans felt Samuel was on the decline after his jaw-dropping 2021 campaign and subsequent (and contentuous) contract extension the following offseason, and the statistics largely measure up to that argument.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\">Tack on the more recent weight concerns, and Rouhier&#8217;s comments are nothing new to 49ers fans at all.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-16\">Just new in Washington.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-17\"><em>Hat time to <\/em>Yagya Bhargava of Commanders Nation<em> for the find and transcription.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"inline-text-18\">Read more from Niner Noise<\/h3>\n<figure><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A viral video of now-Commanders wide receiver Deebo Samuel drew some criticism, and there&#8217;s one element of it that isn&#8217;t exactly new to 49ers fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":62070,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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