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49ers Send Deebo Samuel to Patriots for 4th Rounder in Potential Trade

I definitely can see the Patriots offering the 49ers a fourth-round pick for Samuel and I also can see the 49ers accepting the offer. But I'm not so sure Samuel would want to play for New England.

Grant Cohn

Sep 15, 2024; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel Sr. (1) runs back a kick against the Minnesota Vikings in the first quarter at U.S. Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Rempel-Imagn Images
Sep 15, 2024; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel Sr. (1) runs back a kick against the Minnesota Vikings in the first quarter at U.S. Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Rempel-Imagn Images / Brad Rempel-Imagn Images
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Technically, the 49ers would save much more money if they were to release Deebo Samuel and not trade him.

But general manager John Lynch said he doesn't want to just give Samuel away, so if a team offers the 49ers a fourth-round pick for him, they probably will take it.

That's why CBS Sports' Tyler Sullivan believes the 49ers could trade Samuel to the New England Patriots for their fourth-round pick this year.

"The fourth-round pick is a popular price tag for Samuel as it mirrors prior deals that we use as a baseline in these hypothetical trades," writes Sullivan. "For instance, the Bears traded a fourth-round pick (No. 110) to the Los Angeles Chargers last offseason to acquire receiver Keenan Allen.

"So, we have the Patriots following suit by shipping out their fourth-rounder to land Samuel, a player who has been on the team's radar dating back to when he first came into the league. Samuel would bolster a receiver room that has been starved of top talent for years and could prove to be a go-to target for rising second-year quarterback Drake Maye.

"New England has the most cap space in the league this offseason, so a trade for Samuel wouldn't preclude them from making other necessary moves to improve the roster and even adding more pass-catching help. As for the 49ers, this would be their most ideal outcome out of the three proposed deals, with the Patriots pick coming near the top of Day 3."

I definitely can see the Patriots offering the 49ers a fourth-round pick for Samuel and I also can see the 49ers accepting the offer. But I'm not so sure Samuel would want to play for New England.

Samuel has just one year left on his deal. Would the Patriots trade for one year of an unhappy Samuel if he refuses to sign an extension? Maybe not.

I'm guessing Samuel will get cut.

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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.

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