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The 49ers Could Trade Deebo Samuel to the Pats or Bucs this Offseason

At the 49ers' end-of-the-season press conference, John Lynch made it clear that he had no intention of releasing Deebo Samuel. But that doesn't mean the 49ers won't trade him.
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Jan 5, 2025; Glendale, Arizona, USA; San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel Sr against the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images
Jan 5, 2025; Glendale, Arizona, USA; San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel Sr against the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images

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At the 49ers' end-of-the-season press conference, John Lynch made it clear that he had no intention of releasing Deebo Samuel. But that doesn't mean the 49ers won't trade him.

Samuel was a massive disappointment for the 49ers last season. The more they tried to get him involved in the offense, the worse they performed. They don't need him to be a featured player anymore and he's too expensive not to start.

Which means trading Samuel would be addition by subtraction for the 49ers. And the Boston Herald's Doug Kyed suggests the 49ers trade him to the New England Patriots.

"Samuel, like (AJ Brown), was a member of the 2019 NFL Draft class," writes Kyed. "Patriots fans might not need to be reminded that N’Keal Harry was drafted over both players. Whoops. Samuel is not as productive or consistent as Brown at this point in their careers, but he would also immediately become the Patriots’ top pass-catching option.

"He hasn’t had a 1,000-yard receiving season since 2021, but Samuel still provides versatility as a pass-catcher and ball-carrier, which new offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels could have some fun with. A release doesn’t seem out of the realm of possibility here. Sending a mid-to-late round pick should be able to get a deal done for Samuel."

I'm not sure if the 49ers would trade Samuel to the Patriots for a late-round pick, but I do expect Samuel to have a trade market this season considering he had one last season and the 49ers seemed to consider moving him at the time.

Another team that could trade for Deebo Samuel this offseason is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers considering Chris Godwin most likely will leave in free agency. I'm guessing the Bucs reached out to the 49ers about Samuel last season to gauge his price tag which just went down significantly the past 12 months.

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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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