49ers’ Deebo Samuel Says Goodbye Amidst Trade Talk: SEE YOU IN JULY!
Someone should do a quick check on 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel. We’re only a little more than a month removed from his team’s Super Bowl loss to the Chiefs, and he already appears to be fed up with the offseason. He wasn’t really sure what he was talking about, but on Thursday, Samuel posted a strange and clearly irritated comment on Twitter/X.
“Can we have a life after football season is over? We can travel, go out, and have fun without you ‘fans’ saying all this unnecessary s***. “People be buggin!!!!” Samuel wrote. Once again, it was unclear who fans said what to get under Samuel’s skin. However, he did answer with a series of exclamation points after new Eagles running back Saquon Barkley tweeted a tweet along those lines.
Man, I tell you what, some of you hop on this app and just reach for anything,” tweeted Barkley, who has faced criticism online for leaving the Giants and joining with Philadelphia. Finally, Samuel declared that he would be taking a break from social media until training camp begins. “UNO OFF HERE SEE YOU IN JULY!!!” he wrote, referencing his new uniform number.
Can’t the 49ers afford both Deebo Samuel and Brandon Aiyuk? Samuel has been a topic of discussion this offseason as the 49ers try to figure out what they should do with their wide receiver position. There have been rumours that Samuel could be traded. They have two of the top players in the game at the position, Samuel and Brandon Aiyuk, and would clearly like both to return next year.
It’s easier said than done, though. Samuel is in the second year of a three-year, $71.5 million contract deal, while Aiyuk is approaching his fifth-year option season. That would increase his salary from $4 million last year to $14.1 million next year, but Aiyuk is unlikely to play under that contract; he will seek a new one. The 49ers might not be able to afford it. Spotrac expects him to earn $24 million each year for four years, for a total of $96 million.