The frontrunner for the 2025 NFL Comeback Player of the Year shared some great times with Deebo Samuel while in a 49ers uniform. Christian McCaffrey was asked about a potential return for the \u201cwideback,\u201d and wasn\u2019t shy about his feelings towards Deebo. Kay Adams asked McCaffrey about Samuel, but any potential reunion would be a bit complicated, considering how the receiver asked his way out of town.<\/p>\n
\u201cDeebo\u2019s one of my favorite guys I\u2019ve ever played with,\u201d McCaffrey told Kay Adams on Up & Adams on Thursday. \u201cWe all love Deebo. Our whole staff loves Deebo. All of the players on the team love Deebo. We love Deebo.\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked by Adams if Samuel would be welcomed back following his trade request, McCaffrey replied simply, \u201cI think, yeah, there\u2019s no question that he would be welcomed back.\u201d<\/p>\n
With the departure of Brandon Aiyuk and the potential departure of Jauan Jennings, there is no doubt the 49ers will add to the receiver position, either in free agency or the draft, or both. McCaffrey went on to explain Samuel\u2019s presence and effect on the 49ers\u2019 offense.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has such good energy,\u201d McCaffrey said. \u201cHe\u2019s somebody that, when the ball\u2019s in his hands, you can see, a lot of times, the fear in defenses. And he was such a great component to our offense because you can get him the ball in so many different ways.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s like an enforcer on the offense, in ways. He\u2019ll run through your face, he can catch the ball, he can run the ball, he can run any route in the route tree, and if you want to tackle him, it comes with consequences. So he\u2019s just a great guy to have on your team, and I appreciated the time I got to play with him.\u201d<\/p>\n
The question is more about Samuel\u2019s wear and tear and whether the 49ers would take a step back to bring him back to the offense when the receiver group needs more juice and speed to compete in the NFC West. Samuel\u2019s 2021 season was magnificent. Anytime the 49ers needed a play, number 19 had the ball.<\/p>\n
That was five seasons ago. I love Deebo also, but I wouldn\u2019t rush to bring him back as a main piece.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The frontrunner for the 2025 NFL Comeback Player of the Year shared some great times with Deebo Samuel…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":733820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,7,781,6,1161,252,85370,52067,2630,2624,2623],"class_list":{"0":"post-733819","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco-49ers","8":"tag-49ers","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-general","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-san-francisco","13":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","14":"tag-san-francisco-49ers-analysis","15":"tag-san-francisco-49ers-roster","16":"tag-san-francisco-49ers-depth-chart","17":"tag-sanfrancisco","18":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116024715779663049","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=733819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/733820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=733819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=733819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=733819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}