{"id":746780,"date":"2026-02-12T09:56:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T09:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/746780\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T09:56:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T09:56:01","slug":"george-kittle-hints-at-possible-49ers-deebo-samuel-reunion-nbc-sports-bay-area-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/746780\/","title":{"rendered":"George Kittle hints at possible 49ers\u2019 Deebo Samuel reunion \u2013 NBC Sports Bay Area &#038; California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/K\/KittGe00.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">George Kittle<\/a> knows how to keep 49ers fans talking &#8212; and his latest comments will only fuel offseason speculation.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing in an interview with Sports Illustrated Now, the NFL All-Pro tight end hinted that San Francisco could look to reunite with some familiar faces &#8212; including former star wide receiver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/S\/SamuDe00.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deebo Samuel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kittle was discussing expectations for the 49ers following what he framed as a &#8220;rebuild year&#8221; that still produced strong results.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Message for Niners fans &#8212; hey, if a rebuild year got us 13 wins and a win in the Wild Card [Round], that\u2019s pretty good,&#8221; Kittle said. &#8220;It\u2019s only gonna be a little bit better from that. And all the boys are coming back again. And who knows &#8212; we might add some past friends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When pressed to clarify who he meant, Kittle didn\u2019t name names outright &#8212; but he didn\u2019t exactly shut the door, either.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know,&#8221; Kittle said, jokingly. &#8220;I hung out with Deebo last night. That was fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked directly if he\u2019d like to see Samuel back in San Francisco, Kittle smiled and kept his answer short.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love Deebo,&#8221; Kittle added. &#8220;Are you kidding me? \u2026 I love Deebo. That\u2019s all. I love Deebo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel, who played for the 49ers from 2019 through 2024, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsbayarea.com\/nfl\/san-francisco-49ers\/deebo-samuel-trade-commanders\/1729177\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">traded to the Washington Commanders<\/a> in 2025 after earning First-Team All-Pro honors and a Pro Bowl selection during his time in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>While Kittle\u2019s comments stopped short of confirming any roster plans, his phrasing &#8212; particularly the mention of &#8220;past friends&#8221; &#8212; likely will spark speculation about whether a reunion could be on the table as the 49ers shape their roster.<\/p>\n<p>For now, it\u2019s only offseason chatter, but Kittle\u2019s comments were more than enough to get fans dreaming.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/49ers-talk-with-matt-maiocco.simplecast.com\/episodes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Download and follow the 49ers Talk Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"George Kittle knows how to keep 49ers fans talking &#8212; and his latest comments will only fuel offseason&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":746781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,1705,7,6066,6,1161,252,2624,2623],"class_list":{"0":"post-746780","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-deebo-samuel","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-george-kittle","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-san-francisco","14":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","15":"tag-sanfrancisco","16":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116057065602455943","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746780","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=746780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/746781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=746780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=746780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=746780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}