The Large Deebo Samuel recipient called for his departure from San Francisco “Little-American”, but said that Washington has always been one of his favorite destinations after asking for an exchange of the 49ers in part because of the quarter-Arrière Jayden Daniels.
Samuel, in an essay of 2,136 words for The players’ platformthought of his six seasons with San Francisco and called his relationship with coach Kyle Shanahan “ridiculous” while looking at and saying: “DC, we come”.
“I had the feeling that this season is about to be one of them,” wrote Samuel.
Samuel said that he appreciates where the 49ers sent him and that there is “no bad stroke when it comes to me and this organization. It is always love”.
Washington exchanged a fifth round choice against Samuel on Saturday; Trade will be official once the new league year will start on March 12. Samuel stayed one year on his contract.
He asked Shanahan a job in a meeting with him after the season, saying that he had told the coach that he did not think he knew how difficult he was to have this conversation. Adam Schefter of ESPN announced the news of the Super Bowl on Sunday.
Samuel, a second round choice in 2019, has become a dangerous offensive weapon for San Francisco, capable of large games as a ball carrier too. He ended his time in San Francisco with 4,792 reception yards and 22 affected while operating for 1,143 yards and 20 scores. During his all-pro season of 2021, Samuel finished with 1,770 yards and 14 affected from the fray.
But after a frustrating season in which he finished with 806 melee yards – his lowest total since his second year when he played in seven games – Samuel wanted to go out.
“After talking to Kyle, I spoke to [GM] John [Lynch]And he understood where I came from and gave me his point of view on everything, “wrote Samuel.” We explained why we thought it was a good decision for the two of us. And listen, that John and Kyle send me to an NFC team which was almost a competitor of the Super Bowl, it just shows you the type of love and relationship we have. I know that at the end of the day, they didn’t have to do that. “”
Samuel said he liked to play for Shanahan, although the ride was sometimes bumpy.
“One minute, he wants to hit his head, and the next one, he goes crazy, excited by something I do,” he wrote. “I have always felt like I coach myself stronger than anyone else because at the end of the day, he knows that I am not a sensitive player.”
But Samuel said that their relationship was deeper than a simple player-player.
“Kyle knows damn close to everything I have experienced in my life, and I know almost everything he has done,” wrote Samuel. “It’s like that. This is a link that you could never break. So we talked it. It was difficult, in its own way. But more than anything, I was just proud of the way we both managed it, as men.”
Samuel joined a Washington team after a defeat in the NFC championship match in Philadelphia, the furthest from the team since the 1991 season. Daniels played the role of Recruit Quarter, winning the honors of the recruit of the offensive year of the NFL and ending seventh of the MVP vote.
Daniels and the 49 -ters large receiver Brandon Aiyuk are the best friends of their stay together at the Arizona State; Samuel said he started watching Daniels when he played Lsu because of Aiyuk. In addition, the director general of commanders Adam Peters spent five years as deputy director general in San Francisco with Samuel. The coordinator of the Washington racing game, Anthony Lynn, was an assistant / U-turn chief coach with the 49ers in 2022 and 2023.
“This is one of the best possible adjustments for me, where I can go and help a team,” wrote Samuel. “When my agent asked me where I wanted to go, it was one of the teams at the top of my list. I knew [Daniels] was going to be a stallion. Certainly ready to work with Terry for sure, because we came to the league at the same time. I heard how hard he grinds. I’m just ready to match energy and access it. “”
Samuel thought about his trip to play Pop Warner in his time at the University of South Carolina. He looked back his two defeats of the Super Bowl with the 49ers and how close the teams were, writing that “our wardrobe gave university vibrations”. This is why he labeled his soft-man departure. He thanked the coaches staff, cooking and equipment managers, among others.
“When the job has happened, I was happy because it was something I wanted,” he wrote. “But as the day took place, my mind continued to disappear to all these fucking memories, guy.”
