A Deebo Samuel shaped cloud has hovered ominously over the 49ers’ offseason ever since he made his displeasure with the organization known with a pre-draft trade request. It appears the skies may be opening up though with the club getting set to report to training camp Tuesday. Head coach Kyle Shanahan is confident a deal is going to get done.
Shanahan told Tim Kawakami on the TK Show podcast that Samuel’s contract isn’t something he’s concerned about, although he’s also not involved in the process.
“What I do know is I’m not worried about it not getting done,” Shanahan said. “I feel very confident that Deebo’s gonna be on our team this year and he’s gonna be here for many years after. I do believe he’ll get a deal. I know that they’re working on it right now, our upstairs with (general manager) John (Lynch) and (executive vice president of football operations) Paraag (Marathe). I know they’ve been through negotiations with (Samuel’s agent) Tory (Dandy). So that’s something I know they’ve been doing, I wanna say the last couple weeks, but that’s also my time to really stay out of it. I think they’ll get something done sooner than later, but there’s no timeline and I’m not really concerned about it right now. I think it’s all gonna work out.”
