It looked like something may have been amiss in the San Francisco 49ers locker room Monday when wide receiver Deebo Samuel took to the internet to respond to the critiques of his 2024 season.
Samuel, who is having the least productive seasons of his career, wrote in a since-deleted post on Twitter (currently X), “Not struggling at all just not getting the ball!!!!!!! 🤷🏾♂️.”
That would appear to be a direct call out of either the offensive play calling or quarterback Brock Purdy, but Samuel clarified in another post that he wasn’t calling out anyone on the team. This one is still up on the social media site:
Just cause I voice my opinions don’t mean I’m hating on any of my teammates!! Be Fr
— Deebo (@19problemz) December 9, 2024
Head coach Kyle Shanahan was asked about the post in his Tuesday press conference, and his answer alleviated some of the concerns that there might be some dissension in the 49ers locker room.
“Yeah, we’d always love things to stay in-house,” Shanahan said. “That’s probably why I don’t mess with social media. I’m sure I’d get worked up and stuff too if I was reading stuff about myself all the time. And then I’d maybe make a tweet or something too. I mean is it a distraction in our building? No. I’ve got to answer questions about, it’s the first time I’ve talked about it is right here. But Deebo and I see each other every day and talk about stuff every day. So my advice is to not let the outside frustrate you, because just answering those things isn’t going to help you in any way. Usually only hurts you. But as far as like what we deal with and our relationships and our team, it’s water under the bridge.”
The 49ers would love to see Samuel return to form Thursday against the Los Angeles Rams. They may be down to their fourth-string running back so a huge game from the former All-Pro would give San Francisco a much-needed lift against a good NFC West club.
