After the 49ers’ Week 9 bye, it appears that wide receiver Deebo Samuel will rejoin the team, bringing a new partner with him. Defensive end Chase Young was acquired by San Francisco from the Washington Commanders prior to Tuesday’s deadline.
Samuel discussed his response to the transfer with host Kay Adams during an interview on “Up and Adams.”
Samuel said to Adams, “It’s just crazy all the guys we got on the D-line.” “And just to mention him and the influence his career has had thus far. The fact that he is on the squad at all is, well, kind of astonishing. Right now, there are already good guys on the D-Line.
It didn’t take long for Samuel to reach out to the team’s newest defensive lineman. He said he stopped his on-field workout to reach out to Young.
“I actually called him after I got the news because I was out there on the field working out,” Samuel said. “I was like, ‘bro, you ready to come out here?’ And he was like, ‘man I was just on the massage table and just get a call that I was going to the Niners. I was like (expletive) man I’m ready to go.’”
Complementary football has been key for the 49ers during their deep playoff runs in three of the last four years. Samuel and Young could be a duo that helps San Francisco get back to that after struggling with it the last three weeks.
Samuel should help an ailing 49ers offense in a variety of ways, while Young should bolster a pass rush that’s had a hard time getting quarterbacks on the ground.
Their first chance to practice together will be ahead of Week 10. There’ll be a bonus practice early in the week, then the club will begin its real practices Wednesday and it sounds like both Samuel and Young will be in attendance.
