[Coach Yac] Terrell Owens on Deebo Samuel: “Deebo is not really playing up to Deebo standards. Deebo seems like he’s more focused on his pregame attire than he is actually the game. If we can shift that focus, maybe that can energize and create some more production from an offensive standpoint…”

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  1. And a bunch of ignorant TO haters will say how maybe Owens should have focused more on the game instead of his celebrations…. ignoring the fact that TO gave 110% during the game every game. Guy absolutely gave it his all. His SB performance on one leg for the Eagles was legendary.

  3. Kyle has loyalty to guys like Deebo and Juice and CMC, when it’s so clear we need to give more touches to our young guys. Deebo, pregame attire or not, is good for a big play or 2. Guys like Jennings and Pearsall are the ones who should get the bulk of the targets among WRs. Cowing I’d like to see too but he won’t see the field much.

  5. Deebo can’t beat man

    Can’t get to the edge on the sweep 

    Not getting yac

    Deebo, what exactly would you say you do here

  8. I feel like Deebo could really benefit from slimming down and trying to get some of his speed back. We gotta stop running him into the ground and try and make him a viable receiver again.

  9. He ain’t wrong. The eccentric attire is only cool when you play well. The Eagles game last year, with those outfits, would have looked farrrr stupider if we lost.

  11. You can say a lot of things about TO’s antics but you can’t question his heart and work ethic. Dude made it a mission to do the impossible, which is to outwork Jerry Rice.

  12. Love Deebo, but he’s outdated in our offense now. Defenses around the league have caught up to shannys offense. That’s a big hit on Deebo’s value. If we can’t rely on seperation anymore then we need to get taller, more vertical. It’s not a coincidence that Purdy’s success this year has been with Kittle and Juan. If Brock is our future we need bigger targets. That’ll help with tipped interceptions too.

  15. Unfortunately he may be aging in RB years and not WR years. Hard to say with the pneumonia and fact that teams have adjusted scheme-wise to what he did best.

  16. It has nothing to do with his play on the field, but I do look at some of the clothes and wonder if he’ll wish he had that money back someday.

  17. Deebo had 1 good season, got a bag, and then went back to the normal Deebo.

    SF should trade him while other teams may still see some value in him. He’s getting older, and I seriously doubt he’s going to get back to the one good season he had. He can’t get separation, he looks slower, can’t get yardage on sweep plays, etc.. He looks very bad and very overpaid.

  18. Dude had pneumonia – he’s not up to speed yet.

    Statistically he’s only slightly down compared to last season.

    Everyone wants him to repeat that 2021 season when he was the entire offense.

  19. I think you could make an argument that the “wide back” thing probably stagnated Deebo’s development as a receiver. I do not remember him being this ineffective at the position but maybe he saw mostly zone in the past.

    Right now, he’s can’t separate and has no catch radius like Jennings. Not really sure what to do with him outside of being benched.

  20. i just need to throw this out there.

    certainly unverifiable since me and my family are the only ones to hear it….

    we were at benihana’s for dinner in sunnyvale week 14 2022, the game where he busted up his leg.

    my family were eating dinner when deebo on crutches and his crew roll in – no waiting, they just come in and sit in the back.

    so i ask our chef and he says they come every week (home games he had said), so they have a table reserved for them. i don’t know if they have a separate room at this place or not…

    anyway, i tell the chef, “y’all must be fighting to get that table every sunday” assuming that deebo tips well since they are there every week.

    and chef laughs and shakes his head “noooooo”. he glanced furtively left and right, and then he leans in and tells this tale:

    > no one wants that crew. first, he doesn’t tip well. also, everybody in the family orders some custom order stuff and we have to scramble to make whatever they come up with. and they are all super rude to chef and server…

    **so, deebo is a bad tipper.** hahaha. also, when the chef told me that, my wallet jumped in fear because there was no way i was leaving without punching in an extra-generous tip hahahaha. yeah, it’s 100% plausible i got suckered into leaving a bigger tip…. =)

  21. I don’t agree with Owens but I will agree with Deion.

    “You look good. You play good.”

    Now imagine if Deebo showed up in shirt and jeans. We would be sucking even worst.

  22. I think Deebo gives it his all to be honest. He’s just not utilized properly. Every time he touches the ball he’s giving it everything he has. And the last couple of seasons he was a tank. Only guy that shit talked before a game and showed up proving his shit talking.

  23. Deebo aint done nun all szn, dude out there chokin his teammates tellin em to lock in meanwhile he cant even lock in. Moody got more pts then u bro. lock in!

  24. Eh, I think he’s just washed and slow now. Pre game attire nonsense has nothing to do with it.

  27. From what I’ve seen the problems are:

    WRs stuggling to beat press man

    OL missing blocking assignments, failing to open running lanes, Brendel just can’t pass block

    DL unable to do much of anything without Bosa

    LB depth without Greenlaw

    All of this is causing the defense to gas out late in games leading to collapses.

    Positives:

    Purdy’s elusiveness and ability to read defenses is covering up for other deficiencies on offense

    Still strong offensive skill positions (specifically: Kittle, Jennings, McCaffrey, and Mason)

    Defensive secondary

    Bosa and Warner

    I would love to see them rebuild the OL and DL to build in the trenches. I think OL should be the priority to re-establish the run game and force opposing defenses to play less man and improve the ability to play with a lead late in games. Longer drives would also help the defense stay fresh throughout a full game.

  30. Deebo obviously has some weaknesses and this wr corps has been a mess. Not the players, but just cause we get a diff group every week. It’s hard to put 100% of the blame on him, but he is supposed to be the leader and he needs to make it work regardless of what is happening.

    He wanted to roll up on Moody, itt may be time for someone to check him.

  31. Deebo is gonna get traded or won’t be extended. It sucks but his time as a 49er is soon over.

    He’s getting paid a lot of money to be a mid receiver who can’t beat press man. They won’t extend him.

  32. This is probably the last year that this particular squad is in tact like this. Deebo will probably be traded somewhere else, because his production and his speed just aren’t there anymore.

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