49ers HC Kyle Shanahan says Deebo still has the breakthrough he needs

Deebo Samuel is not having a good season.

When the 49ers throw him the ball, their quarterback rating is just 89.2. And when you give him the ball, he averages just 2.9 yards per shot. He is an inefficient player. They should take him out of circulation.

Instead, they continue to look for ways to get him more involved.

“I think he’s got the breakout he needs,” Kyle Shanahan said. “He didn’t have many opportunities last night. He had a pretty good kick return that I thought would have changed the huge momentum of the game, but unfortunately it was called back. I thought he had a good one.” And then he has to catch both balls, and if he catches both balls, he has a chance after that to do what he can and run with it. Get that opportunity because he So if he didn’t catch both balls, that would be two more possibilities I think we had over 50 plays total in the first and second half, but we couldn’t stay consistent enough to get a player going.

Sounds like Shanahan thinks Samuel needs more opportunities, not fewer.

My goodness.

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