49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan would prefer if wide receiver Deebo Samuel’s keeps his feelings about the team’s offense inside the building, but the fact that Samuel didn’t isn’t anything he’s concerned about.
Samuel wrote on X that he is “not struggling at all just not getting the ball” over the last few weeks. He later deleted the post and added that he wasn’t being critical of anyone with the team, but the feelings that Samuel shared were not news to Shanahan.
“Deebo and I talk every day, so I understand Deebo saying that,” Shanahan said at his Tuesday press conference. “Deebo wants to help us out and the only way he helps us out is getting the ball more, and we’d like to get it to him more. We’ll continue to work at that.”
Shanahan went on to make it clear that Samuel’s comments aren’t going to cause any issues inside the building.
“Is it a distraction in our building? No,” Shanahan said. “We gotta …