49ers WR Deebo Samuel is now available via trade, but should the Commanders go after him OR go after other WR's?
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00:00We should never make more out of one game
00:03Then is necessary right like watching last night
00:06You could go the team with the best weapons on offense won the Super Bowl and the team that is weak in terms of weapons
00:11Lost the Super Bowl that doesn't really do a lot of justice to the fact that the Chiefs were 15 and 2 all year long
00:17and we're the favorites going into the game minimally, but
00:21Look at the Eagles man
00:23AJ Brown down 17 nothing is
00:26Throwing a fit and then they immediately throw him a touchdown pass
00:30Right before he would pick up his book and start reading
00:32They've got Devante Smith who's excellent Johan Dotson?
00:36How about our little Johan Dotson that almost caught the first touchdown of the game was down at the one-yard line
00:42By the way, that would have paid out nicely
00:44You know that build up the old Dotson touchdown. Yeah, my buddy put 10 on it was gonna win 750
00:49He's like I'm crestfallen. I bet there's some commanders fans who sprinkled a little money on Dotson scoring first
00:55Just cuz he's your guy that first TD for Johan Dotson who would have thunk it
00:59But I want to talk wide receivers that are available
01:03So Debo Samuel once out of San Fran the 49ers are allowing him to go get himself a trade
01:10Remember, they paid Brandon. I you to be their number one last offseason
01:14When that happened it became pretty likely because you got to pay Brock Purdy a couple hundred million bucks
01:206065 million a year whatever it's gonna be that you probably were not paying Debo Samuel as well
01:24So unless you need to extend him Danny
01:27which I am less interested in and I'll just get ahead of it right now and say if Debo Samuel and his
01:33Agent Tori Dandy want a full extension of three or four years at you know, 25 million a year or whatever
01:39I'm out
01:40but if you can bring him in on a one-year show-me deal and say you get to play with Jaden Daniels we're gonna be in
01:46the mix in the NFC and
01:47You're gonna be a great fit and Cliff Kingsbury sits him down and says here's why?
01:52At
01:5317 and a half million. I know everybody's out because of his injury history
01:57I like this a lot more than I like any Cooper Cup idea
02:01Unless of course, you know Cooper Cup were to get cut and it would pick cost a couple million dollars
02:06Yeah, I like this honestly more than T Higgins better football player, but T Higgins is a break-the-bank guy
02:11He's gonna be one of the highest paid wideouts in the league. There's never been a bad one-year deal, man
02:16That's just not a big contract and I got the third most gap space
02:20Just close your eyes and think about all those Diami tunnel screens and it being Debo Samuel, right?
02:25the best in the league at that probably yeah, so your point I think is right on here if
02:29The reason Debo Samuel wants out is not because he's disgruntled or hate San Francisco now. I haven't seen any reports on this
02:35I'm just sort of reading the tea leaves. It's because he's looking around going. I'm not getting an extension here. They chose IUK
02:40They're about to pay Brock Purdy
02:42Whatever it is 55 60 70 million bucks a year, whatever the number is
02:46There's no more left for me and they probably don't want to pay me because you already mentioned it
02:50I miss a bunch of games per year. I'm always banged up. I'm coming out of the lineup, etc. And
02:56There's probably just not enough pie here for me to have a good slice
03:00So I want to go somewhere where I can get that contract and we'll activate that now and I can be the head and trade
03:05It's here Francisco Cisco get something and they're not just gonna let me walk in free agency, etc. So
03:10This is me talking on both sides of my mouth, I love Debo Samuel I would love to have Debo Samuel
03:17Because of the upset history and his playing style he's gonna get hit. He's like a power forward. He's going to have contact
03:23He's going to run through people. He's going to truck people
03:26You have to use him the way that he's used because he's so good at it
03:29That means he's gonna get banged up. That means he's missing time
03:32I can't do the top-of-the-market deal for him that T Higgins is gonna get that he'll be bound to get from somebody, right?
03:39I mean, I know I'm I'm sitting there going. Please add some talent. Well, here's talent and I'm going but not that kind
03:44Like it's not as if that's just an infinite supply of play making difference making wide receivers are available
03:49It's just if I can do this year for not that much
03:52That's a great value
03:55When I tweeted something along the lines of if you could get Debo Samuel for a year at 17 and a half million
04:00I would actually be in on 100% a shocking number of commanders fans
04:05It's a great issue with that based on the injury history. I'm banged up. He gets which I get no, thanks
04:11It's one year. Yeah, I think they're wrong, but I get that you go. All you're doing is going do I want him or not?
04:17No, he's always hurt. Okay. Yeah, but that's why you can't do a big contract
04:21That's why I can't sign T Higgins to a top-of-the-market deal when he's healthy
04:25He is one of the best playmakers in the NFL. Yep. You agree with that 100% I
04:30Also don't think you have to do what Kyle Shanahan does by the way
04:35Kyle Shanahan puts him in the backfield and runs him downhill physically and he takes on big thumps
04:42You know, what is the wrestling term a pops bumps bumps? That's what it is
04:46He takes big-time bumps in the second level from linebackers because he's running between the tackles like he's a tailback
04:51You don't have to do that
04:53You could line him up in the backfield and sprint him out into the flat to catch some passes or have him run some
04:58Texas or arrow routes or some choice stuff. You could give him the occasional jet carry
05:02I think that running him into space makes a lot of sense, but I would say
05:06With him now gonna be 29 years old going into the seventh year of his career
05:11Having not played a full season one time
05:13We've got enough sample where you don't use them like a tailback as often as San Francisco did I?
05:22Did see that somebody was saying we played 15 games last two years. It's not like he's that injured. That is so misleading
05:28He's one of these guys if you've ever had him in fantasy, you already know where I'm going with this
05:32He is banged up and plays and doesn't help much, right?
05:37There was a game this year where he played and he didn't have a target or a catch
05:41There were another game against Detroit where he played he had one catch for five yards leaves the game
05:46He had a three target day against the Cardinals one catch 11 yards a three target day against the Bears
05:52Two catches 22 yards played against the Packers had one catch for 21 like a lot of those games Danny
05:57He didn't practice all week. He wasn't a hundred percent. He had the cue next to his name on your fantasy roster
06:04Yeah, so it's not just like oh he played 15 games. How many games was Debo Samuel Debo Samuel?
06:09That's what I would ask someone and I would say just over half maybe six or seven times
06:14Yeah, like he had a hundred ten hundred two ninety six seventy one sixty two fifty eight fifty four yard games
06:20Right around seven times where he made a big impact for San Francisco. Is that worth seventeen and a half million?
06:26Probably not so you'd have to find a way to keep him healthier than the 49ers did right?
06:30What do you think you could do that a year old which means, you know?
06:32You don't do the 13 14 15 touch games, right?
06:36Which which is a couple out of the backfield a couple carries with a handful of carries oftentimes
06:39There are in his game log over the years. There's an eight carry game
06:43There's a six carry game a couple of fives over the last year. That's part of what makes him special
06:47But maybe you save those for January football
06:49Maybe you save that for the second time you play Philadelphia and you got to have it, right?
06:53Maybe you save that for I don't know the the must-win moment, right?
06:57It's it's it's almost like having a quarterback that can run. It sounds awesome
07:00But but given you know, Jaden Daniels 20 carries a week. I don't want to do that for 17 weeks
07:05You know what?
07:05I mean like that's probably not a great recipe for the guy to maintain his health same with Debo Samuel at this stage of his
07:10Career, but he's an excellent player when when he's right, it's it's can you keep him, right?
07:14Do you have a good enough plan to do so?
07:16But again, I know I'm talking to both sides of my mouth
07:18I'm so desperate for a couple more offensive playmakers not to beat Carolina not to beat Cleveland to beat Philadelphia
07:24I think you got to have one. I
07:26Don't know that I can do a high price tag
07:29Sort of damage goods is not fair
07:31but you know buyer beware kind of guys and Higgins and Samuel will both qualify for an extension if I can do this year and
07:38He gets something out of it. I get something out of it and he's willing to accept that
07:41I would certainly take it right just just that one this this one year at a really affordable price. I'll do that 100%
07:48Yards per catch since his debut season in 2019 fifth best in the NFL
07:54Yards after the catch since he started in the NFL in 2019 gotta be high fourth best. There you go
08:00Drop percentage in the NFL since he made his debut
08:05Best in the NFL he doesn't drop passes. Mm-hmm. So the dismissal because of health
08:10I'm just not on it doesn't mean I'm going ham and going to the table and saying all right
08:16Let's find you a big extension
08:17But I'm gonna see what if we could figure out something that works for both of us over a couple of years
08:23You just watch the Eagles. They had a pretty good offense and they traded for AJ Brown
08:28They had a pretty good wide receiver room. They drafted Devante Smith in the top ten. Mm-hmm. No, they already had got her
08:34They've got all these weapons
08:36They've got running backs who were productive and they go pay Saquon Barkley like they are doing it a very very different way
08:41Which is to say yeah
08:43We'll give up a third for Johan Dotson. He'll make a couple of big catches for us in the playoffs seems crazy to me
08:48But they are prioritizing
08:50Weapons and this guy is a weapon. This was Dan Orlovsky on ESPN today
08:55Highlighting a few teams that he thought made some sense for Debo Samuel
08:59I think the Denver Broncos could be a team that you would entertain Sean Payton always loves guys that he can get the football to
09:05Into their hands and try to make something happen with it. I would say the Pittsburgh Steelers as well
09:10We know Pittsburgh needs to and wants to add a little bit more perimeter help
09:14There's gonna be plenty of teams that want Debo Samuel. Is he the Debo Samuel of 19 20 21?
09:20I don't know
09:21but I do think the
09:23Versatility that he can use than a Cleveland Browns type of offense could be a big benefit for an offense and a young quarterback
09:30He did not mention the commanders there, but he did mention some weapons starve teams
09:35I think the reason you don't hear Washington linked is because they've got McLaurin like that
09:40Groupie just named they need
09:42Reliable the first guy. Yeah, exactly the Steelers have George Pickens makes these acrobatic crazy catches
09:47But he's very volatile and I don't know that he's trustable and he's certainly not a wide receiver one
09:52He's more of an athlete right but a couple of those teams. They need guys. They could turn first downs in the touchdowns
09:58I would say so does Washington. I mean how many throws this year?
10:02until the final few games that Eagles game comes to mind actually when like
10:08Alameda Zaccheaus did it how many times did a guy catch like a crosser or a drag or something in the flat and
10:14Turn it into a massive explosive. Yeah, McLaurin did it once
10:19Happened. Yeah, like the Cowboys game Terry had one of those that was like 15 18 yards downfield
10:24But he still turned it into a huge play. That's what Debo does. Yes, that's the point
10:29He's on your roster the my I don't have a better name for it, you know for deep defenders
10:33We call it the playmaking gene on offense
10:35It's the easy button the easiest way to do the easy button is to Sean Jackson behind the defense Terry kill behind the defense
10:40The second easiest is that hitch that bubble screen that tunnel screen that come back that one broken tackle and now it's a huge game
10:49he's as good as anybody in the league at that right like it's the the
10:54perfect hybrid between
10:56Running back bursting through the hole with all the power that you could want and then some speed burst
11:01Hands pretty good route runner. I mean, he's when he's healthy. He is a weapon
11:07I mean like the classic definition of a weapon
11:08Let's rank the wideouts that have come up link to Washington
11:11So T Higgins Cooper Cup and now Debo Samuel this assuming health or not or is that they have to otherwise?
11:18You're not signing the guy, right? So yeah, but just interest at their rates. Mm-hmm. So Debo
11:23I'm saying one at 17 and a half. That's my one cent on. Yep
11:26Cooper Cup
11:27I'm gonna say has to be cut and then you're getting him at three or four or five or six million dollars for a one-year
11:33deal or something like that to kick the tires and see what he's got left or
11:37T Higgins who's gonna break the bank like where is your interest level or are you looking a different direction at wide receiver?
11:43Yeah of those three guys Samuels one for this year at this at this amount
11:47I don't think cups if he ends up, you know
11:51Getting traded for very little at this year is a crazy amount for a wide receiver two is maybe diminishing in skill set and explosiveness
11:57I just can't go win the bidding for T Higgins at the market rate right now