Trent Taylor #81 of the San Francisco 49ers (Photo by Robert Reiners/Getty Images)
Just because 49ers wide receivers Deebo Samuel and Trent Taylor suffered the same foot injuries doesn’t mean the recovery timeline will be the same.
On Thursday, the San Francisco 49ers received some devastating news: Second-year wide receiver Deebo Samuel, who led the team at his position with 802 receiving yards last season, suffered a broken foot while participating in impromptu practices with teammates in Nashville, Tennessee.
The break is a Jones fracture and required surgery.
And in the immediate wake of the setback, it wasn’t long before many started drawing parallels between Samuel’s fracture and a similar injury suffered by wide receiver Trent Taylor a year ago.