The most difficult on-field battle for San Francisco 49ers receiver Deebo Samuel on Sunday has been against his own body.
Just before the start of the Chiefs game, news broke that Samuel was dealing with an illness, but was expected to play despite missing some warmups. Nothing specific about the illness has come out in any of the reports through the first quarter, but whatever the receiver is dealing with, it’s clearly affecting him.
One video of his pregame warmup showed a slow-moving Samuel doing some stretches on the field away from the rest of the team.