MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — When we speak of the 49ers’ turnaround from the second-worst team in football to playing for a Super Bowl, there are a number of obvious reasons why.
They got their blue-chip quarterback back from a devastating knee injury. Robert Saleh, whose name was mentioned as being on the hot seat after last season, got the right personnel to elevate his defense to one of the best in the NFL.
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But the impact Deebo Samuel has made on the 49ers’ once-dilapidated receiving corps, while not unnoticed, has maybe been overlooked. Not Sunday night in Miami.