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Projecting How the 49ers Look Without Deebo Samuel to Start the Season

I wasn't expecting a lot of injury news in the NFL any time soon, but we got one of those unfortunate updates already: San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel has broken his foot.

Sentiment was climbing on the 49ers' top receiver, too.

Samuel, last year, was the WR38 in half-PPR points per game (excluding Week 17) but had shifted to WR27 in June Bestball10 drafts. In 11 games after the team added receiver Emmanuel Sanders and in which stud tight end George Kittle played, Samuel had a 20.