The San Francisco 49ers can’t have a modestly quiet and fully healthy offseason, right?
On Thursday, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported second-year wide receiver Deebo Samuel suffered a broken foot, a Jones fracture while participating in impromptu offensive practice sessions in Nashville, Tennessee. Samuel’s injury required surgery, which was performed the same day, and Rapoport’s reported expectation would be for Samuel to hopefully return at some point early in the season.
Hopefully, that’s the case. At least Samuel thinks so:
Still, there’s likely to be a notable trickle-down effect stemming from the receiver’s injury.