Schefter on Deebo not wanting to sign an extension

[Official Jets]

Oh boy, we've got a bit of "hard ball" going on here with the 49ers and Deebo Samuel.

Schefter dropped a whirlwind of news Tuesday on ESPN's NFL Live show regarding negotiations for an extension between the 49ers and Samuel:

“Listen, San Francisco wants to pay Deebo Samuel," said Schefter. "But Deebo Samuel was the one who scrubbed the 49ers logo off his social media page. Deebo Samuel was the one that essentially, basically admitted that he wanted to move on. San Francisco would pay Deebo Samuel today, tomorrow, the next day, it's not hard to figure out what the contract would look like. We've seen some of the top numbers in the league This I think right now is Deebo Samuel not wanting to get a deal done. It's not San Francisco not willing to do the deal. The 49ers are ready, Deebo Samuel is the one that's put a halt to everything for right now."

So this whole time, the holdup to getting an extension done IS NOT the 49ers, but Samuel, according to Schefter. Look, this isn't absolute, but Schefter's words cannot be downplayed here. If he says something, it is because he heard it from someone or people within the 49ers' organization. So him dropping this new information today is, at the very least, the perspective of the 49ers. It possibly is even their way of "damage control" to prevent being painted as the "bad guy" in this.

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