On Wednesday, ESPN's Jeff Darlington reported that superstar wide receiver Deebo Samuel told him he's requested a trade away from the San Francisco 49ers.
Why would Samuel want out of San Francisco after a career year in which the Niners reached the NFC Championship Game? NFL Network's Tom Pelissero provided one potential reason on the Rich Eisen Show, citing Samuel's potential issues with his role:
Rich Eisen ShowDeebo's trade request became public just after we hung up with <a href="https://twitter.com/TomPelissero?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TomPelissero</a> in our first hour so we had to call him back to explain what went wrong in San Francisco:<a href="https://twitter.