Deebo Samuel's Top Plays of the 2023 Season

>> Joe: MUCH BETTER FOR ME. 30th SEASON. HE HAS DEEBO SAMUEL. DEEBO WITH A GAIN OF 18. EVEN IF HE DOES GO IN, HE IS BATTLING. >> Kevin: WE'VE SEEN IT TWICE TODAY WHERE HE'S COME OFF THE FIELD AFTER CATCHES. WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON HIM. 1st AND 10. THE END AROUND TO DEEBO SAMUEL. HAS A BLOCKER IN KITLE IN FRONT OF HIM. AND SAMUEL INTO RAMS' TERRITORY. MUSCLED OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 47 BY RUSH EAST. A PICKUP OF 16 ON THE END AROUND RED ZONE. WITHOUT THAT TIME-OUT, YOU HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO GET A FIELD GOAL. >> Kevin: DEEBO SAMUEL UP THE SIDELINE. THIS WILL HELP. SAMUEL, A LITTLE TOE TAP AT THE 45, AND DOWN NEAR THE 49. ERNEST JONES CAUGHT UP AFTER A YARDS. 2nd AND 7 AT THE 29. PURDY WITH PRESSURE IN HIS FACE. THROWING, COMING BACK TO GET IT IS DEEBO SAMUEL. AND SAMUEL'S GOT A FIRST DOWN AT THE SAN FRANCISCO 45 YARD LINE. A PICKUP OF 16. THEY'RE MICKI INGMIXING IT UP. >> Kevin: HERE'S SAMUEL TO THE EDGE. CUTS IT BACK. DEEBO SAMUEL IS IN TRAFFIC FOR THE TOUCHDOWN! ERNEST JONES HAD A SHOT. DERION KENDRICK HAD A SHOT. BUT IT'S DEEBO SAMUEL WHO ENDS UP WITH SIX. UP WITH SIX. >> Mark: THIS IS JUST A QUICK LITTLE PITCH AND CATCH. YOU SEE DEEBO SAMUEL GETS ON THE OUTSIDE AND BROCK PURDY SEES IT IMMEDIATELY. IT'S ESSENTIALLY, AGAIN, A LONG HANDOFF. THEY'RE JUST DOING IT OUT OF DIFFERENT FORMATIONS AND DIFFERENT SETUP POINTS. INSTEAD OF MOTIONING HIM THROUGH THE BACKFIELD AROUND THE CORNER BACK, THIS TIME THEY LINE THEM WITH IT. AL: THAT IS CAUGHT BY SAMUEL AND OFF HE GOES! HE IS A MASTER AT YARDS AFTER THE CATCH. PROVES IT RIGHT THERE. ON A THIRD DOWN AND 15, HE PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN. YEARS, 16 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN CALLING THIS OFFENSE. AL: 25 YARD LINE, PURDY GOING DEEP IN THE MIDDLE, WIDE OPEN MAKING THE GRAB AND STILL ON HIS FEET AND PICKING UP A LOT OF EXTRA YARDS. SAMUEL FINALLY WRESTLED HIM TO THE GROUND AT THE 34 YARD LINE. WHAT A RUN. WHAT A RUN. KIRK: NICE JOB OF FINDING THAT WHOLE RIGHT BEHIND THE LINEBACKER, ACROSS HER BY SAMUEL. SO DANGEROUS WHEN YOU GET WORRIED ABOUT THE RUN GAME. THEY CAN SNEAK, SAMUEL BEHIND THAT ALL OFFENSIVE LINE AND THAT RUN GAME. THE EYE CANDY BEFORE THE SNAP, MOVING THE TIGHT END FROM YOUR PANIC. LOOK AT THIS AGAIN. 20 YARDS. BREAKING TACKLES YARDS AFTER CONTACT AND HE PAYS A LITTLE BIT OF A PRICIER. PRESSURE. DEEP. CAUGHT, SAMUEL, TOUCHDOWN! THEY BLITZ AND GET BURNED. TO GET PRESSURED, AS HE RELEASES THIS BALL, HE TURNS AWAY BECAUSE OF THAT PRESSURE. THIBODEAUX OFF TO THE RIGHT. POCKET COLLAPSES. HE JUST TURNS AWAY. PROBABLY THOUGHT HE HAD A CHANCE, BUT PUT IT WHERE SAMUEL COULD EAT JACKSON FOR THE FOOTBALL BECAUSE HE GOT IT OUT SAME FOR ME. >> Kevin: THAT'S REALLY WHAT KYLE SHANAHAN HAS INSTITUTED SINCE THE START WITH THIS CULTURE IN SAN FRANCISCO. A LITTLE END AROUND DEEBO SAMUEL. HE'S GOT JUSZCZYK BLOCKING AND KITTLE BLOCKING, AND HE'S GOT A FIRST DOWN INSIDE THE ARIZONA 45. A UNIQUE WRINKLE ON THE GROUND TIME OUT FOR SAN FRANCISCO. WE GO BACK TO THAT, CRIS, YOU LIKE THE DECISION TO KICK THE BALL AWAY AT THAT POINT? [ LAUGHTER ] AT THE 18 YARD LINE. ENOUGH. BUT THAT IS A SIGH OF RELIEF FOR THE COWBOYS, THEY CAN'T TAKE MANY GUT PUNCHES LIKE THAT. >> Mike: RIGHT AT IG BIN OG KNEE. SAMUEL, HE'S OFF AND RUNNING. SAMUEL INSIDE THE 20, KNOCKED DOWN AT THE 18 YARD LINE, AND AFTER IT TODAY, THIS KID'S A TOP TIER QUARTERBACK REGARDLESS OF WHERE HE WAS DRAFTED. >> Kevin: DEEBO SAMUEL ON THE SWEEP GETS A BLOCK. SAMUEL. A GOOD, STRONG RUN. THAT'S A GOOD START. HE'S GOING TO WORK HIS WAY OUT TO THE 23 AND PICK UP 7 YARDS ON WAS ABLE TO GET THAT LINEBACKER WASHED PAST. >> Joe: ON THE END AROUND. HERE COMES DEEBO SAMUEL. WILLIAMS IS ONE OF THEM. DEEBO SAMUEL IS ONE. TOUCHDOWN, SAN FRANCISCO! ONE INJURED PLAYER BACK LEADING DEFENSIVE LINE AND CHALLENGED THEM TO COME OUT AND PLAY AT THEIR LEVEL THIS AFTERNOON. I FEEL BAD FOR DARREUS WILLIAMS HERE. HE'S GOT TRENT WILLIAMS, CHARLEY WILBUR, HE'S ONE GUY. JACKSONVILLE OVERCOMMITS AND THERE'S NOBODY THERE FOR THE END AROUND. BLOWN UP. FIVE TO GO IN THIS THIRD QUARTER. PURDY WITH A STRAIGHT DROP. STEPS UP. AND BLOWN COVERAGE HAS DEEBO LOOSE. GETS A I WAY FROM DAVIS TO THE SO FAR SAN FRANCISCO IS DOING WHATEVER THEY WANT. >> Mike: 99 LEONARD WILLIAMS HAS BEEN IN THE BACKFIELD A LOT ON THIS OPENING DRIVE FOR THE SEATTLE DEFENSE. SECOND AND GOAL. DEEBO TO THE END ZONE, SAMUEL, FRANCISCO. >> Cris: THESE TWO PLAYERS ARE INTERCHANGEABLE. THEY REALLY ARE. HERE COMES McCAFFREY. HE IS IN MOTION. HE IS THE RUNNING BACK. DEEBO IS THE WIDE RECEIVER. YOU SEE THE GIANT HOLE IN THERE FOR DEEBO SAMUEL. BROCK PURDY JUST IS OBLIVIOUS TO ANY KIND OF PRESSURE AROUND HIM. HE IS UNPHASED. THAT GUY IS SOMETHING SPECIAL. THE NINERS, DALLAS, DETROIT, MINNESOTA, SEATTLE. GIVING YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE THINGS STAND AT THANKSGIVING. KYLE SHANAHAN SAID HIS DAD REMINDED HIM THIS WEEK THAT THIS FIELD GOAL FROM JAKE ELLIOTT. IT'S 3-0, AND NOW WE'LL SEE PURDY AND THIS 49ers OFFENSE, AND DEEBO SAMUEL WILL DECIDE TO TAKE IT OUT. LOOK AT THIS FROM DEEP IN HIS OWN END ZONE. UP ACROSS THE 20. SPIN MOVE ACROSS 259 AND WOUND UP A FEW MORE WORDS. HARD TO BELIEVE, ERIN, THAT WAS TEN MONTHS AGO FOR BIRD AND HERE WATCH THE CENTER'S HEAD NOD. HE LIFTS IT UP, AND THEN THERE'S A LITTLE TIMING MECHANISM BEFORE HE SNAPS IT. >> Kevin: HERE'S SAMUEL WITH SOME BLOCKING. DEEBO SAMUEL CUTS IT INSIDE THE TEN AND POWERING INSIDE THE FIVE, AND IT'S FIRST AND GOAL. >> Greg: YEAH. QUART WE ARE A BIG DRIVE FOR SAN FRANCISCO. MITCHELL IN THE GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE BACKFIELD TODAY. FAKE IT TO HIM. SAMUEL ON THE END AROUND. HAS A BLOCK. SAMUEL SPRINTING TOWARDS END ZONE, AND HE'S IN! TOUCHDOWN SAN FRANCISCO! >> Greg: SO OFTEN AFTER A BIG PLAYS COME, THE REVERSES. WATCH WHAT IT DOES HERE TO HAASON REDDICK. WATCH HIM JUST RUN RIGHT UP THE FIELD. KITTLE DOESN'T HAVE TO TOUCH HIM. THAT ALLOWS KITTLE TO BE THE EXTRA ESCORT BLOCKER. DOES A GREAT JOB PICKING UP TWO, AND DEEBO SAMUEL SUN TOUCHED FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. TIME LEFT IN THIS NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME REMATCH. AND DEEBO SAMUEL IS GOING TO TAKE IT OUT FOR THE SECOND TIME TODAY LOOKING TO MAKE A BIG PLAY UP ACROSS THE 20 AND TRIPPED UP THERE BEFORE THE 25-YARD LINE BY KENNETH GAINWELL, AND NOW THE 49ers OFFENSE, WHICH HAS HAD THEIR WAY SINCE THE FIRST THE LOAD OF THIS RUN GAME FALLS ON A HANDFUL OF THESE GUYS. >> Kevin: PURDY PRESSURE. THROWS OVER THE MIDDLE AND CAUGHT BY SAMUEL. BREAKS A TACK. STILL ON HIS FEET AND SPEED NOW. SAMUEL RACING TO THE END ZONE, AND HE DIVES AND HE'S IN! . THEY GET THE CONVERSION TO AIYUK AND HERE A COUPLE OF PLAYS LATER DEEBO SAMUEL DOING WHAT HE DOES BEST, YARDS AFTER THE CATCH AND RUNNING THROUGH CONTACT. INCOME LASS MORROW CAN'T BRING HIM DOWN AND IT BECOMES A FOOT RACE. THESE ARE THE PLAYS THAT DEEBO SAMUEL HAS MADE SINCE HE'S COME INTO THE LEAGUE. >> Kevin: 48 YARDS AND SAMUEL TURNED ON THE JETS, AND SEE IF HE GOT IN? HE SURE DID. IT'S CLOSE, BUT I THINK HE WAS THERE. THE LOOK, AND THEY HAVE GAPTS. DALLAS HAS BUFFALO, MIAMI, DETROIT. NEXT WEEK WILL BE MONSTROUS AS DEEBO SAMUEL -- UH-OH, DEEBO SAMUEL, ONE MAN TO BEAT, AND HE'S GOING TO BEAT HIM. TOUCHDOWN 49ers. SURE WHAT THE ANSWER IS. IT'S JUST A LITTLE TUNNEL SCREEN IS. THE ENTIRE OFFENSIVE LINE ACTING AS AN ESCORT. HE'S UNTOUCHED. YOU JUST DON'T SEE THAT A LOT IN THE NFL TO BE UNTOUCHED ON THOSE THEIR CHECKS. >> Kevin: BLITZ COMING. PICKED UP. PURDY SETS. LAUNCHES, HAS SAMUEL WIDE OPEN. HE'S GOT IT. A SUDDEN THEY BLOW IT OPEN. SPEED ON THE INSIDE AT NUMBER THREE. THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES THAT THIS SEATTLE COVER THREE DEFENSE FACES. JAMAL ADAMS. THEY GET HIM MATCHED UP BROOKS CAN'T GET THERE IN TIME. >> Kevin: A LITTLE FLIP DEEBO SAMUP. GETS A BLOCK FROM AIYUK. GOOD RUN. FIRST DOWN AND THEN SOME FOR SAMUEL WHO IS INTO SEATTLE TERRITORY! AIYUK MAKES A CATCH. AIYUK MAKES THE BLOW, AND SAMUEL >> Greg: PROBABLY WHERE I'D START. >> Kevin: THEY ARE GOING TO RUN TO THE LEFT, BUT SAMUEL, HE'S IN. TOUCHDOWN SAN FRANCISCO. >> Greg: YOU KNOW HOW WE SAID KYLE SHANAHAN TOLD THAT IS HE DOESN'T NECESSARILY LIKE DESIGN WHO GETS THE BALL. WELL, I THINK HE WENT DOWN HIS LIST AND SAID DEEBO MADE A GREAT GIVE HIM THE BALL TO SCORE, AND THAT'S THE PLAY HE CALLS. HE'S GOING TO LET HIS PLAYMAKER FINISH THAT DRIVE. MAYBE THE LAST PLAY OF THE THIRD QUARTER. >> Kevin: SO ANOTHER BIG DAY FOR DEEBO SAMUEL. PURDY TO THROW. LOOKS. SAMUEL MAKES THE CATCH. WITH SOME SPACE. FIRST DOWN. DEEBO BREAKS THE TACKLE AND DEEBO INTO SEAHAWKS TERRITORY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 45-YARD ALL OF THEM TOGETHER, ALL OF THEM ON THE FIELD, ALL OF THEM FIRING TOGETHER. >> Ian: MASON IS IN. PURDY TO SAMUEL, WALK IN TOUCHDOWN SAN FRANCISCO. THEY JUST MAKE IT LOOK SO EASY. >> Charles: AND, YOU HAVE TO >> Charles: AND, YOU HAVE TO WONDER, AS A TEAM, THIS SCHEME IS SO GOOD, YOU KNOW YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO LOSE SIGHT OF DEEBO SAMUEL. HE IS IN THE SCOUTING REPORT AS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS GUYS YOU ARE GOING TO PLAY AGAINST. YOU CAN HEAR THE HURRY UP CALL. >> Ian: PURDY OPERATING OUT OF THE GUN. EVERY PLAY ON THIS DRIVE HAS BEEN A RUN UNTIL THIS THROW. IT'S DEEBO SAMUEL, TOUCHDOWN SAN FRANCISCO! BROCK PURDY, PERFECT PASS TO THE >> Charles: IT HAD TO BE THAT TYPE OF PASS. THE COVERAGE BY ANTONIO HAMILTON WAS GOOD AND TIGHT. IF YOU THROW THE BALL TRADITIONALLY WHERE THE RECEIVER GREAT MATCHUP. PLAYOFF IMPLICATIONS ALL OVER THE PLACE. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LIONS, DAN CAMPBELL, THEY HAVE WON THE NORTH, THEIR FIRST DIVISIONAL TITLE IN 30 YEARS. HERE'S DEEBO, GOOD RETURN ACROSS THE 30. AND DAK PRESCOTT AND THE DALLAS A DYNAMIC GUY WITH THE BALL IN HIS HANDS, McCAFFREY, PRETTY GOOD COMBINATION. >> Joe: ANOTHER ONE, SAMUEL SURVIVES THAT HIT BY HUMPHREY, THAT WAS INSANE. AGAIN WITH BURFORD OUT AT RIGHT TACKLE, FELICIANO AT GUARD AND McKIVITZ ON THE LEFT SIDE, QUICK THROW, DEEBO SAMUEL -- >> Troy: WOW. >> Joe: HAD TO FIGHT, AND HE GOT IT. FIRST DOWN, SAN FRANCISCO. THAT IS ALL DEEBO. >> Troy: IT WAS ALL HIM, AND HE MISTAKES. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE SO EFFICIENT. >> Adam: OFF THE FAKE TO McCAFFREY AND THE END AROUND FOR DEEBO SAMUEL AND A BIG BLOCK FROM THE CENTER JAKE BRINDLE. INTO WASHINGTON TERRITORY GOES SAN FRANCISCO. HE LEADS THIS FOOTBALL TEAM THIS W WAY. >> Adam: SECOND AND GOAL. DIBO SAMUEL TO THE EDGE. HE'LL WALK HOME FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. GOOD SEAL BY HIS TIGHT END UKS KYLE SHANAHAN OFFENSE. >> Mark: AIYUK GETTING DOWN HERE, CREATING A LITTLE BIT OF INTERFERENCE AND THEN WARNER MANAGE THE GAME PROPERLY, BUT YOU STILL MAKE BIG PLAYS WHEN THEY'RE THERE FOR YOU. I JUST THINK HE'S HAD A TREMENDOUS SEASON. >> Adam: DEEBO SAMUEL WITH A GOOD RUN OUT TO THE 22-YARD LINE. A FIRST DOWN. SAMUEL PICKS UP 17 YARDS. OF THE SMARTEST ROOKIES. HE SAID, KID IS LIKE AN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN, THAT'S HOW SMART HE IS. >> Adam: I KNOW YOU REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. >> I THINK MAYBE HE WAS JUST SAYING IT BECAUSE E WE WERE TALKING TO HIM. >> Adam: DEEBO SAMUEL POUNDING HIS WAY ON THE RUN. HE'LL MOVE THE CHAINS YET AGAIN QUARTER. GOOD START BY BOTH DARNOLD AND WENTZ. COMBINED NINE OF TEN. DEEBO HAS THIS ONE AND STIFF ARMS TROY REEDER AND GETS A LOT OF THAT YARDAGE BACK AND A LITTLE MORE. HE PICKS UP 15. UP A SOLID CHUNK, AND IT'S OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR. AND A SCHEME THAT JUST DOES A GREAT JOB HIGHLIGHTING THE STRENGTHS OF EVERYBODY ON THE FIELD. >> Kevin: HERE'S SAMUEL. GETS THE BALL IN SPACE. FIRST DOWN AND MORE. DEEBO SAMUEL RACES OUT TO THE 40. AND A QUICK 15 YARDS TO SAMUEL. >> Greg: OH, DEEBO IS HOBBLING >> Kevin: HE COULD HAVE HAD TWO PICK SIXES IN THESE PLAYOFFS. SECOND AND LONG INSTEAD. PURDY OVER THE MIDDLE. THERE'S SAMUEL. MAKES A CATCH. AND ABSORBS A HIT, KEEPS ON GOING. HE'S GOING TO GET STACKED UP OUT AROUND THE 44 YARD LINE. IT WILL BRING UP THIRD DOWN. AGAINST THIS PACKERS DEFENSE, WHICH, FOR -- SEE NOW WE SHOWED HIS SHOE WAS OUT, HURT LAST HERE IS DEEBO SAMUEL, GETS A TOUCH. AND CUTS UP THE FIELD, NICE MOVE BY SAMUEL. HE GOT AROUND CAM SUTTON THAT TIME. AND SAMUEL WILL PICK UP ABOUT SEVEN YARDS. THE INTERIOR BOTH RUN AND PASS, HIM AND FRED WARNER. ABOUT AS GOOD A DUO AS THERE IS. >> Kevin: SAMUEL GETS IT. LOOKING FOR A BLOCK FROM KITTLE. BREAKS A COUPLE OF TACKLES AND HAS A FIRST DOWN, JUST HARD RUNNING FOR THE 49ers AND SAMUEL MAKING IT WORK. >> Greg: YOU TALK ABOUT THE LINE AND THE SPACE IN TIME THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE THE RUN GAME AND IN PROTECTING JARED GOFF. THE MESSAGE TO HIS TEAM, WE HAVE TO FINISH THIS GAME. >> Kevin: PURDY OVER THE MIDDLE. SAMUEL IN STRIKE. DEEBO SAMUEL, A STRIKE FROM PURDY DOWN TO THE 41. >> Greg: RIGHT ON CUE. UNDER CENTER, FIRST DOWN PLAY TODAY. PURDY ON THE FAKE, THE POLITICS IS PICKED UP. SAMUEL ONE-ON-ONE BREAKS A TACKLE. DEEBO SURGING FORWARD, AND SHOVED OUT OF BOUNDS RIGHT BEFORE THE FIRST DOWN MARKER, I BELIEVE. RIGHT AROUND CAM SUTTON THAT SAN FRANCISCO BALL AFTER GETTING A BIG STOP ON FOURTH AND TWO. PURDY TO THROW. TURNS ON THE SPEED, BREAKS A COUPLE TACKLES. AND THE CROWD COMES TO LIFE AS HE'S OUT ACROSS THE 45. BACK TO THE FOURTH DOWN, GREG. THAT WAS CLOSE TO A PERSONAL FOUL, ROUGHING THE PASSER ON THAT ONE. >> Kevin: THIRD AND LONG. PURDY STANDS IN. HAS A WAY TO GO AND STILL ON HIS FEET. NOW TRIPPED UP DOWN TO THE 15. NOWHERE NEAR A FIRST DOWN BUT CERTAINLY A LOT CLOSER ON A DOWN THROUGH THE GENERATIONS STORY. A THIRD AND 20. GO UNDERNEATH WITH DEEBO. HE CAN SLIP THROUGH TACKLES WITH THE BEST OF THEM. AND LOOK AT ALL THE RED HATS AROUND HIM. THAT WILL KEEP HIM SHORT OF WHAT THEY NEED. IT WILL BE FOURTH DOWN. >> Tony: THAT'S REALLY SMART BY SYSTEM. THERE'S ONLY ONE KYLE SHANAHAN. >> Jim: SEE WHAT HE DIALS UP ON SECOND AND TEN. DEEBO SAMUEL GETS WALLOPED TWICE BUT HOLDS ON FOR A GAIN OF ABOUT YARDS TO GET THEM NEAR MIDFIELD. >> Tony: HE'S PLAYED THE GAME OF HIS LIFE IN SOME WAYS TODAY. >> Jim: FIRST AND TEN. IT'S DEEBO TRYING TO FOOL THE DEFENSE. AND THEY DO. PICKS UP A BIG CHUNK PLAY FOR