Gotdamn
Man count me out….. I don’t agree but I wont stop yall.
I don’t want no part of yall dragging Deebo out to the back of the woodshed and putting 2 in the chest, 1 in the head
I cant watch this
This will be a long post but I'll sum it up at the end. Deebo is one of my favorite players in the entire league but i have to admit he's been declining. He's basically a wasted down when coming out of the backfield and a non-factor as an outside receiver and even worse against man coverage which teams figured out last year. Teams played us straight up and that's why Jennings had a career year because he can make the tough catches, Deebo dropped way too many, and always has.
His ceiling was always his 2021 season, he just can't replicate that, and watching him play i realized that season was the exception and not the norm, especially when he isn't a 1st read, he's so out of shape that he can't even afford to go all out when he's not a primary read. I will say maybe last year had something to do with him battling pneumonia at some point but he hasn't been Deebo for a while. Aiyuk will have a chance to be what he was because his strength is in his route running, not necessarily his speed and ability to break tackles.
What we'll see is probably a stop gap WR and we'll see Pearsall settle in as a Cooper Kupp type of slot guy along with CMC being a big part of the passing game which will hopefully mean less long developing plays for Purdy which will be us prioritizing the short and intermediate game which is what we went away from completely last year.
TLDR; Deebo was probably told he's gonna have to cope with being a less focal point of the offense possibly even being a 4th WR when Aiyuk gets back, because we finally realize he can't carry us like he once did and he never develped the ability to beat man coverage and teams adjusted. The way he played really tipped off plays, we all saw it, we just didn't want to admit it. We've been planning for this since we restructured his deal and drafted Pearsall.