49ers WR Deebo Samuel Seems on Track to Play in the NFC Championship Game

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel seems on track to play through a shoulder injury in the NFC Championship.

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00:00 The 49ers will start practice in about an hour and Deebo Samuel will be a limited participant in the practice

00:06 Which means he'll be healthy enough to go through all the wide receiver drills with the other wide receivers

00:12 He won't do 11 on 11 scrimmages, but he'll be out there for half the practice

00:17 Which means to me

00:20 That he's going to give it a shot and try to play on Sunday against the lions

00:24 I'd be shocked if he isn't on the field to start the game

00:29 So that's the good news for the 49ers. He's trending in the right direction

00:32 he seems like he's trending in the direction of playing in the nfc championship game, but

00:37 As I told you yesterday watching him in practice when he didn't participate at all

00:40 He was running back and forth on the field

00:43 With a ball in his under his arm and you would never know that he was injured if you didn't know you couldn't tell

00:48 so that to me

00:50 indicated

00:51 that

00:53 He's gonna play in the nfc freaking chip. It's the nfc championship game unless he's in a freaking sling

00:58 He's not gonna play in the game, but that doesn't mean he's gonna make it through the game

01:01 Doesn't mean he's gonna be a big part of the game plan. Let's be realistic here

01:06 he's a tough guy, it's a big game, there's no way he's not playing but

01:10 His whole game is built on

01:13 breaking tackles

01:14 How many tackles can he break with the bum shoulder? How painful is that gonna be?

01:18 Is he gonna make it through the game or is he gonna go out in his sword like a soldier?

01:22 either way i'm sure he'd be

01:25 Proud of himself, but that's really what the niners are facing and

01:28 How much can they put him in the game plan this week? They already made the game plan

01:32 now they're practicing the game plan and

01:35 Can they be certain that devo's gonna play can they be certain that he'll make it through the game?

01:40 Can they be certain that he can be an integral part of their offense? No

01:43 So i'm guessing he'll suit up. He'll be on the field. He'll get a couple touches. He'll be in motion

01:49 You'll have to look at him and account for him, but I don't think he's gonna get a lot of action

01:55 Because frankly i'm guessing he can't handle it right now

01:57 but

01:59 It's the nsc championship game

02:01 He's a threat. He's a decoy. His name kind of sounds like decoy. He could be decoy samuel this week. Will he be debo samuel?

02:08 Probably not

02:09 But he could be decoy samuel and that

02:11 They should score 31 points this week even without debo, but just to make sure they're gonna win this game

02:16 Debo is probably gonna strap it up

02:19 You

02:21 (upbeat music)