There's no scenario in which trading wide receiver Deebo Samuel results in a "perfect" outcome for the San Francisco 49ers. Any trade before June 1 would trigger a significant salary cap hit, making it far more cost-effective to keep the disgruntled receiver for the final year of his contract.

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel will be on the move this offseason. At the NFL Scouting Combine this week, 49ers general manager John Lynch confirmed that the Niner

ESPN’s Dan Graziano presented in a column the question of what happens if the 49ers can’t trade Samuel. He detailed the timeline and why the best course of action may be a release of the 2019 second-round pick.