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While the star wide receiver recently requested
a trade, Lynch isn't interested in dealing his team's top
offensive weapon.
"I can't ever imagine wanting to move on from Deebo," Lynch said
Monday in a pre-draft press conference. "You put yourself
through the exercises of even though we don't have a first-round
pick, you have to be thorough in this process and prepare for
everything, and ... you go through and do that. He's just too
good of a player."
Lynch would not get into details of contract negotiations with
Samuel, who is heading into the last year of his rookie deal and
is due to make $3.99 million this year with a salary-cap hit of
$4.89 million, according to Spotrac.com.
"I know you (reporters) have jobs to do, and everyone's very
curious about Deebo and what's going on there. I would ask for
your guys' understanding and a little perspective that I'm not
going to talk about that much today, because I don't think
that's productive," Lynch said. "I don't want to speak on behalf
of Deebo and his team, and I think it's non-productive for us to
be talking about things."
Samuel, 26, made first-team All-Pro last season after proving to
be effective as both a ball carrier and a pass catcher. He made
77 receptions for 1,405 yards (league-leading 18.2 yards per
catch) and six touchdowns, and he added 59 carries for 365 yards
and eight touchdowns.
In three postseason games this year, Samuel added 10 catches for
154 yards and a TD plus 27 carries for 137 yards and a score.
The 49ers selected Samuel in the second round of the 2019 draft
out of South Carolina.
--Field Level Media
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