Deebo Samuel made one more signature play within the 49ers’ prime-time sport towards the Rams at Levi’s Stadium Monday night time.
With the 49ers main 7-6 late within the second quarter, Samuel caught a move from Jimmy Garoppolo on a brief in-breaking route that might have given the 49ers a key third-down conversion from their very own 43-yard line.
However he didn’t cease with the leaping catch.
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In leaping for the ball, Samuel dodged Rams cornerback Derion Kendrick, his major defender on the play who was searching for to undercut Garoppolo’s move. He then shook off a would-be tackler within the particular person of security Taylor Rapp.
At that time, Samuel was off to the races.
He took off from the left hash, shook (36) and lower throughout the sphere to the precise facet, then ran by a deal with from cornerback Jalen Ramsey as Brandon Aiyuk and Kyle Juzczyk arrived to dam, escorting him into the top zone.
It goes down within the scorebook as a 57-yard landing connection for Garoppolo and Samuel, however Samuel dealt with the ultimate 52 yards of the rating virtually completely on his personal.
Samuel appears to be good for a few these performs annually, however this was definitely the play of the 49ers’ 2022 season thus far.