It has been a frustrating, roller-coaster season for the San Francisco 49ers. And those emotions boiled over on their sideline during their matchup against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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Deebo Samuel Shoves 49ers Long Snapper
The game between San Francisco and Tampa Bay was close throughout. But it should not have been. The door remained open for Tampa Bay because their kicker Jake Moody kept missing field goals. After Moody missed the field goal, their star wide receiver Deebo Samuel was visibly frustrated on the sideline and grabbed 49ers long snapper Taybor Pepper by the throat and shoved him, appearing to be at hit wit's end with the lackluster play of the 49ers special teams.
Ayooo Deebo Samuel put his hands on the long snapper’s throat pic.twitter.com/DwsFy5P3Vi
— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) November 10, 2024
Tom Brady Gets Honest on San Francisco
In addition to their struggles on special teams, the 49ers have also been unable to escape their injury woes this season. Christian McCaffrey made his season debut this week, Samuel has also missed time, and they recently lost their star receiver Brandon Aiyuk is for the season.
Witith their starting quarterback Brock Purdy under center, the 49ers have found a way to gut out wins and stay afloat in the NFC West. However, NFL legend Tom Brady says he can still spot the differences when it comes to this year's 49ers team.
"This offense, to me, even studying the last few days, is a lot different than the one they had last year and the year before," Brady said.
"They had so many weapons the last couple years. Brock essentially was a point guard out there just delivering balls to halfbacks and flipping it out there to Samuels to gain yards, and then he's got Aiyuk catching in cuts and running for lunch. 'Oh, you forgot about Kittle. Boom. We're going to throw over the top of you there.' This offense has been in and out of a lot of their great players."
