Deebo Samuel Week 13 Outlook - Dolphins at 49ers

By Derek Brown (FantasyPros), Thu, Dec 1st 2022, 1:05pm EST

Since McCaffrey's arrival, Samuel has had a 23.4% target share, 13.4% air yard share, and 1.51 yards per route run. His 3.3 aDOT and 7.3 targets per game are too constricting as he's averaged 41.3 receiving yards per game. He's finished outside the top 50 wide receivers in fantasy in two of his last three games, with a WR5 week sandwiched in between. Samuel is a glorified low-end WR2/high-end WR3 unless McCaffrey misses, then he can be bumped up into the mid-WR2 range. Samuel will run about 61% of his routes against Xavien Howard (Since Week 9: 50% catch rate, 97.1 passer rating) and Keion Crossen (66.7% catch rate, 137.5 passer rating).