The 49ers have given wide receiver Deebo Samuel permission to seek a trade, and some teams are exploring the possibility.

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.

Deebo Samuel road has been a rocky one for some time now. After a hold-in led to a new deal in 2022, it didn’t take long for trade talk to circulate involving one (and eventually both) of the team’s top wide receivers.