Kyle Shanahan is tough with his wide receivers. This is a small piece of information that Deebo Samuel, the expander of the San Francisco 49ers, revealed on Wednesday night during his interview on 95.7 The Game’s. Damon, Ratto & Kolsky spectacle. In fact, as a rookie in 2019, the receiver was downright scared of his new head coach at the time.

Samuel was asked if he had ever been on the wrong side of Shanahan.

“I wouldn’t say bad side, but as a rookie I was a little terrified of Kyle,” Samuel admitted. “As a rookie, I was trying to learn this attack, and he expects you to be leading, and you’re not really there, and it was a little frustrating. But Kyle and I have had our days in games where we kind of hit our heads a little bit, and it’s just coaching, really, so I take coaching really well. We’ve never had an altercation or anything like that. He just wants the best for every player he has. “

The subject, of course, led to Samuel’s teammate, Brandon Aiyuk. Some have questioned whether the sophomore might be in Shanahan’s niche, which the head coach has repeatedly refuted.

Expectations were high for Aiyuk heading into the season after a productive rookie campaign last year. However, the 23-year-old receiver has just one catch for six yards in two games.

“As Kyle said in the media, he got an injury here and there, and I think they didn’t want to throw him out there in the water because of [him] wasn’t training so much, “Samuel explained.” But as you can see he played a pretty good [number of snaps] last week I just came back to the match stream.

“One thing about Kyle, he’s our head coach, and he’s also the toughest on the broads. So we have to go 10 times harder than most groups here. And he emphasizes the little things that we do, so we have to be just more detailed and just more locked up as a group. “

Needless to say, Shanahan probably isn’t too hard on Samuel this season. The wideout is on track for a big season and leads the NFL in receiving yards with 282 of 15 catches, including one touchdown.