NFL minicamps in June are an excellent excuse for fans to overreact to completely random and often out of context tweets and videos. Whether it's Shedeur Sanders's completion percentage or Micah Parsons's contract negotiations, almost none of this will mean anything once the actual football starts in a couple months.
With that in mind, you need to know that people are very concerned about Deebo Samuel's weight after seeing this 21-second clip. Fans online think Samuel looks slow
Put Deebo Samuel in motion and watch him work. pic.twitter.com/QO0bkTZa7Y
— Scott Abraham (@Scott7news) June 11, 2025
Deebo Samuel… no comment… because I don’t wanna be mean
— John Frascella (Football) (@NFLFrascella) June 11, 2025
pic.twitter.com/Mh6Wti6OxZ
Some fans are saying Deebo Samuel looks like he put on weight and out shape. Not what he was years ago with the #49ers 🤨
— uSTADIUM (@uSTADIUM) June 12, 2025
Are the #Commanders not getting much from Deebo this year? pic.twitter.com/VlfQJ5yUsc
The biggest aggregator accounts have also taken notice and asked their followers to judge for themselves.
Yikes: New Commanders WR Deebo Samuel has gone viral for looking extremely SLOW running routes at minicamp.
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) June 11, 2025
One fan even joked that it looks like he is running with a "piano" on his back.
😬😬😬 pic.twitter.com/OWXKDtoRp1
And that's how San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle saw the video. Samuel's former teammate in San Francisco valiently stuck up for the receiver, explaining to one big account that players are supposed to be jogging.
It’s called group install when players jog thru plays. Knock it off
— George Kittle (@gkittle46) June 12, 2025
Kittle and Samuel were teammates from 2019 until Samuel was traded to Washington in March. There was concern that Samuel was overweight and a step slow in his final year in San Francisco. Samuel responded to one report saying he was excited about a fresh start.
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as George Kittle Defends Deebo Samuel After Minicamp Route Video Goes Viral.
