The Deebo Samuel sideline scuffle has been put to bed.
“I talked to a number of guys on the team, we squashed it and now we’re good,” 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said Monday, the day after Samuel had some words for place kicker Jake Moody after his third missed field goal and ended up taking a swipe at long-snapper Taybor Pepper.
The incident occurred after Samuel said something to Moody, with Pepper stepping in to defend his place kicker. Samuel ended up taking a small swing at Pepper and all parties appeared to have put the incident behind them following a 23-20 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The 49ers won when Moody connected on a 44-yard field goal at the gun after the three previous misses.
In the postgame press conference, Shanahan hadn’t seen the exchange and didn’t discuss it with the team on site. That changed once the 49ers got home.
“After the game I didn’t think it was too big of a deal,” Shanahan said. “But after getting home and seeing it on SportsCenter and all that I wanted to make sure I did talk talk tovthe guys about it.
Shanahan said he didn’t think the incident rose to the level of an in-house fine.
“I fine people for breaking rules,” Shanahan said. “This is just people being football players and dealing with stuff on the sidelines and I didn’t really chalk that up to a big deal at all.”
Shanahan’s version of the vents corroborated Samuel’s postgame assertion that he “hadn’t said anything crazy.” Samuel said he was urging Moody to “lock in” after his third missed field goal.
“You never want Deebo to throw a baby punch or whatever to anybody on the team, but Deebo also wasn’t saying anything bad to Jake like it sounded,” Shanahan said. “He was telling him to lock in, the same thing I’ll tell an offensive player who dropped some balls or made some penalties.
“You never sit there and belittle anybody or embarrass anyone. You try to challenge guys you believe in. You tell them to focus because you know they can do this. I like Pep’s attention on it. He’s got his kicker’s back, but I think he kind of interpreted wrong what Deebo Was doing and overreacted a little bit. And Deebo didn’t like that and got him out of his face and that’s where it ended.”
NOTABLE
— Cornerback Charvarius Ward may rejoin the team this week after missing the Tampa Bay game following the death and funeral service for his 23-month-old daughter.
— Tight end George Kittle has hamstring tightness and will be monitored this week heading into the 49ers’ home game against the Seattle Seahawks.
— Cornerback Renardo Green has a toe injury and will be day-to-day.
— Shanahan said he doesn’t expect the 21-day practice window to be opened for linebacker Dre Greenlaw this week.
— Cornerback Nick McCloud was signed to the practice squad. McCloud is a four-veteran of 40 games with Cincinnati (2021) and the New York Giants (2022-24). He was released by the Giants on Nov. 5.
To make room, safety Adrian Amos was released from the practice squad. Amos was signed Oct. 15 and was active for one game as a practice squad elevation.
SNAP JUDGEMENTS
64: Purdy and the entire offensive line didn’t miss a snap in the heat and humidity of Tampa.
61: Safety Malik Mustapha came in with a calf strain but was one of five defenders who played every snap along with Ji’Ayir Brown, Fred Warner, Deommodore Lenoir and De’Vondre Campbell.
58: Jauan Jennings (7 receptions, 93 yards) played more than any skill position player in his debut as a full-time ‘X’ receiver.
56: Christian McCaffrey reprises his iron-man role after three padded practices with no game action since last Feb. 11.
52: Nick Bosa, playing with a hip injury, was invisible for long stretches until a late sack and pressure.
48: With Ward on bereavement leave, Renardo Green had his second-highest snap count of the season and had five tackles, two passes defensed an an 82.6 Pro Football Focus grade that was the highest on the team.
36: After getting a sack and two pressures against Dallas in 29 snaps, defensive end Sam Okuayinonu was blanked in both departments pursuing Baker Mayfield against the Bucs while playing six more snaps.
13: On 10 of Moody’s special teams snaps, he did not miss a field goal attempt.
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12: Veteran corner Rock Ya-Sin, who has played exclusively special teams, got his first defensive snaps of the season.
11: Kalia Davis played 11 snaps, with newcomer Khalil Davis getting five and confusing play-by-play announcer Greg Papa. Tashaun Gipson didn’t play on defense as Mustapha held up physically, but the 34-year-old veteran played 11 special teams snaps.
10: Wide receiver Ronnie Bell had seven more snaps than rookie Jacob Cowing (3).
6: How many snaps Jordan Mason (3) and Isaac Guerendo (3) played on offense in McCaffrey’s return to game action.
