5 49ers that should take a major step forward in 2020

The 49ers have a slew of players on their roster that need to make big jumps in 2020 if they’re going to make another Super Bowl run.

WR Deebo Samuel

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Samuel’s role expanded throughout his rookie campaign, but the latter half of that first season gave us a good glimpse of what he should do in Year 2. Over his final eight games in 2019, Samuel caught 35 balls for 575 yards and two touchdowns. He also posted 122 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns on nine carries. Extrapolating those numbers across 16 games gives Samuel 70 catches, 1,150 receiving yards, 18 carries, 244 rushing yards and eight total touchdowns. That’s not far off from what we’re likely to see from Samuel in 2020, especially if first-round pick Brandon Aiyuk takes awhile to find his NFL legs.