So here are the 49ers' options. They can trade Samuel before March 22 for a late draft pick and lose more than $15 million in cap space. Or, they can cut Samuel before March 22 while designating the transaction a post-June-1 release and create more than $5 million in cap space.

The San Francisco 49ers are coming off a season where they significantly underperformed expectations. They finished 6-11 and failed to

Potential Deebo Samuel suitors ostensibly have no problem playing the waiting game until his situation with the San Francisco 49ers comes to a head.