It’s fair to say that Deebo Samuel has a history of missing games due to injury throughout his career. His style of play contributes to that, and he was inactive for Monday night’s Commanders and 49ers game due to a hamstring injury.
He’s expected to miss “at least a couple of weeks,” 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan said after he hurt himself in a win over the Seahawks. But that doesn’t mean San Francisco’s offensive weapon isn’t playing through his injury.
He most certainly is, and he’s putting it all on the line as a wingman. Not just any wingman, an e-dating TikTok livestream wingman. Is there anything Deebo Samuel can’t do? And no, you’re not allowed to say stay healthy.
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It turns out he’s a sucker for romance like the rest of us who have dropped our guards and allowed ourselves to be. The role of the e-dating wingman is exactly what it sounds like.
Deebo played, through his injury it’s worth pointing out again, wingman/matchmaker over the weekend. He hosted an e-dating livestream on his own TikTok account for a couple during their virtual first date.
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From the looks of it, his services as the wingman may have seriously been needed. Let’s just say one of them on the online date really outkicked their coverage here.
Those not as in touch with their romantic side left comments on the screenshot of his livestream like “Step away from Antonio Brown, we should be concerned.”
Others with a more refined perspective understood what Deebo Samuel was up to while trying to help two people connect with one another.
One wrote, “Pastor Deebo doing gawds work.”
I couldn’t have said it better myself.
If he’s too hurt to take the field, playing through his injury by helping to bring a couple of people together using the power of the internet is “doing gawds work.”
Best of luck to Deebo and to Bebo, for that matter. Whether a connection was made with the help of the 49ers receiver or not, Isabel is going to be just fine.