Niners' Deebo Samuel can bully defenses all over field

WilliamsFOX Sports NFL WriterDeebo Samuel called his shot.The San Francisco 49ers had just taken possession last Sunday in a sudden change situation after intercepting Dak Prescott midway through the third quarter at Dallas.Before jogging out to the field, Samuel told Niners coach Kyle Shanahan to just give him the ball, and he would score."Deebo is as real of a guy as I’ve been around," Shanahan said. It was just find a run to Deebo."Shanahan obliged, and the result was a jaw-dropping, 26-yard cutback run for a score that gave San Francisco a 16-point lead in an NFC wild-card game it would hold to win, 23-17.Samuel’s called shot surprised San Francisco offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel, who has seen the dynamic playmaker do everything."I’ve been doing this for a long time, and I’ve never, ever -- ever -- been around a football player that called his own shot," McDaniel told reporters this week. What he saw from the South Carolina product was a throwback to a different time in the NFL when offenses focused more on running the football.So, it makes sense for someone like Shanahan’s run-based zone run game to use Samuel as a runner.The Niners ran the ball 48.43% of the time during the regular season, No. 4 in the NFL. There are guys that have to be coached and repped, but I don’t think this guy would need a rep, and he’d figure it out."Dual-threat athletes such as Cordarrelle Patterson, Tavon Austin and Percy Harvin have been used as comparisons to Samuel, but none of them have the rare combination of athletic traits that Samuel possesses, according to FOX Sports NFL Draft analyst Rob Rang."People want these utility players, but guys who have this type of size and physicality are just unusual," Rang said.