Deebo Samuel ruled out of 49ers-Packers with shoulder injury

By winning the green bay packers, san francisco 49ers This will be their third straight season and fourth time in five years that they have advanced to the NFC Championship Game. But that task may have gotten a little tougher in the first half of Saturday night's divisional round, with star wide receiver Deebo Samuel's return to action due to a shoulder injury questionable.

Samuel was upset after taking a hit in the first quarter and sat on the field for a while before being taken to a blue medical tent.

Samuel was then taken to the locker room for further testing, but the team indicated he was questionable to return to the game with a head injury.

Samuel was later cleared to return, but was seen on the sideline with trainers examining his left shoulder. According to Erin Andrews, fox sportsHe was suffering from a shoulder injury.

The wide receiver fractured his left shoulder early in San Francisco's Week 6 game against San Francisco. cleveland brownsmissed the remainder of that game and the 49ers' Week 7 and Week 8 games.

The 49ers assembled their offense before halftime, but a field goal attempt ended in a block, but Samuel was not on the field.

update: Samuel returned to the sideline without wearing pads in the second half, but the team kept him listed as questionable for return.

The team then provided an update and decided to remove him from the game.

This post will be updated as more information becomes available.