Maiocco’s Observations: Deebo resembles old self in 49ers’ loss

BOX SCORE MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Another trip to the NFL playoffs is now out of reach, but the 49ers were hoping to use the final games of the season as a springboard into 2025. There were encouraging and discouraging developments from some of the 49ers' top players in the team's 29-17 loss against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium. Deebo Samuel showed some spark for the first time in a while, and rookie wide receiver Ricky Pearsall provided some encouraging signs, too. But linebacker Dre Greenlaw's comeback from a torn Achilles experienced a setback as he left the game early with a calf injury and did not return. Here are the top three takeaways from the 49ers' game against the Dolphins: Greenlaw Suffers Setback Greenlaw made his season debut in Week 15 after sustaining a torn Achilles tendon in Super Bowl LVIII. He played 30 snaps that game before he exited after feeling discomfort in his left knee — the same leg as his Achilles injury. On Sunday, it was his right leg that sidelined him. Greenlaw sustained an injury during the first defensive drive that relegated him to the sideline for the remainder of the game. CBS sideline reporter Tracy Wolfson said on the...