The San Francisco 49ers are the early favorites to win Super Bowl 59 but, following their heartbreaking overtime loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 58, Deebo Samuel knows that means absolutely nothing.

Samuel, the 49ers' ultra-versatile wide receiver, made his first appearance on 'Up and Adams' on Tuesday since San Francisco's agonizing 25-22 defeat in Las Vegas last month.

It was the second time that the 49ers and Samuel, who was a rookie in the first matchup in the 2019 season, have lost the Super Bowl to the Chiefs in the space of five seasons. 

So Samuel is not interested in people trying to soften the blow by pointing out the 49ers' status as favorites for 2024.

"Now, I’ve kind of put it behind me,” Samuel said. “Two [Super Bowl losses] in five years; that’s pretty rough. Being right there, the two that we’ve been in and falling short, it’s just so heartbreaking. But at the end of the day, you’ve got to move on.

“It’s kind of hard, because basically our job is football, so it’s just like, ‘All right, let’s use this as motivation where you get back in the lab just to put yourself in a position and try to do your best to get back.' 

"People just say there’s always next year, but I heard that in 2019 and it took four more years to get where we're at. So, it’s not as easy as people think to get to the Super Bowl.

"It takes everything.”

Samuel's words are a dose of cold water for any 49ers fans presuming they will likely be back on the grandest stage in New Orleans next February, but his comments also offer necessary perspective to those criticizing the failure of the Niners and head coach Kyle Shanahan to get over the line having held fourth-quarter leads in each of their defeats to the Chiefs.

Indeed, few teams could dream of matching the consistency the 49ers have displayed in reaching the latter stages of the postseason year after year. The difficultly level of doing what the 49ers have achieved in progressing to at least the NFC Championship Game in four of the last five seasons is massive, and their reward when getting past the conference title game each time has been to face greatest quarterback of all time.

Still, the improbability of the Niners' sustained success is what makes the missed opportunities in the Super Bowl hurt even more. San Francisco's next shot may well be next year, but it is far from a guarantee that Samuel and Co. even get one.

The San Francisco 49ers have 17 unrestricted free agents after declining to use franchise tag

They’ll hope to bring at least some back.