MIAMI — Sammy Watkins, one of the Chiefs’ most important offensive players, dropped a bit of a Super Bowl week bomb on Thursday when he hinted that he might sit out the 2020 season.

The talented receiver said he’s considering his options after the Super Bowl and one of those options is to “chill out’’ next season.

This talk is taking place because the 26-year-old Watkins, who signed a three-year, $48 million deal with the Chiefs in 2018, is scheduled to become a free agent after the 2020 season. He’s scheduled to make $14 million in 2020, but none of it is guaranteed. And the Chiefs presumably might be preparing to lock up star quarterback Patrick Mahomes with a gigantic new contract.

When asked Thursday about possibly renegotiating his contract, Watkins said, “If it suits me and my family and [meets] my needs, for sure. But I’m really in a different space right now. I don’t know what I’m going to do. If we win [the Super Bowl], I might chill out. I might sit out a year. You just never know.

“[I’m] not retiring, but I might just want to rest up and chill. I don’t want to say I’m going to do something, but you never know. I might want to go somewhere else and create another Super Bowl team. So, it’s just all about how I’m feeling. I’ve got to sit down with my family, my parents and grandparents and everybody and just see what I want to do.’’

While he’s a highly talented receiver, Watkins’ numbers haven’t been prolific. He caught 52 passes for 673 yards and three touchdowns in 14 games this season, though he had nine catches for 198 yards and three TDs in the season opener. He has 92 receptions for 1,192 yards and six TDs in 28 regular-season games for the Chiefs.

Watkins was, however, effective in the playoffs, catching seven passes for 114 yards and two TDs in the Chiefs’ AFC title game win over the Titans.

Another possible factor that could affect Watkins’ future is whether the Chiefs opt to sign Mahomes to an extension, one that will come at high cost. The Chiefs would take a $7 million salary-cap hit if Watkins is released.

Asked if he thought he’d definitely be back next season, the soft-spoken Watkins said, “Possibly not if we win the Super Bowl and we’ve got to pay Pat $300 million and then you’ve got to pay [tight end Travis] Kelce and other guys, too.

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“So, you never know. But I definitely love it [in Kansas City]. My family loves it here. If we keep winning here, I’m willing to stay anywhere. I want to stay here. I don’t want to go to another team and lose. I think I’d retire if I get back to losing games. As long as we’re winning games and I stay healthy and I’m having fun, I’m willing to stay.”

Jimmy Garoppolo knows his 49ers history and because he does, he understands what it means to be the quarterback to take this franchise into a Super Bowl.

“It’s an honor,’’ Garoppolo said this week. “I was too young for [Joe] Montana, obviously. [Steve] Young probably too young. Those two guys really set the standard here for quarterbacks.’’

More recently, there was another quarterback who helped put the 49ers into a Super Bowl.

“Kap did a great job too,’’ Garoppolo said. “I was a little older and got to witness that.’’

Colin Kaepernick’s career reached the heights in his second year with the 49ers, after the 2012 season, when he passed for 302 yards and one touchdown and ran for one touchdown, nearly beating the Ravens in Super Bowl XLVII. He took a knee during the national anthem to protect racial injustice and last played in 2016.

“He would make some plays, dude,’’ Garoppolo said. “I can remember the game against Green Bay in the playoffs, that one always sticks out to me. Zone read, the D-end was still looking at the running back and he was 20 yards down the field. Those explosive plays don’t come around every day.’’

Hired to work as an NFL assistant at the age of 24? Who the heck did Kyle Shanahan know to get a job like that?

Well, just take a look at his last name. The guy has a whole lot to live up to.

“I mean, I would never try to say it’s difficult in terms of it gave me a real good life and gave me a lot of advantages,’’ Shanahan said this week at the 49ers team hotel.

Shanahan, 40, got his team here, to Super Bowl LIV, and his coaching career is a fast-track success, and not only because he is the son of Mike Shanahan, longtime NFL head coach and winner of back-to-back Super Bowls with the Broncos. Having such a powerful father in NFL circles was a boon to Kyle Shanahan, as he was hired by Jon Gruden with the Buccaneers in 2004, giving Shanahan his first NFL job.

“I didn’t know Jon Gruden personally so I think it helped my dad knew him a little bit and gave me an opportunity,’’ Shanahan said. “I think anyone, if people know your last name it’s human nature. When I made the basketball team in high school it was only because of my dad, according to the guys who didn’t make it. Or whatever you do in sports.

“You get used to that. I think it puts a little bit of a chip on your shoulder but as you get older hopefully it wears off.’’

The 49ers are getting healthier, just in time. LB Kwon Alexander (pectoral), RB Tevin Coleman (shoulder) and S Jaquiski Tartt (ribs) were limited in practice Thursday for the second straight day. “No change,” Shanahan said. “They’re going to be good to go.”

The players on the Chiefs’ injury report — DL Chris Jones, TE Travis Kelce, C Austin Reiter and TE Deon Yelder — practiced with no issues. … Chiefs coach Andy Reid had Donovan McNabb, his former quarterback with the Eagles, address his team before practice. “He’s been there and done it,’’ Reid said. “He’s been in the league, played a long time. It was good hearing from him.’’ McNabb never won a Super Bowl, losing to the Patriots 15 years ago.

The NFL Players Association awarded Jets linebacker Brandon Copeland with the 2020 Alan Page Community Award on Thursday.

The award is the highest honor given by the NFLPA to a player each year. Copeland will receive a $100,000 donation toward his Beyond the Basics foundation.

Copeland organized a shopping spree at Target in December for 300 underprivileged children. He also encouraged NFL players around the country to do the same.

“The power you have is monumental. Please continue to do the right thing and highlight the good with your pen, and know that as players, we’re working our tails off to make an impact while we have the platform,” he told reporters after accepting the award.