Commanders acquire Deebo Samuel from 49ers for fifth-round pick

Deebo Samuel has a brand new dwelling. 

The Washington Commanders have acquired the star large receiver from the San Francisco 49ers in trade for a fifth-round choose, FOX Sports’ Jordan Schultz reported Saturday. 

Samuel is three years faraway from his profession yr in 2021, when he was named first staff All-Professional. Final season, he had 51 receptions for 670 receiving yards and three touchdowns in 15 video games for the 6-11 49ers, including 136 speeding yards and a speeding rating. 

Although the 29-year-old Samuel might not be the participant he as soon as was, the transfer bolsters the Commanders’ depth at large receiver and provides Jayden Daniels one other standout pass-catcher. In 2024, Terry McLaurin was the one Washington large receiver to have at the very least 50 receptions, 600 receiving yards and 5 receiving touchdowns. Tight finish Zach Ertz had 66 receptions for 654 yards and 7 touchdowns, and large receiver Olamide Zaccheaus was third on the staff in all three of these stats (45 receptions for 504 receiving yards). Just one different participant on the Commanders had a number of landing receptions in 2024 (Jamison Crowder with two).

Nonetheless, Daniels arguably had the very best rookie season ever by a quarterback. He threw for 3,568 yards, 25 touchdowns and 9 interceptions to go along with 891 speeding yards and 6 speeding touchdowns. Daniels led the Commanders to a 12-5 file within the common season and two upset wins within the playoffs earlier than Washington misplaced to the Philadelphia Eagles within the NFC Championship Sport. 

As for the 49ers, they gave Samuel permission to hunt a commerce earlier within the offseason. They’re going to take a $31,550,012 useless cash hit in opposition to this yr’s wage cap, however they’re going to nonetheless have roughly $50 million in cap area, per Over The Cap. They chose large receiver Ricky Pearsall within the first spherical of final yr’s draft and gave Brandon Aiyuk a four-year, $120 million extension final August, resulting in hypothesis that Samuel’s days in San Francisco have been numbered.

Samuel has one season left on his contract, holding a $17.5 million cap hit. Nevertheless, none of that cash is assured, which might presumably result in an extension with Washington this offseason. The Commanders had roughly $81 million in cap area this offseason, per Over The Cap.

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