San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel has been granted permission to seek a trade after six seasons with the team. The 49ers drafted Samuel in 2019, and while the team has been successful, they didn’t make the playoffs this year and Samuel has decided it’s time to move forward with a different team.
The Washington Commanders could provide a landing spot for Samuel, if the right conditions can be agreed upon. Bleacher Report recently listed some realistic trade options for Samuel, one of which includes the Commanders. In the proposal, the Commanders receive Samuel and a 2026 fifth-round draft pick, and in return, they give up a 2026 second-round draft pick. In part, the article says:
Samuel’s rushing ability would also add a dangerous dynamic to Kliff Kingsbury’s offense in Washington. That offense was already hard to corral because of Daniels’ elite scrambling ability. Adding Samuel to the backfield as a running-receiving threat could open up Kingsbury’s playbook even further.
While Washington has the cap space to target free agent receivers before turning to the trade market, it also has several impending free agents who were brought in on short-term deals last offseason—the list includes Bobby Wagner, Dante Fowler Jr., Noah Brown, Jeremy Chinn and Zach Ertz, to name a few.
The Commanders do have some free agents they need to nail down, but letting Bobby Wagner and Jeremy Chinn go would be a travesty. However, they also have enough capital to seek out Samuel after the draft. He would definitely provide another talented weapon for Jayden Daniels, but it all depends on what the Commanders decide to focus on, and their most significant focus right now is defense.
Samuel could end up in Washington; it’s not out of the realm of possibilities, but it’s certainly not an imminent event.