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REPORT: Commanders trade for Deebo Samuel

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Reports from the Combine over the past few days had linked Washington and Deebo Samuel, and now Adam Schefter is reporting that the Commanders are sending a 5th-round pick to the 49ers for the all-purpose wide receiver.

The trade cannot be processed until the start of the new league year at 4pm ET on March 12th.

Assuming that the Commanders are trading their 2025 pick, the loss of the 5th rounder will leave the team with 6 total picks. Per tankathon:


The 5th round pick would have been #148, acquired from New Orleans as part of the Marshon Lattimore deal executed at the trade deadline last season. Washington’s original 5th round pick, #166, was traded to the Eagles as part of the Jahan Dotson trade prior to the start of the 2024 season.

By adding Deebo Samuel, Washington is attempting to bolster the NFL’s 5th-ranked scoring offense in 2024. Samuel is a multi-faceted offensive weapon who has nearly 4,800 career receiving yards, more than 1,100 career rushing yards, and 42 career touchdowns.

Samuel has spent his entire 6-year career with the 49ers.

Receiving & Rushing Table
Receiving Rushing Scrimmage
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Tgt Rec Yds Y/R TD 1D Succ% Lng R/G Y/G Ctch% Y/Tgt Att Yds TD 1D Succ% Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Touch Y/Tch YScm RRTD Fmb AV Awards
2019 23 SFO NFL WR 15 11 81 57 802 14.1 3 32 53.1 42 3.8 53.5 70.4 9.9 14 159 3 5 64.3 31 11.4 10.6 0.9 71 13.5 961 6 2 10
2020 24 SFO NFL WR 7 5 44 33 391 11.8 1 19 59.1 35 4.7 55.9 75.0 8.9 8 26 0 1 50.0 10 3.3 3.7 1.1 41 10.2 417 1 0 3
2021 25 SFO NFL WR 16 15 121 77 1405 18.2 6 51 50.4 83 4.8 87.8 63.6 11.6 59 365 8 21 54.2 49 6.2 22.8 3.7 136 13.0 1770 14 4 14 PB,AP-1
2022 26 SFO NFL WR 13 12 94 56 632 11.3 2 25 47.9 57 4.3 48.6 59.6 6.7 42 232 3 8 40.5 51 5.5 17.8 3.2 98 8.8 864 5 3 8
2023 27 SFO NFL WR 15 15 89 60 892 14.9 7 34 56.2 54 4.0 59.5 67.4 10.0 37 225 5 13 67.6 23 6.1 15.0 2.5 97 11.5 1117 12 1 11
2024 28 SFO NFL WR 15 15 81 51 670 13.1 3 28 40.7 76 3.4 44.7 63.0 8.3 42 136 1 5 45.2 13 3.2 9.1 2.8 93 8.7 806 4 2 6
6 Yrs 81 73 510 334 4792 14.3 22 189 50.6 83 4.1 59.2 65.5 9.4 202 1143 20 53 52.5 51 5.7 14.1 2.5 536 11.1 5935 42 12 52
17 Game Avg 17 15 107 70 1006 14.3 5 40 50.6 83 4.1 59.2 65.5 9.4 42 240 4 11 52.5 51 5.7 14.1 2.5 112 2.3 1246 9 3 11
Provided by Pro-Football-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 3/2/2025.

Deebo is in the final year of his contract with San Francisco, but with 4 void years, fully loaded with cap charges, it is an expensive deal for the Niners according to Over the Cap:


ESPN reports that San Francisco will absorb a $31,550,012 dead money hit on this year’s salary cap. Samuel, who has one year remaining on his contract, will count $17.5 million on Washington’s salary cap comprising his $1.17m base salary and an option payment due on March 22nd.

Over the Cap offers additional details about the cap implications for the Commanders:

Samuel technically has an option in his contract that is due in mid March but my assumption is the 49ers will either renounce the option or rework his contract prior to the trade to remove it to avoid having to take on the proration from the option as dead money this year.

If the option is not utilized Samuel’s cap number for Washington will be $17.55 million. If the option is included then his cap charge will only be $5.206 million this year and the remaining $12.344 will be put into void years starting in 2026. Given that the Commanders are expected to have over $80 million in cap room it would make sense to just take the hit now.

There has been no reporting yet on whether the Commanders will extend his contract beyond 2025.

Dianna Russini reports that Washington was attempting to include Jonathan Allen in the trade, but that didn’t work out.