{"id":249781,"date":"2025-07-31T04:46:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T04:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/249781\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T04:46:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T04:46:12","slug":"as-terry-mclaurins-hold-in-continues-kliff-kingsburys-commanders-offense-is-coming-at-deebo-samuel-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/249781\/","title":{"rendered":"As Terry McLaurin’s hold-in continues, Kliff Kingsbury\u2019s Commanders offense is coming at Deebo Samuel fast"},"content":{"rendered":"

ASHBURN, Va. \u2014 When the Washington Commanders<\/a> acquired Deebo Samuel<\/a> in March, the receiver had an idea of what to expect.<\/p>\n

Samuel had played against head coach Dan Quinn\u2019s defenses during his time with the San Francisco 49ers<\/a>. And Samuel had played two division games a year against now-Washington offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury\u2019s teams when Kingsbury coached the Arizona Cardinals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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But playing against a team doesn\u2019t fully replicate the experience of playing for it.<\/p>\n

And six years in Kyle Shanahan\u2019s potent offense didn\u2019t familiarize Samuel with what\u2019s expected in Washington.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot at all,\u201d Samuel told Yahoo Sports. \u201cIt\u2019s a no-huddle [offense here]. It\u2019s just signals. You got to pay attention to the small things and you got to pay attention to [quarterback] Jayden [Daniels]<\/a> because he\u2019s giving the signals really quick.<\/p>\n

With the 49ers, Samuel says, \u201cwe always had huddle.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Commanders and 49ers were on opposite ends of the no-huddle spectrum last season. While Washington went no-huddle on a whopping 61.5% of its plays, San Francisco ditched the huddle on just 3.2% plays, according to TruMedia data.<\/p>\n

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The Commanders ran 1,101 offensive plays compared to the 49ers\u2019 1,026.<\/p>\n

Put it together: The Commanders lined up without a huddle more than 670 times last season, while the 49ers did so just 33 times.<\/p>\n

Samuel\u2019s observation doesn\u2019t reflect just the 49ers\u2019 27th-ranked no-huddle usage. It also reflects the Commanders\u2019 more than doubling the second-place Chicago Bears\u2019 25.2% no-huddle usage, and more than quintupling (that\u2019s five times!) the league average 12.0% no-huddle clip.<\/p>\n

Since the 2003 start of TruMedia data on no-huddle usage, only two units had ever used no-huddle at a higher rate than the 2024 Commanders: the Chip Kelly Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> in 2013 (66.7%) and 2015 (72.%).<\/p>\n

\"ASHBURN,<\/p>\n

Commanders wide receiver Deebo Samuel will look to pick up the pace this season in Washington. (Photo by Hannah Foslien\/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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The Commanders\u2019 offense may be coming at Samuel fast \u2014 but teammates and coaches believe he\u2019ll thrive.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnother playmaker,\u201d Daniels told Yahoo Sports. \u201cI mean, he’s proven in this league and obviously a fresh start for him so he’s getting it down, being able to get the ball in his hand and let him do what he does.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited to be able to get the ball in his hand and see what he can do.\u201d<\/p>\n

In six years with the 49ers, Samuel caught 334 passes for 4,792 yards and 22 touchdowns while rushing for an addition 1,143 yards and 20 touchdowns.<\/p>\n

Samuel led the league with 18.2 yards per reception during the 2021 season, a full 10 of those yards coming after the catch.<\/p>\n

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Last season, he caught 51 passes for 670 yards and three touchdowns while battling in-season pneumonia.<\/p>\n

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The Commanders dealt a 2025 fifth-round draft pick for Samuel, who is owed $17.6 million in cash this season \u2014 the final year of his deal.<\/p>\n

Samuel sees potential this year, both because he believes he\u2019s \u201cgot a lot in the tank\u201d and because Daniels has impressed his new receiver with his accuracy, decision-making and wheels \u201cfaster than what people think.\u201d<\/p>\n

Daniels and Samuel hope soon to tap into a one-two punch of Samuel and seventh-year Commanders receiver Terry McLaurin.<\/p>\n

McLaurin, who Washington drafted a round after San Francisco selected Samuel, is coming off a career-best 13 touchdowns during Daniels\u2019 Offensive Rookie of the Year season. With one year left on his contract and five straight 1,000-yard seasons on his r\u00e9sum\u00e9, McLaurin held out through minicamp and the first week of training camp.<\/p>\n

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He reported to Washington last weekend but has not practiced<\/a>, instead landing on the physically unable to perform list with an ankle injury designation.<\/p>\n

Quinn noted to Yahoo Sports on Sunday that unlike injured reserve, the PUP list \u201cyou can come off any time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Samuel sees a high ceiling for how he and McLaurin play off each other if or when the Commanders\u2019 2024 13-touchdown receiver returns to the fold.<\/p>\n

\u201cTerry is a guy that his ball skills are crazy,\u201d Samuel said. \u201cThe way he tracks the ball, his vertical presence, and I’m kind of a guy weaving in and out. I think it just complements each other and we just feed off each other\u2019s energy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can do whatever. The sky’s the limit once he come back out.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ASHBURN, Va. \u2014 When the Washington Commanders acquired Deebo Samuel in March, the receiver had an idea of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249782,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2069],"tags":[390,391,427,1705,7,10308,6,109,1161,252,7186,855,111,2480,4122],"class_list":{"0":"post-249781","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-commanders","8":"tag-arizona-cardinals","9":"tag-chicago-bears","10":"tag-commanders","11":"tag-deebo-samuel","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-kliff-kingsbury","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","16":"tag-san-francisco","17":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","18":"tag-terry-mclaurin","19":"tag-washington","20":"tag-washington-commanders","21":"tag-washingtoncommanders","22":"tag-yahoo-fantasy-football-league"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114946033906960556","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}