{"id":750297,"date":"2026-02-13T23:05:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T23:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/750297\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T23:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T23:05:17","slug":"former-49ers-all-pro-and-commanders-key-weapon-will-enter-free-agency-after-voiding-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/750297\/","title":{"rendered":"Former 49ers All-Pro and Commanders key weapon will enter free agency after voiding contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/san-francisco-49ers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" title=\"San Francisco 49ers\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a> might be on the lookout for a wide receiver in free agency and a former All-Pro with the team might be up for grabs as the Washington Commanders voided his contract.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s non other than <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/deebo-samuel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" title=\"Deebo Samuel\">Deebo Samuel<\/a>, who had an All-Pro season with the 49ers in the 2021 season, where he was used not only as a receiver, but as an elite swiss-army knife. Samuel is now entering free agency.<\/p>\n<p>With his contract voided, the <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/washington-commanders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" title=\"Commanders\">Commanders<\/a> will swallow a $12.3 million cap hit in 2026. Samuel will officially be a free agent on March 11. At 30 years old, Samuel could still provide a very good production under a proficient playcaller.<\/p>\n<p>    Will the 49ers really look for Samuel? <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/nfl\/brock-purdys-key-weapon-gives-clear-message-to-49ers-about-his-future\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" title=\"The 49ers have a couple of wideouts going into free agency\">The 49ers have a couple of wideouts going into free agency<\/a>. Hence, the team could perfectly be in the market and a known entity could be the perfect option. This is especially tempting when Samuel had an All-Pro season under coach <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/kyle-shanahan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" title=\"Kyle Shanahan\">Kyle Shanahan<\/a>. While the team and Samuel separated in 2024 under tense circumstances, money talks, and Samuel knows the 49ers is where he can shine the best.<\/p>\n<p>With the Commanders, he had 727 yards and five touchdowns and led the team in both categories. However, Samuel did average a career-low 10.1 yards per catch. Given that Shanahan has the best knowledge on how to exploit Samuel, this could become a win-win situation.<\/p>\n<p>  The Commanders now need a new WR2 <\/p>\n<p>Samuel played second-fiddle to Terry McLaurin on the Commanders. However, given McLaurin\u2019s injuries, he ended up with more games, yards, and touchdowns. Still, <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/terry-mclaurin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" title=\"McLaurin\">McLaurin<\/a> averaged 12.8 more yards per game than Samuel. Given McLaurin\u2019s age and injury history, the Commanders are now urged to bring a new weapon, and hopefully a young one.<\/p>\n<p>The Commanders have the seventh pick in the NFL Draft, though they might need to address other needs with that pick. Still, they could select a guy like Carnell Tate to bring a downfield menace to play alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/jayden-daniels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" title=\"Jayden Daniels\">Jayden Daniels<\/a> on offense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Francisco 49ers might be on the lookout for a wide receiver in free agency and a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":750298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,1705,7,6,1161,252,2624,2623,111],"class_list":{"0":"post-750297","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco-49ers","8":"tag-49ers","9":"tag-deebo-samuel","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-san-francisco","13":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","14":"tag-sanfrancisco","15":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers","16":"tag-washington-commanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116065830706299191","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750297","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=750297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/750298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}