Who says you can't go home again? After spending the first six years of his career with the San Francisco 49ers, wideout Deebo Samuel joined the Dan Quinn show in Washington in 2025. 49ers GM John Lynch traded him and the final year of his contract to the Commanders, where he continued his career average output and proving he wasn't a washed up figure.
The cost-cutting moved allowed San Francisco to return to the playoffs, but their passing game was definitely missing something. In addition to bringing in future Hall of Famer Mike Evans, the 49ers also brought Samuel back on a one-year deal for $7 million, and he fit right back into the offensive plans of head coach Kyle Shanahan.
Samuel was only able to play in the first five games though, missing
the last three with a hamstring injury suffered against the Seattle Seahawks. But this week, he received a clean bill of health and carries no injury designation into Sunday's Week 10 contest in Dallas.
"Yep. He had a good week. Healthy," Shanahan said. "First week back, so he’s still getting back into it health-wise. I thought he took care of himself real well while he was injured and had a good week.”
So while it looks like he will definitely see action, he may not get a full allotment of snaps on Sunday. The dual-threat receiver has played in three regular-season contests in his career against Dallas. Caatching 9 of 14 targets for 194 yards, a stunning big-play average of 21.6 yards a reception. He's also ran the ball 11 times for 70 yards.
- 10-8-2023: 3 targets, 3 receptions 55 yards, 5 carries for 30 yards
- 10-27-2024: 7 targets, 4 receptions, 71 yards, 4 carries for 15 yards
- 12-25-2025 (WAS): 4 targets, 2 receptions, 68 yards, 2 carries for 25 yards
That's 85, 86 and 93 yards in three contests. In the playoffs he's added 156 total yards across two games.
- 1-16-2022: 3 targets, 3 receptions, 38 yards, 10 carries 72 yards, 1 TD
- 1-22-2023: 7 targets 4 receptions 45 yards, 4 carries 11 yards
That's 420 yards across five contests, meaning that if he stays on average he'll drop another 84 yards or so on Dallas in Week 10.
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