Now that the 49ers have made arrangements to trade away star wide receiver Deebo Samuel, could the son of a San Francisco legend — who recently beefed with Samuel — be next in line to step up for the red and gold?

This included moving on from high-priced veterans like Samuel, whose impact on the field no longer justified his cost. Kawakami described Samuel as representing "everything the 49ers didn’t want to be in 2025.

In their second major trade in four months, the Washington Commanders agreed to acquire former all-pro wide receiver Deebo Samuel from the San Francisco 49ers for a 2025 fifth-round draft pick, two people with knowledge of the deal said Saturday night.

The 49ers may have moved on from Deebo Samuel, but their salary cap will still take a hit. San Francisco will take a $31 million dead cap hit, which comes from money that had already been paid to Samuel that hadn’t counted against the team’s salary cap due to the structure of his contract.

Deebo Samuel shared an emotional farewell post to his Instagram after the San Francisco 49ers agreed to trade the star receiver to the Washington Commanders on Saturday.

ESPN's Dan Orlovsky urged the Commanders to stay aggressive in the offseason in order to compete with the Eagles.