49ers trade Deebo Samuel to Commanders for 2025 5th round pick

Even considering the concussions, some teams would be willing to essentially take a flier on a young 1k yard caliber WR by parting with a conditional 3rd-conditional 4th or a 4th+5th. Depends on what team the Saints FO is negotiating with.

If Olave’s concussion history doesn’t improve in ‘25-‘26, new team would only owe the remainder of the rookie deal and gave up mid round picks for a WR1/WR2. Deebo’s cap hits and dead money in the next 2 seasons at ages 29-30 are 15M in ‘25 and 20M dead money coming with a void in ‘26 which factored into his trade compensation. Olave’s ‘25 cap is under half of Deebo’s ‘25 hit.
Good points as always, I’ll go look it up….I hadn’t heard that the team was shopping Olave?