All-Pro wide receiver Deebo Samuel floated in NFL rumors for weeks with the San Francisco 49ers looking to find a new home for their standout offensive weapon. On Friday night, as reported by Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, Samuel was traded to the Washington Commanders. While the deal won't be official until the start of the new NFL league year, we can examine the winners and losers from the deal.

Washington entered the offseason wanting to find another offensive weapon to pair with Terry McLaurin to support Jayden McDaniels. Tee Higgins would've been perfect, but he's getting franchise-tagged. Chris Godwin was the second-best option, but the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are determined to keep him. So, Washington went out and landed Deebo Samuel to help out the franchise quarterback.

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Samuel obviously isn't a typical receiver and he's shown signs of regression over the last year. However, he had the 14th-most yards after catch (421) last season and led his position in juke rate (26.9 percent). McLaurin will be Daniels' deep threat with Samuel offering an easy target on quick throws for a quarterback who had the fifth-highest rate (19.7 percent) of passes behind the line of scrimmage last season. Samuel is the kind of secondary offensive weapon Daniels didn't have last year and it will make this passing game even more difficult to stop.