It's safe to say 2024 didn't go the way new Commanders wide receiver Deebo Samuel—or fans of Deebo Samuel—envisioned. Although he started 15 games for the 49ers, he finished the season with just 670 receiving yards, 136 rushing yards and four total touchdowns—a modest haul, but less than his 892 receiving yards, 225 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns the year prior.
From the outside, it may have felt like some of that was effort-related, or, by the wideout's own estimation, his reduced production had to do with him not getting the ball. But he was also dealing with a bout of pneumonia, for which he was hospitalized at one point, so it's not like he was fully healthy, either.
