{"id":258863,"date":"2025-12-14T07:04:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T12:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=258863"},"modified":"2025-12-14T07:04:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T12:04:57","slug":"deebo-samuel-injury-update-star-wrs-status-revealed-for-commanders-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/12\/14\/deebo-samuel-injury-update-star-wrs-status-revealed-for-commanders-giants\/","title":{"rendered":"Deebo Samuel Injury Update: Star WR&#8217;s Status Revealed For Commanders-Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel is on the injury report as the wide receiver battles an unspecified illness. However, despite the designation, <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapSheet\/status\/2000057912283238795?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NFL Network&#8217;s Ian Rapoport<\/a> reports the wide receiver should be &#8220;good to go&#8221; as the team battles the New York Giants. While this isn&#8217;t official by any stretch of the imagination, it&#8217;s safe to assume that, barring a setback, the former second-round pick will suit up and help make life easier for quarterback Marcus Mariota.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_258864\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-258864\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-258864\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Deebo-Samuel-Illness-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Deebo Samuel Illness\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Deebo-Samuel-Illness-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Deebo-Samuel-Illness-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Deebo-Samuel-Illness-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Deebo-Samuel-Illness-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Deebo-Samuel-Illness-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Deebo-Samuel-Illness-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Deebo-Samuel-Illness.jpg 1727w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-258864\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nov 30, 2025; Landover, Maryland, USA; Washington Commanders wide receiver Terry McLaurin (17) celebrates after scoring a touchdown with Washington Commanders wide receiver Deebo Samuel (1) in overtime of the game at Northwest Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Peter Casey-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Deebo Samuel Injury Update: Commanders WR Expected to Play Against Giants<\/h2>\n<p>The Washington Commanders are out of the playoff race, but they should still be excited to have Deebo Samuel on the field and not sidelined due to his injury. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/03\/03\/deebo-samuel-trade-likely-spells-end-for-commanders-free-agent-dyami-brown-5-next-possible-teams\/\" target=\"_self\">Acquired from the San Francisco 49ers<\/a> in the offseason, the South Carolina product has been one of the few positive parts of an otherwise disappointing and underwhelming season. Appearing in 12 games while making eight starts, the wide receiver has recorded 62 receptions for 561 yards and five touchdowns through his first season with the Washington Commanders.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Samuel&#8217;s relatively strong play, the Commanders themselves are one of the league&#8217;s bigger disappointments. After making it to the NFC Championship Game last year, Washington entered the 2025 season with Super Bowl aspirations. The team started off on the right football, going 2-1 through their first two games. However, the wheels quickly fell off the wagon, and the team currently sits near of the NFC East with a 3-10 record. Instead of competing for a championship, they&#8217;re in the race for a top-five pick.<\/p>\n<p>The Giants and Commanders met earlier in the season, with Washington defeating their division rival 21-6. However, while Jayden Daniels and Russell Wilson started that game, Marcus Mariota will face off against <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/05\/30\/the-best-matchups-for-jaxson-darts-debut\/\" target=\"_self\">first-round pick Jaxson Dart<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington Commanders wide receiver Deebo Samuel popped up on the injury report with an illness, but that shouldn&#8217;t keep him from playing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":258865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,20,6431,8896],"tags":[4793,7325],"class_list":["post-258863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-giants","category-nfl-teams","category-washington-commanders","tag-deebo-samuel","tag-san-francisco-49ers-news"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":258866,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258863\/revisions\/258866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}