Brian Robinson‘s tenure in Washington is coming to an finish as anticipated. The fourth-year working again will spend the approaching season in San Francisco.
The 49ers and Commanders agreed to phrases on a Robinson commerce Friday, as first reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter. A 2026 sixth-round decide will head the opposite manner on account of the swap. San Francisco had been out there for a backfield addition, per Mike Garafolo of NFL Network. Efforts to drag off a transfer have now paid off forward of roster cutdowns. Washington will retain a portion of Robinson’s 2025 wage ($3.4M), Garafolo adds.
It recently became clear Washington was looking to move on from Robinson, who did not dress within the workforce’s second preseason sport, with a commerce looming. The workforce’s Dan Quinn-Adam Peters regime has been open to a commerce since last year, and with a swap now agreed to it’s going to proceed with its different in-house RB choices. Washington has veteran Austin Ekeler within the fold together with 2023 draftee Chris Rodriguez and seventh-round rookie Jacory Croskey-Merritt, who has loved a powerful coaching camp.
Quarterback Jayden Daniels led the Commanders in dashing final yr, and immediately’s deal signifies he’ll as soon as once more be counted on as a central component of the workforce’s floor sport. Expectations are excessive after Washington made a shock run to the NFC title sport throughout Daniels’ rookie marketing campaign. Robinson won’t play a task within the workforce’s efforts to duplicate that success, although.
Racking up 570 carries throughout his three seasons within the nation’s capital, Robinson was a key determine on offense with the Commanders. The previous third-rounder noticed his landing whole and yards per try determine enhance with every passing marketing campaign. That included eight scores and 4.3 yards per carry in 2024. As an alternative of retaining Robinson on the ultimate yr of his rookie pact, nevertheless, Washington will proceed with a inexpensive backfield.
The Commanders will recoup draft capital on this swap, one thing which is required given the variety of veterans on their roster. For the 49ers, in the meantime, immediately’s deal marks one other addition on offense for the 2025 season. A commerce was worked out on Wednesday for Skyy Moore, giving San Francisco a wholesome receiver choice. Moore, like Robinson, is a pending 2026 free agent.
The 49ers have Christian McCaffrey atop the RB depth chart, and all events concerned will goal for a more healthy season this time round than 2024. After buying and selling away Jordan Mason, the workforce was in place to have 2024 fourth-rounder Isaac Guerendo deal with backup duties. Now, he and Robinson will compete for taking part in time within the backfield (though utilizing McCaffrey and Robinson on the sector collectively could possibly be an choice, per Garafolo). Robinson’s market will in fact be dictated largely by the extent of success he has along with his new workforce.
San Francisco entered Friday with practically $49M in cap area. Taking over Robinson will eat into the determine, and will probably be attention-grabbing to see how a lot Washington retained on his pact to finalize the commerce. The Commanders, in the meantime, ought to see partial cap financial savings and thus add to their roughly $17M in accessible funds forward of cutdowns. As each NFC groups put together for the marketing campaign within the coming days, they’ll achieve this with variations of their backfields.
