Commanders WR Deebo Samuel left Week 7 of last season with the 49ers and wound up being diagnosed with pneumonia. Samuel reflected on his recovery, saying he had to rebuild his lung capacity following his bout with the illness.

“Your lungs are definitely weak, coming from pneumonia,” Samuel said, via Nicki Jhabvala of The Athletic. “You’re starting over from scratch. I built up this capacity to be in shape and now my conditioning is gone. There were ups and downs, and I got through the season. But I didn’t feel like I had my wind back until the last two games, maybe.”

In addition to pneumonia, Samuel suffered a calf strain in Week 2 and dealt with a lingering wrist injury later on. Despite only missing two games last season, reports emerged that the receiver’s weight increased during his

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