Commanders, Eagles trade grades: Jahan Dotson shipped to Philadelphia as rival acquires former first-round WR

The Washington Commanders are shifting on from one in all their latest first-round picks. Washington will ship broad receiver Jahan Dotson and a fifth-round decide to the Philadelphia Eagles in trade for a third-round decide and two seventh-round picks. The Eagles confirmed the deal on Thursday morning.

The transfer comes per week after head coach Dan Quinn mentioned publicly that a number of gamers — together with Dotson — had been battling for the No. 2 receiver job behind Terry McLaurin. That Dotson had not stood out, regardless of his draft pedigree, may have been construed as an indication that one thing like this was coming.

In two seasons with Washington, Dotson has posted receiving strains of 35 catches for 523 yards and 7 touchdowns, and 49 catches for 517 yards and 4 touchdowns. His yards per reception and yards per sport averages plummeted in Yr 2, as did his goal price and yards per route run numbers, by way of Tru Media.

With Dotson out the door, Washington will presumably be counting on third-round decide Luke McCaffrey, Olamide Zaccheaus, and Dyami Brown for broad receiver snaps behind McLaurin. No. 2 general decide Jayden Daniels additionally has tight ends Zach Ertz and rookie Ben Sinnott amongst his pass-catching group, together with Brian Robinson Jr. and Austin Ekeler out of the backfield.

Philadelphia, in the meantime, will get to take a shot at tapping again into what made Dotson a first-round decide, and does so at a comparatively low value. The Eagles have been looking for a No. 3 receiver to enrich A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith; they signed DeVante Parker earlier this offseason, solely to see him retire earlier than ever suiting up for them. Philadelphia has gotten minimal passing-game manufacturing from its broad receivers outdoors of Brown and Smith over the previous few years, and buying Dotson may assist fill that void.

Now let’s grade the commerce …

Commanders: D-

There is not any strategy to body this as something apart from a loss for Washington. Dotson was a first-round decide simply two years in the past and he performed two underwhelming seasons for the group, however he additionally did not get a chance to play with quarterback throughout that point. To basically get solely a decide swap and a few seventh-rounders for him is a reasonably large disappointment.

Eagles: B

That mentioned, it isn’t just like the Eagles are actually getting a certain factor to be their No. 3 broad receiver. Once more, Dotson has not been all that productive within the NFL, even when he was ok in school to be a mid-first-rounder. The price to accumulate him is so low, although, that the deal is a stable one even permitting for the chance that he cannot fill an actual position within the offense.