Another Depth Concern Addressed, Eagles Trade For Jahan Dotson – Philadelphia Sports Nation

With teams needing to trim down rosters by nearly 40 spots in the next 5 days. Roster moves are inevitable, and the Eagles kicked things off with two roster changes, releasing CJ Uzomah, and signing Jason Poe. A necessity to bolster the OL with concern over Tyler Steen’s injury.

Like most teams, we might not see the Eagles starters in this weekends final preseason game. Giving an indication of most of the 53-man roster, days before the deadline.

However with injury reports already growing, there was a position of concern.

What would happen to the Eagles offense if they were to lose DeVonta Smith or A.J Brown at any point of the season?

Thursdays Trade

The Eagles kicked Thursday morning off with a trade announcement. And one that’s hard to complain about.

We have agreed to terms on a trade with Washington Commanders for WR Jahan Dotson and a fifth-round pick in the 2025 draft in exchange for a third-round pick and two seventh-rounds picks from the 2025 draft. pic.twitter.com/slf7qTD0An

— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) August 22, 2024

Trading a 3rd and two 7th round picks to add what will likely be the teams WR3, and to gain a third 5th round pick for next years draft is excellent work from the Eagles front office. Leaving a 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th also available for the upcoming trade deadline on November 5th.

With the trade for Dotson, the Eagles WR depth should seemingly be in place. With AJ Brown and DeVonta Smith being the WR1&2, pushing for another season with matching 1000+ receiving yards, while Dotson & Campbell should be the WR3/4.

Some may have been hoping for Johnny Wilson to crack the roster, but it just didn’t make sense in the wake of a serious injury to one of the starters, the Eagles required depth – and forcing a 6th round pick into a large role could end the same way Quez Watkins tenure did. 

This way, even the Eagles WR3/4 will have had previous 500+ yard seasons, and look to expand their roles in Kellen Moore’s offense.

Dotson’s Time As a Commander

In 2 years with the Commanders, Dotson put up the following stat lines:

2022 – 35REC on 61TGT, 523Yards, 7TD, 12GP

2023 – 49REC on 83TGT, 518Yards, 4TD, 17GP

Both years Dotson finished 3rd in Receiving yards on the Commanders, behind Curtis Samuel and Terry McLaurin.

Something else to note for the Commanders performances was the inconsistency in QB play. A team that Dotson (and others) saw Carson Wentz, Taylor Heinicke and Sam Howell all have drastic levels of play across two seasons.

With Campbell & Dotson looking to make impacts with their new team. Will either, or both of these receivers see a 500+ yard season? 

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