Eagles Trade Analysis: Acquiring Jahon Dotson and Team Strategy
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00:00All right, so what about this trade that the Eagles ended up making, getting Jayhan Dotson
00:07sending out some picks here to go along with AJ Brown and Devonta Smith.
00:14I'm not sure why they made this trade.
00:16I felt like their wide receiving room was deep enough, but I guess, is it possible that
00:23they just didn't like their 3-4-5?
00:25Is that why they made this move?
00:26You don't see this happen in the division that often.
00:29Yeah, I'll give you my reporting for both teams.
00:31So yeah, the Eagles, actually, Craig, they really struggled at their number three job.
00:35There were two issues that they had.
00:36They didn't know who their three would be.
00:37They're not even sure who their number four would be.
00:39They're hopeful for Johnny Wilson, a former Florida State receiver, six-rounder.
00:43Unfortunately, he's dealing with a concussion.
00:46John Ross, he has a concussion, the former Bengals' first-round pick was Ben Eagles'
00:50camp.
00:51They just don't know what the backups look like, because as you know, Craig, when a starter
00:55gets hurt, you're one injury away from that backup becoming a starter, and they just didn't
01:00feel comfortable with it.
01:01And Britton Covey, their punt returner, who's had a great camp, he's smaller, he's 5'8",
01:04175 to 180.
01:06So they weren't comfortable with it, is my understanding.
01:08They had been looking on the street.
01:09They were looking at possible trades, and they found one.
01:12Let's get to Washington.
01:13I'm told here with Jahan Dotson, the former first-rounder for the Commanders, did not
01:18practice well.
01:19Clearly, it just wasn't happening.
01:21I would say, I don't think it's the front office liking him, and the coaches not.
01:26I think it's both were aligned on this.
01:29They wanted to move him.
01:30One team told me they were motivated, talking to them, they clearly wanted to move the player.
01:35And it's just very odd, though.
01:37And Dotson's very talented.
01:38He had a very good rookie season when he wasn't hurt.
01:40The trade inside your own division, and by the way, they're not very deep, Washington.
01:45They've been linked to Brandon Ayuk for three months.
01:48I know for a fact that they had talks with the Niners around the draft.
01:51They didn't get anything done.
01:52They had been out for a while.
01:54But I'd watch them.
01:55They're going to have to do something.
01:56I get that they didn't want Dotson.
01:58Remember, this group, Craig didn't draft him.
02:00The GM, Adam Peters, was not there.
02:02Of course, he was there in San Francisco, or the Bay Area, with the Niners when Ayuk
02:08was drafted.
02:09So they're going to have to do something.
02:10Max McCaffrey, Christian's younger brother out of Rice, who I sold the senior balls there.
02:14Amadeus Akias is also there, a former Eagle and Falcon receiver, but they're just not
02:18deep enough.
02:19That's a team that I think will be on the lookout for a receiver by week one.