It’s draft week, which means we are approaching the deadline for NFL teams to either pick up or decline the fifth-year options for 2022 first-round picks. There is no decision for the Washington Commanders, who traded their 2022 first-round pick, Jahan Dotson, to the Philadelphia Eagles last August.
After one season with Philadelphia, the Eagles saw enough to decline Dotson’s fifth-year option. In 17 games last season, Dotson caught 19 passes for 216 yards with no touchdowns. He did have a touchdown in the playoffs. Dotson served as Philadelphia’s No. 3 receiver behind A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith.
Washington sent Dotson and a 2025 fifth-round draft pick to the Eagles for a 2025 third-round pick and two seventh-round selections.
That was one of two deals general manager Adam Peters made with Philadelphia GM Howie Roseman. During last season’s draft, the Commanders traded one of their second-round picks to the Eagles, giving Washington two picks in return.
The Dotson trade represents a clear win regardless of what happens with Dotson and the Eagles next season.
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