Eagles finally pull off a trade for their third receiver

Eagles finally pull off a trade for their third receiver originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

The Eagles on Thursday acquired former first-round pick Jahan Dotson in a trade with the Washington Commanders.

They finally have their third receiver.

In the trade, the Eagles get Dotson and a fifth-round pick in 2025 and give up a third-round pick and two seventh-round picks in the 2025 draft.

Dotson, 24, was the 16th overall pick in the 2022 draft out of Penn State. Dotson (5-11, 182) has played in 29 games with 26 starts over the last two years with the Commanders. As a rookie in 2022, the Nazareth High School product had 35 catches for 523 yards and 7 touchdowns. In 2023, he had 49/518/4.

But the Commanders have a new coaching staff in 2024, and Dotson had seemingly fallen out of favor. The Eagles get Dotson with two years under contract and three years of team control.

With the Eagles, Dotson clearly slots into the WR3 role behind A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith. That third wide receiver was a position in question all training camp and none of the candidates truly separated themselves.

Even entering training camp, it was clear the Eagles would look at adding another receiver.

“Yeah, really excited to get out here and see the candidates we have,” general manager Howie Roseman said before the first practice of the summer. “We brought in guys that we think have talent and the ability to contribute for us, but to sit here and say like that’s not something we’re going to be watching every day and seeing who steps up and how the chemistry is with Jalen (Hurts), it’s important.

“You know, I think that you look at it throughout the league, that position is an important position. We brought in guys in free agency, drafted a couple guys. I think it’s something that we’re going to be watching among other things daily and see who steps up.”

Throughout the 16 practices of training camp, the Eagles used Parris Campbell, John Ross, Johnny Wilson and Britain Covey in that…

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Publish date : 2024-08-22 16:17:23

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