OT: 2024 Washington Commanders off-season thread: change we can believe in!

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Delusional then, even more laughable now….

He’ll also probably try and take credit for the Commanders getting Jayden Daniels!

 

[Roric]

Philly fans all over twitter acting like we gave them mclaurin. "HOWIE DOES IT AGAIN!" lol right okay

Please flip this pick in a package for aiyuk AP

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Hopefully more is coming, why take that loss on a trade to a in division rival prior to the season??? If you don’t see a future wait till the trade deadline or trade him in the off-season.

Have to assume something else is coming, or that Dotson was a real wet fart in the locker room and they just wanted to be rid of him.

Fair credit to AP and DQ though, certainly not afraid to make moves they feel are in the best interest of the team regardless of draft pedigree or prior status.

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Ron might have the worst span of drafting. We will have no players left from his drafts.

If we flip that pick then we shall wait and see.

Can we revisit the trade back from his. Howel, Dotson, Brob for Ovale not looking good anymore

 

[bacchist]

Uh... Not sure what we're doing with the Dotson trade. I guess Brown was going to take his job anyway, but moving up from likely early fifth to late third isn't much of a return (I have no idea what to make of the 7th round picks. They feel like just sweeteners, but not enough to really move the needle for me.)

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Finlay saying on the radio just now that Dotson had questionable body language in camp, didn’t seem to buy in to the “everyone has to compete” mentality, and was annoyed to be playing the other night in the 2nd quarter catching passes from a backup…

Also said Brown is looking very good.

 

[bacchist]

Finlay saying on the radio just now that Dotson had questionable body language in camp, didn’t seem to buy in to the “everyone has to compete” mentality, and was annoyed to be playing the other night in the 2nd quarter catching passes from a backup…

Good riddance, then

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

For some reason this week Ceedee Lambs next teams odds had Washington 1st at +300

Hmmm

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

The only player from the pre-AQ era that I’d be upset to see leave is Terry. Everyone else should be on notice.

 

[max21]

The door has never been more open for Dyami brown

 

[Roric]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1825985345445363715

 

[Roric]

The door has never been more open for Dyami brown

Brown, zaccheaus, LMC...who knows

 

[Bananas]

I would give up something way more substantial for Chase than Aiyuk.

 

[Roric]

 

[robertmac43]

Chase would be insane. I won't let my hopes even gets lightly up on that front.

 

[g00n]

Chase, Lamb, and Aiyuk potentially in play.

Dotson did not have any leverage and that was made clear to him. Bye.

 

[Neil Racki]

This makes the team worse.

Swapping a 5th for a 3rd is marginal.

This is dumb to me and I dont need to wait a few years to see how it plays out. If Dotson gets just 500 yards next season .. thats worth more then 5th for a 3rd

 

[g00n]

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This makes the team worse.

Swapping a 5th for a 3rd is marginal.

This is dumb to me and I dont need to wait a few years to see how it plays out. If Dotson gets just 500 yards next season .. thats worth more then 5th for a 3rd

I don't think this is a "football deal". The goal is not to gain equal value. There is something else going on.

 

[Neil Racki]

I don't think this is a "football deal". The goal is not to gain equal value. There is something else going on.

there has to be something else going on .. but he sounded good, reasonable grounded on an interview i heard from him a few days ago.

zero indication he was going to front office or becoming a distraction or asking for a trade

 

[ynotcaps]

I guess they didn't see the fit.

My buddy who went to camp said Forbes was basically locking Dotson down. That speaks volumes in and of itself

In that case, I'm glad was an intra-division trade -- at least now we know there's ONE GUY in the division EF13 can cover.

ETA: Friendly reminder that we took Dotson with the pick we got after trading down with the Saints who took -- Chris Olave. The more I look back on the RR years the less I think "good guy, bad coach/talent evaluator," and the more I think, "thanks a lot, asshole."

 

[Neil Racki]

drafts .. I just wish we always just took next BPA on like espns board vs what we have done

BUT .. in the moment we all loved how RR turned the 11th overall (Olave) into Dotson, B Robinson, Howell and Cole Turner.

Lets not pretend we all werent all on board for Dotson after his rookie season or howling for Howell first half last season.

Cant wait to hear how Craig Hoffman will blame RR for the trade back now when he loved it the first year or so

 

[ynotcaps]

The problem with RR trades for more picks is that they were picks that RR was going to use.

(I didn't love skipping Olave at the time. And yes, it's hindsight, but that trade has turned into Olave for BRob and whatever we get from the Dotson trade. The upside is, the new draft assets will be handled by actual professional personnel people.)

 

[hockeykicker]

 

[ynotcaps]

ESPN gives us an A-, Phiwwy a B-.

The first and last paragraphs:
This is a nice trade for the Commanders. It's soured a bit by a wasted first-round pick -- it's never good when the No. 16 overall pick gets traded away two seasons later for a middle-round selection -- but Washington was clearly moving on from Dotson, who was losing snaps in its wide receiver rotation. To get a third-round selection from Philadelphia for a player who was not a big part of your future plans is, objectively, a win.
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That said, it's a gamble. Dotson must improve, and the Eagles' offense must prove it can incorporate a third wide receiver as a viable target. If both Dotson and the Eagles' offense remain what they've been the past two seasons, then it's unlikely this trade will be worth the price Philadelphia paid. -- Solak

 

[John Price]

aiyuk is not coming here this season. you'd think his former GM would be in the mix but there's been almost no smoke

wait till off-season fa and you can really lock him up long term