Jahan Dotson's Eagles Trade Boosts Luke McCaffrey's Fantasy Value

it looks as though Luke mcaffrey is climbing the Washington Commander's depth chart the Philadelphia Eagles announced on Thursday that they had acquired two seventh round selections in a third round pick in the 2025 draft from the commanders in exchange for wide receiver Jan doson and a fifth round pick in 2025 after Washington used a third round pick this year to choose Christian McCaffrey's brother the outstanding running back for the San Francisco 49ers doson was expected to be among the wide receivers fighting for playing time with mcaffrey Dotson's departure from the team makes Luke mcaffrey much more interesting in fantasy football this is particularly true for players wanting to Target mid-round rookies in Dynasty drafts held prior to the season without a doubt Terry muren is the best wide receiver in Washington to Target in fantasy football however McCaffrey's recent roster makeover is a big part of the reason fantasy football players are taking notice of him last season Curtis Samuel was the second leading receiver for the team he is currently with the Buffalo Bills doson who is currently with the Eagles was the third leading receiver Jaden Daniels the rookie quarterback is lacking a wide receiver Target and mcaffrey might be able to provide It ultimately prospective backup targets like is Jameson Crowder and olide zachos don't exactly shout Justin Jefferson and Jamar Chase come 2024 in the first preseason game against the New York Jets the rookie had two receptions for 25 yards and in the second game against the Miami Dolphins he had two receptions for 30 yards the NFL game moves quickly so he's getting used to it on Sunday against the New England Patriots he'll have more experience that's not to imply that mcaffrey should suddenly be a risky early pick for Fantasy gamers in traditional drafts he didn't play against Rice's top opponents and is still a raw rookie however even the chance that he finishes behind muren as Washington's top wide receiver this season makes him a late round Gambler his rookie status makes him a potential long-term weapon for dynasty players and he offers a significantly greater seiling than most players picked late in the draft without doson mcaffrey has a higher immediate ceiling which adds to his genuine fantasy football value in his first two seasons with the commanders doson who was selected with the 16th overall choice in the 2022 NFL draft has fallen short of expectations despite recording 84 receptions for 1 , 41 yards and 11 touchdowns reporter Ari mirov pointed out that the transaction inside the division was the result of signs of dissatisfaction between Dotson and the commanders with doson gone Washington's offense is slated to be led by fourth-year Pro diami Brown and rookie Luke mcaffrey doson is now headed back to Pennsylvania where he attended Penn State for his collegiate career on Thursday Night Football November 14th he will take on his old Club after a few trades already this month the Falcons acquired Matthew Juden from the Patriots when the two teams couldn't agree on a new contract ESPN analytics writers Seth Walder and National NFL analyst Ben salac are ranking the biggest deals of August most recently Washington a division opponent traded Jan doson to the Eagles Walder and salac evaluate movements according to a number of criteria such as the impact on the field salary cap ramifications draft compensation player agent value and the overall context of a team's short and long-term prospects in order to provide each grade let's get started and remember to return throughout the month as more trade dominoes fall the story of Washington's inability to develop doson is as old as history weak organizational Direction enep quarterbacks and shifting coaching staffs doson was employed by the Scott Turner offense in 2022 as an outside receiver on deep to intermediate routes although he had a low volume and a hor a catch rate his quarterbacks were Taylor heiner and Carson Wentz when the ball did come his way he tore off explosives and demonstrated separation something appeared to be there however doson struggled when new offensive coach Eric banim started him in the slot in 2023 Dotson's yac overe expectation of minus 29 was worse than every receiver in the league bar one indicating that he lacked the reliable hands and after the catch creativity of an NFL slot Sam Howell the new quarterback soon stopped focusing on doson and he started to drop down the depth chart under Cliff Kingsbury Dotson's thirdd offensive coordinator in three years that decline continued this summer strong outside receivers who can beat press coverage and win against the sideliner needed for Kingsbury's air raid inspired approach as a slot receivers who can break tackles on screens still not Dotson last week head coach Dan Quinn publicly stated that the team was still searching for a wr2 and doson himself added DQ didn't draft me every year you have to establish yourself in your line of work it is up to you to demonstrate your value and abilities that's my goal right now doson will now attempt to establish his worth in Philadelphia but he will have a difficult time doing it the Eagles acquired a number of Dart throwers to the position this summer including rookies Johnny Wilson and anus Smith and Veterans DeVante Parker who has since retired Paris Campbell and John Ross this indicates that the team is certainly eager in developing at wr3 because wr3 hasn't played a significant part in this offense over the last two seasons the position is quite weak the Eagles top three pass catchers Dallas goit devont Smith and AJ Brown led the league in Target share for their individual clubs in 2022 and 2023 put another way the Philly Trio received a higher percentage of the team's total targets than any other top three targets even with rookie quarterback Drake May having a stellar season New England is aware of its current status as a rebuilding non-c Contender with an offense that isn't good enough to compete it makes more sense for a team like that to turn 32-year-old Juden into a future draft asset rather than just running out the clock on his Patriots career rather than paying him after he returns from an injury