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Washington Commanders Notebook: Jahan Dotson Trade Dominates Training Camp Discussion
ASHBURN, Va. — The Washington Commanders got Day 16 of Training Camp started with a bang by trading receiver Jahan Dotson to the Philadelphia Eagles.
On a day of practice where the Commanders’ 2022 1st Round NFL Draft pick wasn’t present due to the trade, there’s no more impactful storyline today to start our notebook with than that.
Where does Washington go next? That’s the biggest question facing the franchise after the stunner dropped Thursday morning.
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The writing may have been on the wall for a minute now. Whether it’s scheme, personalities, or simply time for a change of scenery, the separation of Dotson and the franchise that drafted him is something that has been brewing under the surface for a little while.
Speculation about Dotson’s future really came to a head when head coach Dan Quinn told everyone the second receiver job was still open for hiring, and that nobody had secured the spot yet.
Add to that the first round receiver’s presence on the field with second team offenses in the preseason, and it seems the fact Washington and the receiver weren’t on the same page was a secret on full display.
Now, Dotson gets to go home to restart his NFL career, and he’ll do it with the benefit of All-Pro caliber teammates like receivers A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith dominating defender attention.
Once the wound from being traded gets to heal a bit, the salve of realizing the situation he now finds himself in will help accelerate the process.
That’s the question most – if not all – Commanders fans are asking themselves this very moment. What happens next?
Entering the pre-draft process and free agency window many Washington fans wanted the team to target either a free agent or a rookie to add more spice to the receiver room. General manager Adam Peters did draft Luke McCaffrey in the third round, but he hasn’t seemed to quench the thirst outsiders have for an improved receiver room for quarterback Jayden Daniels.
With Dotson out of the picture now, it would appear to many that Terry McLaurin, Dyami Brown, Olamide Zaccheaus, and McCaffrey now represent the best that room has to offer. And it’s not good enough.
Will the team really stick with the unit it has now? Or is another player – maybe even Brandon Aiyuk – be in play here?
Most general managers tell you the first thing a team has to do on its way to being a Super Bowl champion is win its division. Or at least be competitive.
This is now twice Peters has traded within the division, and both trades have seemingly benefitted the Eagles – the team many expect to reclaim the NFC East Division title after fumbling it away at the end of last season.
It’s not as bad as helping the Dallas Cowboys, but benefiting Philadelphia as the Washington GM is a quick way to losing favor in a very intense fan base.
For now, fans are staying patient and following the ‘trust in Adam’ line, but if cornerback Cooper DeJean (the defender the Eagles drafted following a trade with the Commanders in April) and/or Dotson comes back to bite the Commanders this season, some of that patience may wear thin very quickly.
It’s a bold and brave move by Peters to deal so much with a team he’s directly competing with for an automatic bid into the NFL Playoffs. But some are wondering if it isn’t his first major misstep as an NFL general manager.
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Deceased man may have slashed neck on window trying to break into DC home
Workers discovered a man’s body in a bush at a home in Northwest D.C. Thursday afternoon.
Detectives are investigating the possibility the man was trying to break into a home on Idaho Avenue in Cathedral Heights, sources familiar with the investigation told News4. He may have cut his neck on window class trying to get inside.
Police have not released details about the man.
The investigation closed Idaho Avenue near Massachusetts Avenue for a few hours Thursday afternoon.
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Saudi and Israeli officials visit Washington to discuss possible strikes on Iran, Axios reports
Reuters could not immediately verify the report. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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The Israelis traveled to Washington to share intelligence on potential targets inside Iran, while Saudi officials sought to help avert a wider regional war by pushing for a diplomatic solution, the Axios report said.
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Washington Lands QB From Stanford
On Monday, On3 Sports insider, Hayes Fawcett, was first to report that former Stanford quarterback Elijah Brown transferred to Washington, officially ending his tenure on The Farm. This comes nearly two weeks after Brown entered the transfer portal, and he will head to Seattle with three years of eligibility remaining.
Brown will presumably to be the backup to Demond Williams at Washington. Williams, who signed a $4 million deal to play for the Huskies at the end of the season, initially entered the transfer portal himself on Jan. 8.
But after backlash and threatened legal action by the university, he ultimately decided to stay with the program for the ’26 season. As a result, Brown will likely use this season to continue to develop and compete for the starting job in 2027 after Williams’ presumed departure for the NFL.
A former four-star recruit, Brown started for parts of two seasons at Stanford, playing in three games with one start as a true freshman, which was limited due to an early season injury.
As a redshirt freshman in 2025, Brown played in six games with three starts, finishing the season with 829 pass yards, four touchdowns and two interceptions. His best game of the season came against North Carolina on Nov. 8, where he threw for 284 yards, one touchdown and one interception in a 20-15 loss.
A star at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California, Brown started all four of his years at the school and became only the fourth player in school history to earn the starting quarterback job as a freshman.
In his sophomore season, after throwing for 2,581 yards and 30 touchdowns, Brown led Mater Dei to a perfect 12-0 record and the CIF Open Division Title. As a junior, Brown once again shined for Mater Dei, throwing for 2,785 yards, 31 touchdowns and four interceptions as the program went 12-1.
After another dominant season that saw Brown throw for over 2,900 yards and nearly 40 touchdowns while winning another state title, he committed to Stanford over offers from several other big name schools including Alabama, UCLA, Arizona, Georgia and Michigan. After signing with the Cardinal, he became the highest rated quarterback to commit to the school since Tanner McKee in 2018.
But Brown’s college career has been far from what was expected. After a promising college debut against Cal Poly in his true freshman season, Brown injured his hand and missed basically the whole season, playing in only two other games where he struggled.
In 2025, Brown lost the starting job in training camp to Ben Gulbranson and even after replacing Gulbranson late in the season, he never was able to get Stanford’s offense to that next level. When he found success, it was typically late in games once the outcome was more or less decided.
New head coach Tavita Pritchard has a strong reputation for developing quarterbacks which could have benefitted Brown, but after Stanford signed Davis Warren from Michigan, in addition to bringing in new recruits such as Michael Mitchell Jr., the QB room got too crowded for Brown.
Now, Brown will be coached by another elite offensive mind in Jedd Fisch, a coach he hopes will bring out the best in him and have him playing like the four-star recruit he came into college as.
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