Why has Jahan Dotson been a complete non-factor so far?

Why has Jahan Dotson been a complete non-factor so far? originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

A 3rd-round pick? For this?

After watching Parris Campbell and John Ross compete for the 3rd outside receiver spot all summer, Howie Roseman knew it wasn’t enough. So he shipped a 3rd-round pick to Washington for Jahan Dotson in late August.

He gave up a 3rd-round pick for situations exactly like this.

A.J. Brown out? DeVonta Smith out? Now the Eagles have a guy who was a star at Penn State, the 16th pick in the draft just two years and caught 89 passes and 11 touchdowns in two years playing with Taylor Heinicke, Carson Wentz and Sam Howell in Washington.

So far? Disaster.

Like a bunch of Roseman’s offseason moves.

“The ball didn’t find him as much (Sunday), and it hasn’t these first couple weeks,” Nick Sirianni said. “But that doesn’t mean we’re any less high on him than we were when we first got him. I think he’s got great play-making ability, great potential, and we’ve just got to find ways to figure out how to use that potential.”

Dotson has played 200 snaps, started three games and caught five of nine targets for 25 yards.

Heck, backup tight end Grant Calcaterra had more yards on one catch Sunday than Dotson has all year.

Stathead has only been tracking snap counts since 2012, but Dotson is the first Eagles receiver on record to play at least 45 snaps in three straight games without exceeding 12 yards in any of them. He’s also the first Eagles receiver to play 200 snaps over a four-game period without exceeding 25 total yards.

This isn’t all on Dotson. It’s partly on Nick Sirianni, partly on Kellen Moore and partly on Jalen Hurts, who’s only targeted him eight times in three starts since Brown got hurt at practice after the opener in São Paulo.

And it’s another manifestation of an offense that’s averaged just 17 points in three games without Brown. After scoring four touchdowns on opening day, the Eagles have scored just six the last…

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Publish date : 2024-10-02 21:13:18

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