The Washington Commanders made a pretty deft move before the 2024 season when they managed to offload wide receiver and former first round pick Jahan Dotson to the Philadelphia Eagles.
Dotson, his 4-year, $15 million contract and a 2025 fifth round pick were traded to the Eagles in exchange for a 2025 third round pick, 2025 fifth round pick and a pair of 2025 seventh round picks. The Commanders turned that haul into a pair of trades this offseason that brought them 4-time Pro Bowl offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil and NFL All-Pro wide receiver Deebo Samuel.
While Tunsil and Samuel have yet to play a game for the Commanders, we already know how things turned out for Dotson and the Eagles … and it ended up being pretty awesome.
While Dotson struggled to learn a new offense during the regular season, he was one of the playoff stars for the Eagles with a touchdown reception in a 22-10 NFC Wild Card Round win over the Green Bay Packers and a 28-yard catch and run that set up Philadelphia’s first touchdown in a 40-22 win over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX.
With that in mind, the Commanders might want to pull a kind of Reverse Uno move in 2025 to get their own, disappointing former first round pick in Los Angeles Chargers wide receiver Quentin Johnston — possibly the perfect WR3 for Washington.
Johnston Doesn’t Seem Part of Chargers’ Plans
Bleacher Report’s Alex Ballentine put Johnston, the No. 23 overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft, as the Chargers’ top trade asset.
“(Rookie) Tre Harris has a better chance to become the outside receiver they need with Ladd McConkey than Mike Williams or Quentin Johnston,” Ballentine wrote on May 22.
Johnston, 6-foot-4 and 215 pounds, played his way into the first round in his final season at TCU in 2022 with 60 receptions for 1,069 yards and 6 touchdowns, but in 2 seasons with the Chargers has yet to establish himself as a WR1.
In his rookie year, Johnston had 38 receptions for 431 yards and 2 touchdowns. He bumped those numbers up to 55 receptions for 711 yards and 8 touchdowns in 2024 but missed 2 games due to injuries.
