The Patriots are going through considerably of a conundrum with regards to the backend of their receiving corps.
Who will earn that last spot?
Ja’Lynn Polk and Javon Baker can be there, having been drafted to develop alongside Drake Maye and (hopefully) develop into cornerstones within the offense. Demario Douglas, Okay.J. Osborn and Kendrick Bourne are locks, probably serving because the beginning trio as soon as the latter returns from damage. Jalen Reagor appears as if he is performed sufficient to be saved as a kick returner.
New England has to decide on Tyquan Thornton and Kayshon Boutte, although, as they’ve been lockstep in competing for what is predicted to be the ultimate spot within the room — as long as Bourne is unable to return by the start of the season.
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Is there one other title that might overtake each of them, although?
Washington Commanders head coach Dan Quinn on Thursday mentioned he was “proper within the center” of figuring out who can be the group’s main choice exterior of Terry McLaurin, inflicting many to query if it was a shot within the course of former first-round choose Jahan Dotson.
“DQ did not draft me,” Dotson, the No. 16 choose within the 2022 NFL Draft, mentioned, in line with the Washington Submit. “Each 12 months… in your career, you bought to show your self. You bought to show what you are value and what you are able to doing. That is what I am attempting to do.”
Washington may be snug with one of many guys presently competing with Dotson to be WR2, although.
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“I have been actually impressed with Olamide (Zaccheaus), and I believed he is had a extremely robust camp,” Quinn mentioned this week. “I am wanting ahead to getting Luke (McCaffrey) some further work right here, (after which) Jahan (and) Dyami (Brown).”
How does New England come into this little situation?
The Patriots have some further draft capital saved away, and in the appropriate state of affairs, simply may be concerned with making a transfer for Dotson.
“The extra Commanders coaches speak, the extra I’m wondering if Jahan Dotson is on their Week 1 roster,” NFL reporter Gregg Rosenthal posted to X, the platform previously often called Twitter, on Friday. Washington would not minimize him, however there is a reliable chance they attempt to recoup some worth whereas transferring ahead and not using a participant who has barely underperformed.
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Dotson has 84 catches for 1,041 yards and 11 touchdowns in 29 video games, taking a step again in his second season in Washington. It is fairly clear that he is able to contributing, however his skillset may be higher suited to a group with ample alternative to play him. The Patriots, who he torched for 4 catches, 69 yards and a landing final season, can present that.
New England should not be seeking to promote the farm for Dotson, but when Rosenthal’s observations result in one thing, maybe they’ll get in for the appropriate value. The Patriots may provide a fifth-round choose that appears quite a bit nicer than others.
It is value a shot, and given the actual fact these two groups meet for a preseason matchup subsequent Saturday, we may begin to see one thing come collectively.
