Brian Mitchell believes the Washington Commanders traded third-year wide receiver Jahan Dotson to the Philadelphia Eagles because of his lack of competitiveness.
"Well, he's a young man who showed in his rookie season that he can actually play some football," Mitchell told Ike, Spike & Fritz on sibling station WIP hours after the Eagles acquired Dotson from the Commanders.
"But last year he didn't have a good year and then this year he lost some of his confidence. He said it to several reporters that you know, 'I got to get my confidence back.' You know me Ike, I'm a person who I believe in hard nose football players. I believe in competitive people. You can't be mentally weak. And in this camp, I didn't see him competing like I should see him competing. I saw him moping a little bit. I made a comment last week or so and I said, 'You've got people out there acting like they supposed to be given a job and their body language is off.' He was one of the people I was talking about.
"If you're not going to compete I don't think you're going to fit in Dan Quinn's system. Now he's in Philadelphia. I know one thing, he better get his mental toughness ready because if he's not mentally tough up there if he's not playing well, they going to let him know about it."
Dotson, 24, is entering his third NFL season. A Newark, NJ native, Dotson was the 16th overall pick in 2022 out of Penn State.
Dotson recorded a combined 84 catches for 1,041 yards and 11 touchdowns in two seasons with the Commanders.