On Thursday, the Philadelphia Eagles sent a third-round pick and two seventh-rounders to their NFC East Rival Washington Commanders for a fifth-round pick and former No. 16 overall pick, receiver Jahan Dotson.

Former Commanders running back and kick returner Brian Mitchell, who costs the BMitch & Finlay Show on 106.7 The Fan in D.C., wasn't surprised at all.

Mitchell joined the "Ike, Spike and Fritz Show" on Philadelphia's WIP FM to discuss the trade. Mitchel kept it honest and real in his assessment of Dotson.

"Well, he's a young man who showed in his rookie season that he can actually play some football," Mitchell said. "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."

Football is a physically and mentally demanding sport. Players have to be able to keep their confidence up even when times are tough.

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"In this camp, I didn't see him competing like I should see him competing," Mitchell continued. "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."

Mitchell's brutal assessment won't put the minds of Eagles' fans at ease, and the former All-Pro didn't stop there.

"If you're not going to compete, I don't think you're going to fit in Dan Quinn's system," Mitchell continued. "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."

Maybe a change of scenery will do the former No. 16 overall pick some good.