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What's the over/under on the time it takes him to start bitching about his contract?

It makes me feel like I am in a room without a roof.

Didn't take long to start.

Jackson is angling to get jersey #10. That's RGIII's jersey, and the best selling one the Redskins have.

http://www.csnwashington.com/football-wa...an-jackson

(04-02-2014 09:49 PM)UAB Band Dad Wrote:  Didn't take long to start.

Jackson is angling to get jersey #10. That's RGIII's jersey, and the best selling one the Redskins have.

http://www.csnwashington.com/football-wa...an-jackson

What didn't take long to start?

DJax's sense of entitlement kicking in.

You go to a new team and try to take the jersey off the back of their single biggest star instead of taking a new number and making a new start, what are you saying to everyone else? Even if RGIII goes for it and Jackson pays him for it or something, it's the same kind of locker room drama and diva behavior that he showed in Philly.

Can you imagine what would be said about a free agent going to Denver and wanting Peyton Manning's jersey? I mean, this has nothing to do with any gang-related, unproven stuff, it's just Jackson in the locker room of his new team, trying to fit in.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/107146...n-redskins

"Anybody who thinks Jackson's arrival in Washington is destined to be a roaring success is in need of a serious reality check. He's a highly emotional player with a history of losing his focus and driving coaches crazy with his mood swings. Jackson became a star in the NFL because his first head coach -- Andy Reid, now with the Kansas City Chiefs -- knew how to relate to one of the most explosive talents in the league today. Jackson also became expendable in Philadelphia, after his best statistical season, because Kelly doesn't have much interest in going out of his way to do the same.

The question the Redskins have to answer today is whether they have the requisite leadership to get the best out of Jackson. It says here that they most certainly don't."

There's going to be another big problem for Jackson going forward, and it's one that he can't help. Daniel Snyder. The guy just can't help himself, and that franchise has been a train wreck ever since he took it over. Jackson would have been a helluva lot better off nearly anywhere else, because the Skins are a combination of soap opera and circus.

(04-02-2014 11:44 PM)UAB Band Dad Wrote:  DJax's sense of entitlement kicking in.

You go to a new team and try to take the jersey off the back of their single biggest star instead of taking a new number and making a new start, what are you saying to everyone else? Even if RGIII goes for it and Jackson pays him for it or something, it's the same kind of locker room drama and diva behavior that he showed in Philly.

Can you imagine what would be said about a free agent going to Denver and wanting Peyton Manning's jersey? I mean, this has nothing to do with any gang-related, unproven stuff, it's just Jackson in the locker room of his new team, trying to fit in.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/107146...n-redskins

"Anybody who thinks Jackson's arrival in Washington is destined to be a roaring success is in need of a serious reality check. He's a highly emotional player with a history of losing his focus and driving coaches crazy with his mood swings. Jackson became a star in the NFL because his first head coach -- Andy Reid, now with the Kansas City Chiefs -- knew how to relate to one of the most explosive talents in the league today. Jackson also became expendable in Philadelphia, after his best statistical season, because Kelly doesn't have much interest in going out of his way to do the same.

The question the Redskins have to answer today is whether they have the requisite leadership to get the best out of Jackson. It says here that they most certainly don't."

There's going to be another big problem for Jackson going forward, and it's one that he can't help. Daniel Snyder. The guy just can't help himself, and that franchise has been a train wreck ever since he took it over. Jackson would have been a helluva lot better off nearly anywhere else, because the Skins are a combination of soap opera and circus.

I'm thinking Desean Jackson and Ryan Clark are going to get along really, really well.

Did this guy play at Alabama?

Otherwise, I can't imagine why so many Blazer fans care about this.

(04-03-2014 08:54 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Did this guy play at Alabama?

Otherwise, I can't imagine why so many Blazer fans care about this.

Threads that can be turned into black/white arguments tend to be hits on this site.

Aw, screw that. I know that's in there too, but basically I'm trying to steer clear of all the "gang ties" stuff. I've intentionally not posted some of that, especially recent reports.

There are guys who are a steadying veteran presence in the locker room and on your team, and there are guys who are very talented athletes but a PITA to have to coach or have as a teammate. Jackson just had his best season ever and got canned, and NFL teams make a very cold profit and loss assessment on stuff like that. They'll put up with a whole lot if the player is productive... so when a productive guy gets run off, there's *something* going on.

(04-03-2014 09:48 AM)UAB Band Dad Wrote:  Aw, screw that. I know that's in there too, but basically I'm trying to steer clear of all the "gang ties" stuff. I've intentionally not posted some of that, especially recent reports.

There are guys who are a steadying veteran presence in the locker room and on your team, and there are guys who are very talented athletes but a PITA to have to coach or have as a teammate. Jackson just had his best season ever and got canned, and NFL teams make a very cold profit and loss assessment on stuff like that. They'll put up with a whole lot if the player is productive... so when a productive guy gets run off, there's *something* going on.

Oh I agree. I see this the same way you do. I wouldn't want this guy to play for me if I was a coach, and I wouldn't want to play on his team if I was a player.

(03-31-2014 08:39 AM)KevMo4UAB Wrote:  

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(03-29-2014 10:11 PM)UAB Band Dad Wrote:  A team does not just cut loose a guy that talented in the prime of his career that way.

Jackie Williams?

jackie may be thankful if his season at UCF is successful. He is on the roster of a "power conference" member now. He may be thinking about how the Lord does indeed work in mysterious ways.

The AAC is not a power conference. Better than CUSA but not a power conference.

+1

But damn did that kid luck out. McGee handed him a really nice life raft before he sank the ship and got away in a helicopter.

(03-31-2014 09:06 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Raiders will welcome him

Best comment you've made in a while. RRRRRRRRRRRRRAIDERS!!!