Maybe DeSean Jackson Is Just A Streaky Receiver?

Lee Evans?

DeSean is never going to be an Andre or Larry Fitz or Calvin, why are we even comparing him to them? He has a complete different skill set then most traditional #1 wide outs. If you want to compare him to a top flight wide out look at Steve Smith and Marvin Harrison. They have same type frame and I believe that he has a chance to be better then both of those receivers. I think comparing him to Lee Evans is nuts, and I think all this talk about his contract being his issue is speculation based on what exactly a “source” when a name comes out then ill take it seriously. Facts are DeSean didn’t want to field punts pregame saying it was too cold for that and trotted back in the locker room. Do I think that’s right? No but I also don’t think that contributed to his two drops one in the endzone. I think were all over reacting. Remember way back in the summer where all the reports were saying DeSean was a leader on this team and that he was the one guys would look up to? So why couldn’t andy attacking DeSean about his effort be him singling out someone that is the locker room leader to set an example for the rest of the team. With DeSean on the field he makes everyone better from Vick to Maclin to McCoy even if his #s arnt showing it from a game planning standpoint he is one of the toughest to account for.

Doesn’t everyone remember how popular TO was when he first joined the Eagles? Do you remember the huge crowds at Lehigh? The spandex contest with Andy? The big smiles and hugs with 5?

Do you remember what turned it all upside down?

TO insisting on renegotiating his contract AFTER switching agents to Rosenhaus. That was when SOMEONE started whispering in TO’s ear that he was under-appreciated, underpaid, and not recognized for his superior athletic ability and conditioning efforts. Someone whispers, “how can you be making just 15% of what McNabb is making next year when he is the one who was too gassed to take the team on that final drive in the SB?”. So what do you think all of a sudden turned TO into a problem child, what led him to focus only on getting the most money rather than the undying loyalty of the most passionate fan base in the league, while still making a few mil a year?

Too bad TO didn’t have anyone he could trust, telling him that this was the snake telling him he deserved the apple and that it would taste good – ultimately getting him thrown out of the garden of eden that was the 2003 Birds. Nobody TO could trust told him that piece-of-$hit Rosenhaus (PSR) wouldn’t make one penny if TO just manned up, ran his heart out on every route and won the big game with 5 in 2004. That would have guaranteed TO himself alot more money and a place in Philly immortality – and immortality somewhere is actually what he craves. But it would have gotten PSR absolutely nothing. So what did PSR have to lose? Tell TO whatever you need to tell him to get him to demand a new contract, somewhere, anywhere, because that is what would get PSR paid. It did get PSR paid. Alot. And it earned TO the reputation of journeyman problem case – needing lots of new 1-2 year contracts that all make PSR lots of money.

Rosenhaus only makes money by convincing players that the FO is out to cheat them. The leaders on the team need to remind everyone that they are all better when part of a team that has a diverse, balanced set of weapons (which is what I have read in all of the very informed posts above). A d-Jax plus a Maclin plus an Avant plus a Cooper is worth twice as much as the individual parts, precisely because you can’t defense them all the same way. They have such a combination of speed, YAC, acceleration, leap/height, that you get mismatches somewhere on every play. Just ask TO what happened when he went to play with a bunch of egotistical individualists employed by the biggest a$$hole egotistical individualist Jerry Jones. You end up achieving less, unhappy, and ultimately making less.

D-Jax needs to decide if he’s in it for good money, and for winning — or for the most money, irrespective of what team he ends up playing for. A tough decision for a 24 yr old. At 24 I’m not sure I’d have made the right decision. Lets hope he grows up quickly and recognizes the real choice he faces. The best evidence of that would be to have him fire Rosenhaus.

Anyone know who Vick’s agent is? 7of all people ought to be able to tell DeSean that even with all the money Atlanta was paying him that it was nothing compared to what we have here. Focus on football. Win the big one. Become immortal. He will have all the money, fame and adulation that he could ever need – whether in his comp from the eagles or in whatever endorsements he does for the rest of his life. Please listen to sense, D-Jax. You have a window of opportunity to be immortal that more talented players than you never had. Don’t throw it away. Focus on your team. Do whatever you can to contribute. Go have fun and be great – the rest will follow. Fire PSR – he isn’t after the same things you are.

It probably all depends on the defense he’s facing. If they play two-deep the whole time like Chicago did he’s not gonna get those long ones that pad his stats.

DJax reminds me of a 5’10" Randy Moss, not the most physical but don’t blink because he’ll be jogging backwards into the endzone on you. I rank him just out of the top ten
1. A Johnson
2. Wayne
3. Fitz
4. R White
5. Bowe
6. C Johnson
7. Marshall
8. H Nicks
9. Boldin
10. S Holmes
11. G Jennings
12. D Jax

The maybe a few WR’s are AS good Austin, Dez, Colston, welker but not BETTER!

He’s an AllStar…