Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston lobbed on Wednesday for the club to sign Redskins wide receiver DeSean Jackson in free agency, according to Greg Auman of the Tampa Bay Times. “I’ve met him before, and we want DeSean. You better believe we want DeSean here,” Winston said. “I think he would be a great asset to our team. Me growing up an Eagles fan, seeing what he did for the Eagles and back in his Cal days and even with the Redskins, I would love to have DeSean.” The 30-year-old Jackson is coming off his fifth 1,000-yard season and might command upward of $10MM annually on the open market. Tampa Bay is among the NFL’s leaders in cap space, though, and PFR’s Dallas Robinson noted Monday that the speedy Jackson could be a fit for its receiver-needy offense.
More from the NFC:
- Saints defensive tackle Nick Fairley is likely to test free agency, and if he does, he could seek a contract worth around $10MM per year, writes Larry Holder of NOLA.com. The Saints would likely go to around around $6MM per annum for Fairley, suggests Holder. An annual average of $10MM would be a notable step up for a player who had to settle for one-year deals in each of the previous two offseasons. Fairley, 29, made $3MM last season in potentially his only year in New Orleans and totaled career highs in starts (16), tackles (43) and sacks (6.5).
- It’s possible the Lions will do something significant at tight end this offseason, per ESPN.com’s Michael Rothstein, who lists the Patriots’ Martellus Bennett as a potential target in free agency. Signing Bennett, who appears likely to leave New England, would cloud starting tight end Eric Ebron‘s future in Detroit. Still just 23, Ebron set career highs in receptions (61), targets (86) and yards (711) last season, though he finished toward the bottom of the league in drops (seven) and only caught one touchdown. The Lions must decide by May whether to exercise Ebron’s fifth-year option for 2018.
- Speaking of the state of Michigan, Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh took a shot at 49ers CEO Jed York on Thursday in a podcast with Tim Kawakami of the Mercury News. Harbaugh quipped that he deserves “an endurance medal” for working with the much-maligned York for four years, from 2011-14. San Francisco was a powerhouse under Harbaugh, as it went 44-19-1 and earned a Super Bowl berth, but the two sides parted ways over his poor relationship with management. The polarizing Colin Kaepernick was Harbaugh’s starting quarterback for most of the coach’s tenure in the Bay Area, and Harbaugh told Kawakami that “there’s no doubt” Kaepernick is still capable of being a No. 1 signal-caller. Kaepernick’s time with the Niners could be on the verge of ending, though he did have a positive meeting Wednesday with new general manager John Lynch.
If Harbaugh thinks Kaepernick is #1 QB, he’s dumb as a box of rocks. But, of course he’s going to say that because he scouted Kaepernick, he worked Kaepernick out and shafted Alex Smith and got him traded to Chiefs for Kaepernick.
By 2014 the NFL had so caught up to Kaepernick that he has been completely ineffective. For example, even though Gabbert is terrible, the 49ers scored almost a TD a game more. If Gabbert didn’t turn the ball over like it made of hot butter he’d have never lost the job to Kaepernick.
Trade back for Alex Smith ?
If the 49ers keep Kapernick they will lose many loyal fans. What a sad ending for a once great franchise. Fan since 1950’s.
It’s so ridiculous all the Kap hate! I mean the guy isn’t great, but he’s definitely the best option the 49ers have. That team is a dumpster fire from management on down, and it’s devoid of talent outside of Hyde.
I can’t wait to Kap kneeling for a better franchise next year!
I personally think Kap is still a good quarterback 49ers took away every weapon he had thinking he was gonna be invincible with out any help. Surrounded by a good team I think Kap can be effective
You think he’s good when he can’t hit an open receiver right in front of him. He was a running threat qb. Defenses figured out his game and shut him down. You guys see one ok year and he’s still good. There is no way he’s our best choice. You guys gotta get over the one year and see his horrible some after. Sorry he’s a good athlete but he’s no quarter back. Can’t wait till he’s gone. And I agree that tons of fans will throw in the towel if the niners keep him. Hope they don’t. That’s why he wants to talk to management it’s gonna be hard for him find a team.
Holy crap there’s no way to please 49er fans, decades of great teams, 4 pretty good years with JH but 2 bad years and you completely turn on your teams FO, and QB that lead you to a super bowl and NFC Championship in back to back years!
It’s ridiculous, whether you like it or not Kap is the best option you have there’s no question about it, he’s had to put up with your bull crap for years. And no matter what you think, he’s at least a top 20 QB. And to look at the past 2 seasons and judge his performance on it isn’t fair, he went from having a great coach to having 2 new coaches in 2 years and now it’s the 3rd in 3 seasons!!! How can you expect someone to improve or be good when the have to learn a new offense every offseason
we turned on balkee once he was chosen over harbaugh. we never wanted him gone, balkee drafted aldon Smith over jj watt, aj jenkins over alshon Jefferey, wasted round 2 pick lamichael James. this just off top of my head. This is why we turned on FO. We didn’t like jed ever haha