It looks like DeSean Jackson will return to the Eagles. They have reached an agreement with the Buccaneers to bring him back, Sirius XM’s Adam Caplan reports (on Twitter).
This comes shortly after Jackson indicated he would be headed elsewhere in 2019. The Eagles were the veteran deep threat’s return destination. The Bucs will receive a 2019 sixth-round pick for Jackson and will send the Eagles a 2020 seventh-rounder in the deal, according to Chris Mortensen of ESPN.com.
Jackson played six seasons in Philadelphia, and it was the best stretch of his career. The 2008 second-round pick made three Pro Bowls as an Eagle, and although he performed well with the Redskins, he has not made a Pro Bowl since. This will be a major addition to the Eagles’ receiving corps, though, one that obviously looks quite different from the one he left. Zach Ertz remains, though, with a far bigger role than he had when Jackson was last in Philly.
One season remains on Jackson’s Bucs contract, at $10MM. The Eagles made several moves to create cap space in recent days, but that number is still high. It is possible an extension could bring that down, and Jeff McLane of Philly.com tweets an extension may well be in the cards.
Either way, this will be an upgrade for the Eagles, who have now acquired a new player for their deep-threat role in each of the past three offseasons, with Jackson following moves to land Torrey Smith (2017) and Mike Wallace. Even at 32, Jackson remains a more dangerous weapon than the Eagles’ recent two long-range targets.
Jackson did not click with Jameis Winston, his first Bucs season producing a career-low 13.4 yards per catch, but did do well with Ryan Fitzpatrick. Last season, D-Jax’s YPC figure ballooned back up to 18.9 — an NFL-best mark. Carson Wentz will now be throwing him passes, with the Eagles continuing to make splash moves to bolster their receiving corps.
This deprives Bruce Arians of a player he wanted back, though the Bucs are up against the cap. This trade does create $10MM in Bucs cap space. Tampa Bay still has Mike Evans, Chris Godwin and tight ends O.J. Howard and Cameron Brate. But the team may be set to lose Adam Humphries as well. With Jackson also gone, the formidable Bucs aerial corps may need an addition at wideout after two years of having arguably the league’s deepest receiving corps.
Maybe every wide receiver who wants to find a new home should just take to social media to make it happen. First Brown and now DeSean.
Going to be a thing. Not just for WRs either.
He was asking for a trade during the season last year, but I guess facts don’t really matter.
I wanna know what we got. Probably very little. Maybe a 6th or a pick upgrade.
2019 6th rounder and a 2020 7th rounder.
Fair price for a guy we were going to cut (despite what the Bucs may have said). I am not a big Jason Licht fan but he did ok on this.
The deal is Jackson and the Bucs 2020 7th for the Eagles 2109 6th
You are correct. An early report on 97.5 the Phanatic screwed me on that one, lol
I hear the Bucs are looking to draft Bender the robot with that 6th rd pick 89 years from now!!!!
Garbage
he lead the league in yards per catch last year
Man… wonder what he’s gonna say about this locker room cancer his precious, upstanding organization traded for? What’s he gonna predict Jackson’s possible future conduct when he doesn’t get his balls? I wonder if he thinks Jackson is a selfish diva?
He can’t go back to Philly, he got robbed there last time and somebody stole all his cash and jewelry he didn’t have…
Hmmmm…shouldn’t Jake from State Farm be informed about that?
His Philly house was allegedly robbed of $325k in cash and jewelry and a handgun. The Eagles moved on from him due to allegations of gang ties, then not long after his LA house was robbed of the same in a suspected gang related robbery. Something doesn’t look right…
If it’s more than five mill a year after the new contract, don’t like it. Cap space was for more needs.
But if it keeps Agholor in the slot, I’m ok with that.
Awesome… we just spent what little money we had to make a run at Bell, which RB is a gaping hole right now, to spend 10 million on cancer. The should have spent the cap space on cancer research, it would have been better spent that way.
This is the second time they wasted resources on a WR we don’t need.
The first being Tate, that 3rd round pick we sent for basically no reason, will come back to bite us. I know both rb and wr needs can be addressed in the daft, but after the combine, I think wr is deeper.
No Bell in this draft.
You’re clueless. It was painfully obvious the Eagles desperately needed a WR who could blow the top off of defenses last year. In DJax the Eagles have a guy who lead the league in YPC last season and he wants to be in Philly.
And please, put down the crack pipe. The Eagles were never going to get Bell nor should they. What he’s asking for as a RB is absolutely insane. There are too many good back out there and in the draft every year to be spending $18mill/yr on a RB.
Good luck with that Cancer, Polish Hammer aka 700level
Unlike toolbag licker, I only post with one name and one name only.
The Eagles have been desperate for somebody to stretch the field the past couple years, just didn’t want to this joker come back. Don’t want to see Shady either, but of the two I’d rather have seen them bring him back instead.
It’s a solid pickup. The birds lacked that big play ability to stretch the field last season. When Mike Wallace went down, that was a wrap. Torry Smith was a good weapon for Wentz. It’s not a dink and dunk offense. Wentz has a cannon to go down the field and now he has one. I’m cool with the move. And it sounds like he wanted to come back. Time will tell
It was nice to move on from the very immature DJax and Shady, but both voids have been tough to fill. I’d like to think this joker grew up since then but it’s obvious he hasn’t as he just orchestrated this exit from Tampa. As a guy known to stretch the field, how much will he be able to do this as he slows down going into his mid 30s.
Hasn’t shown much in the way of slowing down if he lead the NFL in YAC last year.
He wanted to come back and if that motivates the man to perform, I’m in. He was a beast when he was here and he’s better than Torry Smith and Mike Wallace. Give Wentz the deep man