DeSean Jackson has agreed to sign with the Raiders (Twitter link via Josina Anderson of ESPN.com). Terms of the deal are not yet known, but he’ll earn more than the veteran’s minimum, according to NFL.com’s Mike Garafolo (Twitter link). 
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Jackson, dropped by the Rams last week, reportedly drew interest from seven teams. The Raiders were aggressive from the jump, aiming to sign the 34-year-old in the wake of Henry Ruggs‘ release. They got the deal done on Sunday afternoon, providing quarterback Derek Carr with the deep threat he needs.
Plenty of teams wanted Jackson, though no GM was willing to pay the remainder of his $2.75MM base salary. The Raiders got him for less than half of that price and they’ll probably target him a whole lot more than the Rams did. Jackson only played on ~1/3rd of the Rams snaps and didn’t top 25 snaps in any single game. To date, he has just eight catches in 2021. But, in classic DJax fashion, he’s made the most of them with 221 yards and one touchdown.
The Raiders are down to 5-3 after today’s loss to the Giants. Jackson will try and get them back in the win column next Sunday when they host the Chiefs in Las Vegas.
Not a fan of this signing. From a football standpoint I get it. From the standpoint of the guy being proud to show off racist, anti-Semitic comments and get away with it this guy can kick rocks.
Get away with it?
The Davis family are Jewish so they must of felt comfortable signing off on this. I think anti-Semitic behavior is deplorable. I also feel second chances are in order for prior behaviors
Crybaby Jackson find yet another team to deal with is diva persona…not to mention the dumpster fire that’s been happening in LV. Ooof
Drive safe.
This is a good signing from a need standpoint. He gives us a vertical threat that we lack with Ruggs off the squad. I’m a little bit concerned though that we didn’t see Edwards step up yesterday, he had 0 catches on 4 targets. Might need to see if OBJ can give us another option as well as signing DJax but thats not likely.
Yesterday, there were several plays where you could see Carr look deep first, then have to settle for dump-offs to Jacobs. No deep threat made a huge difference and probably helped to squeeze the gaps in the middle of the field too, which I’m sure didn’t help Edwards much. I don’t love the idea of Desean Jackson on this team but he definitely brings back that threat that keeps the defense stretched. And let’s also remember how good Carr made Nelson Agholor look last season.
Bad signing.
He’s still a deep threat… when he’s healthy. His injuries killed his return with the Eagles.
When you flush it ends up at the Raiders stadium.
When you flush it ends up at the Raiders stadium. Wonder if they teach them not to be disgusting in emails now.
Vegas used to be such a book town. I wonder if Raiders dropped the property value
Gruden fired for making fun of a guys lips, and the same organization signs an anti-Semite.
That about sums up 2021.