DeSean Jackson, Philadelphia Eagle (PIMP)

[Feva]

Any doubt Smith re-signs with the Giants next season then reverts back to his 3rd down specialist 100 catch self?

The guy's a straight double agent...

[Sgt PSN]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/11/14/financial-woes-may-be-driving-deseans-actions/

It's from Eskin, so take it fwiw, but I can't think of any reason why he'd be making this up or anything. 

According to Howard Eskin of WIP speaking to Florio on PFT Live Monday, Jackson has serious financial issues.

"From what I'm told, [Jackson] owes Drew Rosenhaus a lot of money. . . . We're talking hundreds of thousands of dollars. Is he broke? I don't know how you define broke, but I know when he signs his new deal he will owe Drew Rosenhaus a lot of money."

[Diomedes]

Do you mean to tell me that a taunting, showboat player on the field lives beyond his (considerable) means off the field?  Shocking.

[Sgt PSN]

It's hard to believe, but yes, I do believe that is exactly what happened. 

[MDS]

title goes green before it goes black

[Eagaholic]

He shouldn't have been buying that kid all that shtein.

[hbionic]

Maybe he was lending it to him?

[SD]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-eagles-jackson

Jackson speaks to Reid, teammates after benching

By ROB MAADDI, AP Pro Football Writer 2 hours, 32 minutes ago

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PHILADELPHIA (AP)—Banished from the stadium, DeSean Jackson(notes) had to watch his team's latest loss on television.

Considering how poorly the Eagles played, that was a harsh punishment.

The Pro Bowl receiver spoke to coach Andy Reid and his teammates, and is ready to move forward after being deactivated Sunday because he missed a meeting.

"Everyone knows the situation, knows the case," Jackson said Monday. "As a professional and as a man, you just really have to handle things. I can admit to some things that I've done, that I need to better, which I think everybody at a period of time in their life figures out what it is."

Jackson didn't attend a special teams meeting Saturday morning and was told to stay home the next day. The Eagles lost to Arizona 21-17 to fall to 3-6 in a season that began with Super Bowl aspirations.

Jackson didn't deny that he purposely skipped the meeting to make a statement because he's upset about his contract situation. He's in the final year of his rookie contract and made it clear he wants a new deal when he held out 11 days in training camp.

"Everybody knows the contract situation," Jackson said. "As a human being, there are things you have to go through in life. I realize what it is. I'm just ready to just continue and just go forward. I'm not thinking about nothing else that happened. Whatever I did in the past, it's over. It's done. I know what I need to do and I'm going to make it happen."

Jackson hasn't been productive this season. He has only 29 catches for 503 yards and two touchdowns. He averaged 57 receptions, 1,041 yards and six TDs his first three seasons to go along with three TDs rushing and four on punt returns.

But Jackson's presence opens things up for others on the offense. It was obvious how much the Eagles missed him against the Cardinals. Michael Vick(notes) had his worst passing game since becoming Philadelphia's starter and the offense had a season-low 289 total yards.

"Well I think any time a team sees that you don't have one of your best players on the field, they can change their strategy and their game plan in an instant," Vick said. "They're smart professional players and good ones at that, so they were able to make adjustments and made it tough for us."

Jackson said he respected Reid's decision and doesn't have any hard feelings. Reid said the situation is behind them.

"I've always had a good relationship with DeSean," he said. "I've done this with other players so we can't forget that part. I've done this two or three times with other players where I've sat them down, so it's just one of those things that happens. And I will tell you that, myself included, nobody is bigger than the football team and so, if you're wrong in a spot, then you have consequences, too. And that's how it works."

[BobbyT]

Any doubt Smith re-signs with the Giants next season then reverts back to his 3rd down specialist 100 catch self?

The guy's a straight double agent...

The stop, drop and roll was worse than the T-Rex incident with Pinkston

[Don Ho]

It was more like stop, drop, cease and desist.  I still can't believe that.  He sure did overtake Pinkston and Watters for the title of biggest Hoyda.

[PhillyPhreak54]

The in debt to Rosenhaus thing is mildly interesting...

As much as I love the guy I hope that he didn't miss a meeting on purpose because of the contract. I firmly believe the FO should pay him but that is not the way to go about it.

[methdeez]

The in debt to Rosenhaus thing is mildly interesting...

As much as I love the guy I hope that he didn't miss a meeting on purpose because of the contract. I firmly believe the FO should pay him but that is not the way to go about it.

I believe the other side of the conspiracy theory.
I think the FO saw an opportunity to increase their bargaining leverage for a game they thought they wouldn't need him to win.
I'm sure he missed the meeting, but I am equally sure that less valuable players have done more and gotten punished less.
It's like a over the last years ago when a players got busted riding in a car with weed. Practice squad/bubble players = cut. Important players = not cut.

[Sgt PSN]

Word on the street is that this wasn't an isolated incident and that there have been problems brewing with him and punctuality, conduct, etc.  Nothing specific has been mentioned, so right now it's just speculation, but if it's true that this was more of a last straw incident than it was the FO trying to gain bargaining leverage. 

If by chance though, this was the FO trying to gain bargaining leverage, huge LOL @ them after that loss. 

[reese125]

Bargaining leverage?

So if the Eagles beat the Cardinals the FO would have had more? There is no leverage of any kind beating that team.

[Sgt PSN]

Jackson tweeted this over the summer.  There's nothing wrong with spending 2% of your annual income on a bar tab, right?