And with that, DeSean, don't let the locker-room door hit you in the butt on the way out next week.
Assuming Jeff Lurie doesn't fire Reid and Joe Banner in the next few days and bring in Drew Rosenhaus to run his organization, Jackson will play just one more game with the Eagles and then he will be gone. The only lingering question appears to be the method of his departure. The Eagles could place the franchise-player designation on him in February and then try to trade him. Or they could just let him walk.
The problem with franchising him is that he and Rosenhaus might call the Eagles' bluff and sign a 1-year franchise tender, which would be the average of the league's five highest-paid wideouts, about $11 million. Franchise tenders are guaranteed, so the Eagles wouldn't be able to release him later if they failed to find a buyer.
I know what many of you are thinking right now: Why is this an issue? Jackson is one of the league's most dangerous wideouts. Ask a defensive coordinator, any defensive coordinator, to name the five wideouts who most scare the bejesus out of them and DeSean almost certainly will get a mention.
But how much is fear worth? Is it worth as much as 90-plus catches a year? Is it worth as much as 12 touchdown receptions a season?
Jackson feels he is one of the league's best wideouts and wants to be paid like one. But while you can't question his talent, you can question his production.
That, along with the fact that he weighs less than Jason Peters' left leg and already has had two concussions and frequently can be a royal pain in the butt to coach is why his 4-year marriage with the Eagles is about to end.
