Sporting News Conversation: DeSean Jackson
Article By sgreenberg.tsn on 13th May, 2010
DeSean Jackson had only one NFL game-breaking play under his belt — a 68-yard punt return for a touchdown — when the rookie caught a pass in front of ruthless Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis in Week 12 of the 2008 season. "I saw him coming and I ran out of bounds," Jackson recalls. "I'm walking back to the huddle and Ray's like, 'Young fella, I ain't gonna kill you! I like your game. Keep doing what you're doing.' "
DeSean Jackson, a 23-year-old receiver out of California, enters his third season with the Eagles. Of course, the Eagles' brightest young star since Donovan McNabb was only getting started. In his spectacular second season, Jackson tied an NFL record with eight touchdowns (five receiving, one rushing and two on punt returns) of 50 yards or longer. He ranked second in the league in yards per catch (18.6) and first in yards per punt return (15.2). Perhaps most impressive, he became the first player in NFL history to earn a Pro Bowl selection at two positions in the same season.
So when the 23-year-old Jackson reacted to April's trade of McNabb to Washington by saying — on his Philly radio show — that "it was time for a change," it created major waves. This was the new No. 1 football star in town talking. At the Eagles' training facility one day after that controversial remark, Jackson talked about McNabb and much more with Sporting News' Steve Greenberg.
SN: For those of us who've been watching basketball and baseball, has anything interesting happened with the Eagles this offseason?
Jackson: Yeah, a little bit, right? Just a quarterback change and a couple other key guys that were here a long time and aren't part of us anymore.
SN: When you said of the McNabb trade that "it was time for a change," what, exactly, did you mean by that?
Jackson: I'm not here in charge of the front office. I'm here to handle what I can d...
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DeSean Jackson, a 23-year-old receiver out of California, enters his third season with the Eagles. Of course, the Eagles' brightest young star since Donovan McNabb was only getting started. In his spectacular second season, Jackson tied an NFL record with eight touchdowns (five receiving, one rushing and two on punt returns) of 50 yards or longer. He ranked second in the league in yards per catch (18.6) and first in yards per punt return (15.2). Perhaps most impressive, he became the first player in NFL history to earn a Pro Bowl selection at two positions in the same season.
So when the 23-year-old Jackson reacted to April's trade of McNabb to Washington by saying — on his Philly radio show — that "it was time for a change," it created major waves. This was the new No. 1 football star in town talking. At the Eagles' training facility one day after that controversial remark, Jackson talked about McNabb and much more with Sporting News' Steve Greenberg.
SN: For those of us who've been watching basketball and baseball, has anything interesting happened with the Eagles this offseason?
Jackson: Yeah, a little bit, right? Just a quarterback change and a couple other key guys that were here a long time and aren't part of us anymore.
SN: When you said of the McNabb trade that "it was time for a change," what, exactly, did you mean by that?
Jackson: I'm not here in charge of the front office. I'm here to handle what I can d...
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