Posted: Saturday, August 6, 2011, 2:10 PM | 32 comments |
 

DeSean to report Monday
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- DeSean Jackson will report to Eagles training camp on Monday, according to a source close to the wide receiver.

Jackson has already missed the first 11 days of camp. He is believed to want a new contract. The four-year receiver must report to Lehigh University by Tuesday if he doesn't want to forfeit a year toward free agency.

A message left Jackson's agent, Drew Rosenhaus, was not immediately returned Saturday.

The Eagles have not started negotiations with Jackson over an extension, a team source said. The team typically does not negotiate with holdouts, a stance reiterated by Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie on Thursday. Jackson is in the last year of a four-year deal he signed as a rookie. He is slated to earn approximately $600,000 in base salary this season.

The Eagles don't practice Tuesday but have 8:05 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. practices scheduled for Monday. It is unclear if Jackson will be able to participate in either session.

 
Posted by Jeff McLane @ 2:10 PM  Permalink | 32 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:16 PM, 08/06/2011
    He better have been working out. Need to knock the dust off him to prevent injury.
    — DRCarlson
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:30 PM, 08/06/2011
    DeSean is a cry-baby. Nobody said he had to be football player. He chose it and is making more money than 99.9% of the world right now. So, he has performed higher than his contract- who cares? If he under-performs his contract, does he return any money? Let him find something where he'll be more "appreciated"- like working for a living like the rest of us.
    — rwolffd12
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:09 PM, 08/06/2011
    You probably make more than 99.9%
    — rustypop58
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:40 PM, 08/06/2011
    Not really that much interested in D-Jax's contract situation, that'll take care of itself.

    ...but rwolffd12, by your logic, D-Jax should remain underpaid while the money he is asking for should stay in the hands of someone who makes more money than 99.999999% of the world then?

    Besides, when did it become wrong for an employee to ask for a raise when he deserves it?

    ...and we wonder why the income gap steadily increases without people doing anything about it.
    — Reality Speaks
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:36 PM, 08/06/2011
    Trade him for someone who cares about the team.
    — thomdee
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:42 PM, 08/06/2011
    you tell 'em Jeffy !
    — byteme2000
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:48 PM, 08/06/2011
    Of course he is, being fined $30k a day for not being there, that's a lot of 'making it rain' and bottle service at the clubs he's going to be missing out on. And the fact that Lurie flat out said they don't negotiate with holdouts, he wants his money, he's gotta be there. He'll get his guaranteed, and as it was said above, he's making a lot more than the rest of us, show some appreciation for a change.
    — Bleue
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:48 PM, 08/06/2011
    f DeSean.
    — Memphis Bill
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:54 PM, 08/06/2011
    He'll be in Monday night, probably. So what? Birds have something good going and he's going to be part of it one way or another. Hope Andy works him as hard as the p*ssy new CBA allows come Tuesday. He wasn't going to miss that year towards FA and it's all going to be moot and forgotten when he gets a deal from them anyway.
    — PhillySubsMac
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:54 PM, 08/06/2011
    Jets just gave Santonio Holmes a 5 year $50 million deal, that averages to $10 million per season.....DeSean only makes $500,000 this season.

    DeSean needs to make the same as Santonio Holmes....$10 million for this season.
    — frank105
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:04 PM, 08/06/2011
    He'll get 10 million a year or more. The first time he gets hit hard he'll be done and the eagles will lose out on all the guaranteed money they give him. Why dont these players ever play out their original contracts? ALL A BUNCH OF WHINNERS!!
    — nonshad
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:25 PM, 08/06/2011
    Limited number of years of earning power. Risking injury is foolish. Simple economics of the game.
    — rustypop58
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:03 PM, 08/06/2011
    It is NOT "Customary" to redo deals. This whole nonesense of "out perfomring a contract" came from TO and and his arrogant agent Drew Rosenhaus. It didn't work then and it won't work now. Djax has great talent and a questionable everthing else. That is why he isn't getting paid more...he dropped in the draft and has no one to blame that on but himself. Shut up, show up, honor the deal that you agreed to and you will be rewarded when the time comes.
    — tjpup
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