Nick Piccone
While Saturday night’s game for the Eagles against the Redskins is the biggest game of the season, we’re going to hear about one specific individual every day until then, throughout the game, and then probably even after the game ends.
DeSean Jackson’s been having a good year with Kirk Cousins at the helm in Washington, so it wouldn’t surprise me if he had a big game against his old team again. But Saturday’s game means a lot more than Jackson’s second homecoming to Philly – it’s basically for a playoff spot. And one would think that means a lot more to Jackson than exacting his own personal revenge on his former team.
Oh, wait. Nevermind. We are talking about DeSean Jackson.
Did someone say Philly? Of course, that was Jackson’s NFL home for six seasons before Chip Kelly unceremoniously dumped him in April of 2014. Jackson wants to be careful no to make it about himself.
“Inside, I definitely will be going crazy in my mind, but I don’t want to make it a bigger game than what it already is,” he said to reporters after the game.
But he couldn’t hide his enthusiasm as he wrapped things up from the podium at FedEx Field.
“Can’t get any better than going back to Philly, Saturday night football,” he said.
“Let’s get it!”
That’s cute. Jackson didn’t want to make the same exact mistake LeSean McCoy did by making the same exact mistake McCoy did. Guy’s got smarts.