2014 NFL Schedule

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Originally Posted by Lotus

Everyone talks that way but it is not really true. Philly ejected Jackson, no one took him away. Philly was going to lose him to someone else no matter what.

Technically you're right but the impact of a 'double whammy' is to our benefit. We wouldn't be at all excited if he landed in Dallas or NY because we'd still have to face him twice a year. My Cowboy fan friends were pissed because they thought they had gotten rid of Jackson when the Eagles cut him and now they still have to face him twice.

My issue with the quoted post is that Lesean McCoy is far and away the Eagles best player, not Jackson. We will see however how much space he has now that teams don't have to account for Jackson's deep ability. There was like a 1.8 YPC difference for McCoy between when D. Jax was on or off the field.