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... I also don't understand this reason against signing DeSean Jackson: the Redskins had bigger holes to fill.

First, there's not any current free agent of any worth that you could compare to the impact of Jackson for the Redskins, whether it was at free safety or not.

Second, at the time of Jackson's release - however the Redskins handled free agency up to that point doesn't preclude signing Jackson. What I mean by this is - just because we didn't sign Darius Byrd or anyone else who we lost out on - it doesn't mean that by default the Redskins lost (in free agency) and should give up on trying to make the team better.

Third, I would argue that signing Jackson, would allow for more opporturnity to fill the "bigger" holes through the draft because there should be no reason to look at drafting a wide receiver. I would consider in a way that this recoups our first round draft pick that was lost to the Rams (somewhat more expensive, but still).