Redskins Sign DeSean Jackson

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

I have a question for those worried about Desean Jackson coming back in a year wanting more money (Lotus, this is in your ballpark ).

I know he has done that in the past, but it was with a different organization, and more to my question/point here, a different owner.

One of my arguments why Snyder is a good owner, is he's willing to pay for the talent on his team. Yes he has relied on bad advisors in the past but if a coach and player both were on board with a player, seems like making the money part work isn't the issue.

So my question/thought is - Is it fair to assume that a guy who always wanted money will have those same feelings from a Dan Snyder owned team? I know we aren't going to just restructure to make every player happy on a whim, but have we ever had a player who felt that he was treated badly by this organization?

The examples of players feeling they were treated bad that would come to my mind were Clark, Arrington, Rogers. But every one of those was a case where a coach muddied the waters or like in Rogers case went out of his way to make Rogers miserable (imo)

I think about your question from a different angle: my understanding is that we have had a rep of, "If you wanna get paid, go to Washington." Maybe that rep has changed. But if we do have that rep, I would expect DJax to put that rep to the test to the maximum of his ability. But who knows what he will do.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Lotus

I think about your question from a different angle: my understanding is that we have had a rep of, "If you wanna get paid, go to Washington." Maybe that rep has changed. But if we do have that rep, I would expect DJax to put that rep to the test to the maximum of his ability. But who knows what he will do.

Well, I am pretty sure the rep changed once Allen came in. If you go to that angle though, the thought generally followed that the players stopped working once they got here or once they got their money. I haven't seen anything to imply Jackson wasn't going to work hard once he did get paid, just that he might slack off if he felt slighted or felt that he was worth more.

[ethat001]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Well, I am pretty sure the rep changed once Allen came in. If you go to that angle though, the thought generally followed that the players stopped working once they got here or once they got their money. I haven't seen anything to imply Jackson wasn't going to work hard once he did get paid, just that he might slack off if he felt slighted or felt that he was worth more.

DJax did NOT get a huge contract, it's actually LESS than what he was making before, and he has something to prove given his injured reputation. It's a three year contract but I think we could dump him after year 2 and have minimal salary cap charges.

Point is, it's dramatically different than the $100 million dollar / $40 million guaranteed Haynesworth deals. That was a big payday for Haynesworth - but DJax's deal is less than he was making.

I have no probs w him taking preplanned vacation. He'll be here soon enough.