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Apparently no one even offered a 6th, because that's in essence what the Patriots wanted to give. They don't have a 6th rounder in the upcoming draft, so they offered a 5th, and get the Brown's 7th back if Gordon doesn't play 10 games this season. I can't see how we couldn't have gotten the deal done with a presumably much higher value 5th rounder, and for the fact that it gets him out of the AFC.

I think had we kept Jackson, our WR positional depth wouldn't be as dire, and the JAGs we have lining up currently would look a lot better. Last season when Cousins was still here, that would've certainly translated to more production from the position. I mean Jackson's production this year with Tampa has already exceeded Pryor's total 2017 contribution to the Redskins. We know Cousins left because of money...but perhaps it was made even easier when he saw the team gut the WR position for no good reason. It's not like they let DJax and Garcon walk to offer him the contract he desired. Alex Smith also showed last season that he'll air it out, if his guy is open. Tyreek Hill had 8 games with catches over 40 yards. Yesterday I don't recall seeing very many plays where our receivers got more than minimal separation, which has never been a knock on Jackson. And even if Alex Smith wouldn't have targeted Jackson as much as everyone would've liked, defenses would have played us differently because they have to respect him. That means no teeing off on the short stuff, no extra man in the box. Right now teams really don't even respect our passing game, because no one is a downfield, take the top off the defense threat. Bruce outsmarted himself, and the savings we realized hasn't translated into a better roster, or more wins. Just another position that we needlessly have to scramble to address.

Tampa can get out of Jackson's contract after this season, with zero cap hit. Otherwise, next season his cap number is $10 M. We're hoping and praying Richardson develops into something (that he hasn't flashed to date), because we gain nothing monetarily from cutting him until 2021. Put it this way, in 2016, DJax had more 40+ yard catches, than Richardson has had in his career.

Jackson covered up a lot of inefficiencies in this offense. You couldn't drop safeties in the box and leave him one on one. Right now, we don't even have receivers that can consistently beat their man, let alone zone coverages. The main reason he had a down season was because he had Winston as a QB, who didn't know how to get him the ball in space. I wouldn't be surprised if his numbers dip again, should Winston be named the starter after his suspension. We already knew that Cousins was capable of getting Jackson the ball down the field. And if we had approached him before he hit free agency, we probably could've gotten him for less than ~$11 M per. Either way, it's inexcusable to go from two very good receivers, to zero...then act surprised the passing game isn't working. Nobody but homers thought P-Rich and Doctson would be able to replace that production, considering they never had before.

Probably means we could've had him for a 6th. I don't understand why they would send him to the one organization that wouldn't be desperate enough to play him 10 games if he isn't working out. They may very well get no compensation for him, or he could have a career revival that makes them look really stupid for trading him in the first place.

Report: Dez Bryant not on radar in Washington right now If true, this front office is more delusional than I could've imagined. "Not in our plans", or "not interested"...I'd be fine with. "No room"?! Lol.

Aetna's just doing what they said they were going to do if the Feds blocked their proposed merger with Humana... http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-aetna-obamacare-20170123-story.html