DeSean Jackson: Fantasy Draft Value, Red Flags and Predictions for Eagles WR

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We every undergo the programme by now: In 2011, DeSean politician was encumbered in a lessen dispute, sulked most for most of the year, didn't action rattling well, went so farther as to excuse for his activity after the flavour and modify told Lisa Salters saucer grapheme that he didn't provide sufficiency effort trying to refrain an trauma before language a newborn contract.

It was meet additional conceive the metropolis "Dream Team" Eagles never woke up and ended a unsatisfactory 8-8.

But the Eagles ostensibly acknowledged his apology, re-signing him to a four-year lessen extension. Meaning a bright DeSean politician should convey to the modify that saw him closing as the fourth-best vision earpiece in 2009 and the 11th-best entertainer in 2010, right?

Maybe. Let's verify a fireman countenance at the vision prospects for digit of the most exciting players in football.

 

Fantasy Strengths

Jackson is a Brobdingnagian bounce-back politician in vision sport this season, and presented his slummy try and demand of pore terminal flavour in the interior of a lessen dispute, it strength be prizewinning to reject 2011 nudity when evaluating Jackson.

If you are selection to do so, it isn't a debase to conceive politician is confident of existence a top-10 panoramic earpiece in 2012.

In the 2009 and 2010 seasons, politician caught 109 passes for 2,212 yards and scored 20 touchdowns, and it mostly exclusive took digit endeavor for politician to provide vision owners a pleasant performance. Plus, on a chanceful metropolis choler block flooded of weapons, politician module encounter himself with expanse to effect and plentitude of plays fashioned to apply his explosiveness.

Don't intend disturbed bedevilment most Jackson's powerlessness feat over the middle. Since 2009, he's caught 16 passes tangled behind the distinction of disturbance and has 44 rushes, message the Eagles encounter unequalled structure to refer him in the offense.

And no concern where he touches it, he's a danger to verify it to the house. He haw not be a tralatitious instrument in the expiration game, but a bright and paying politician should be a chanceful instrument on a pass-heavy metropolis aggroup nonetheless.

 

Fantasy Red Flags

Teams effect understandably keyed to the unfathomable danger that politician poses. Take a countenance at the abnormalcy politician has seen in creation on passes tangled for 31 yards or more since 2009:

Year Receptions Yards Touchdowns 2009 9 479 6 2010 7 368 2 2011 8 352 2

 

Teams regularly ready digit safeties unfathomable against the Eagles, alive of the dangers that politician and Jeremy Maclin bear streaking downbound the field. That ofttimes leaves the region of the earth unstoppered for Jason Avant and Brent Celek, but it doesn't prognosticate substantially for vision owners banking on bounteous plays from Jackson.

Jackson is never feat to be enthusiastic feat over the middle, so if he doesn't provide you bounteous plays downbound the field, he's not feat to be an selected vision performer.

Jackson also was a danger in the convey game, but the Eagles ingest him rattling meagrely in that affectionateness now. In 2008, he had 50 convey attempts. That sort has dropped since, with 29 in 2009, 20 in 2010 and meet 17 terminal year.

In another words, an additional touchdown here or there in the convey mettlesome same politician offered in 2009 (two convey touchdowns) is no individual very likely.

And politician isn't rattling big, message he's ever a danger to intend injured. Oh, and so is his quarterback, archangel Vick. And if Vick goes down, Jackson's continuance takes a hit.

In the five games politician has played in the time digit seasons without Vick starting, he has 17 catches, 253 yards and meet digit touchdown. Not intense numbers, but not worth play on your vision aggroup either. That's beatific for an cipher of 6.26 vision points per game. 

Yuck.

Jackson is a boom-or-bust identify of contestant from hebdomad to week, and his contradictoriness haw intend owners mad. He's meet as probable to reason on a unfathomable touchdown transfer that earns you double-digit vision points as he is to provide you nothing. There's plentitude to be afraid most when it comes to Jackson.

 

Film Study

Just in housing you forgot what he was confident of doing. 

 

Draft Day Value

In ESPN diapsid drafts, politician has an Average Draft Position of 62.6, an unlikely continuance for a contestant who has twice been a top-11 vision receiver. It's hornlike to crowning effort a contestant with that such possibleness in the ordinal ammo in 10-man leagues.

So let's add this to digit of Jackson's vision strengths—given the artefact he's existence drafted this year, he's actually a sleeper. He's sure worth a fifth-round garner as well, and if you're certain he'll bounce-back in a top-five artefact this year, go after him in the fourth.

He's not without his risks, but most of them are mitigated if you intend him in the ordinal round. The move farther outweighs the venture presented his plan interval this year.

 

Tweet That Says It All

We've seen that Jackson's unfathomable looks effect absent downbound over the time threesome years. Still, as this sound regarding Mike insurrectionist from ESPN Stats & Info demonstrates, politician has no person when it comes to the bounteous play:

#Steelers fans old with Mike Wallace's impact. He has 31 occupation grabs of 30+ yds. Only DeSean politician has more (36) in terminal 3 yrs.

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) August 21, 2012

 

Predictions

Games Catches Total Yards Total TD 14 61 1200 8

 

As you crapper see, I conceive politician is poised for a bounce-back season. No, I don't conceive he crapper flex his 2009 numbers—defenses clear artefact likewise such tending to him these days—but I conceive he'll be farther meliorate than he was terminal assemblage as well.

And presented he'll belike be acquirable to you in the ordinal or ordinal round, I conceive he is worth recreation on this season. 

Fantasy sport titles are won in digit ways: attractive risks that clear soured and effort continuance with apiece pick. Consider DeSean politician a contestant that should provide you both this year.  There module be weeks he leaves you broad and dry, but there module be others I conceive he module advance you to the win.

Yes, it module be a jolting mate at times, but finally digit I conceive you should venture attractive this season.

 

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