Seeking a lift at broad receiver, the Ravens will signal veteran DeSean Jackson to the follow squad, his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, told reporters Tuesday.
Jackson, a three-time Pro Bowl choice whose manufacturing has fallen off in recent times, labored out for the Ravens on Tuesday. He stated final week, throughout an look on the “I Am Athlete” podcast, that he was fascinated by taking part in for the Ravens, Philadelphia Eagles or Green Bay Packers this season.
“Speak it into existence!!” he wrote on Instagram as a caption for a spotlight reel. He added: “#ravensflock.”
Jackson skipped coaching camp this summer time and went unsigned over the primary month of the NFL season. But even with high broad receiver Rashod Bateman recovering from a minor foot harm, Ravens normal supervisor Eric DeCosta has seemed for assist on the place. The staff’s broad receivers have mixed for 42 catches and 587 receiving yards, the third fewest within the NFL this season.
Jackson, who turns 36 in December, had 20 catches on 34 targets for 454 yards final season over seven video games with the Los Angeles Rams and 9 video games with the Las Vegas Raiders. He graded out because the NFL’s No. 73 general broad receiver, based on Pro Football Focus, simply forward of Marquise “Hollywood” Brown, whom the Ravens traded this previous offseason.
An enormous-play menace all through his first 14 NFL seasons, Jackson ought to deliver pace to an inconsistent downfield passing sport. In his third sport with the Rams final season, he had two of the quickest recorded speeds of Week 3 in a five-catch, 120-yard efficiency in opposition to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
According to Sports Info Solutions, Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has accomplished simply 5 of his 24 throws of a minimum of 20 air yards this season. In Sunday’s loss to the New York Giants, the staff’s second straight sport with out Bateman, Ravens broad receivers mixed for 5 catches for 45 yards.
DeSean Jackson has struggled to remain wholesome and productive in current seasons. He missed all however three video games in 2019, when he had 159 receiving yards, and all however 5 video games in 2020, when he completed with 236 yards.
Over his profession, DeSean Jackson, who made his NFL debut in 2008, a decade earlier than Lamar Jackson was drafted, has 632 catches for 11,110 yards and 58 touchdowns. He topped 1,000 receiving yards in 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014 and 2016.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com