Washington Redskins wide receiver DeSean Jackson (shoulder) has made it pretty evident that he expects to play in Sunday’s game against his former team, the Philadelphia Eagles.
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But Jackson was a little more blunt about the matter when speaking to Eagles running back LeSean McCoy, telling last season’s rushing champion “I’m playin,” according to CBS Philadelphia.
"The former Eagles’ 2008 second-round draft pick, who suffered a mild sprain of the AC joint in his left shoulder last Sunday, reached out to his old buddy LeSean McCoy via text on Tuesday.“Just talkin’ about that he’s seen the game last night, and we looked good, and you know he said a little bit of this and that,” McCoy told Anthony Gargano and Ike Reese on 94WIP’s Players Lounge show of his text conversation with Jackson. “He’s [Jackson] playing. He’s definitely playing. That’s the first thing he text, he said, ‘I’m playin’.’”"
Well, there you have it.
It was always hard to imagine a scenario in which Jackson didn’t try to give it a go, considering he and the Eagles had a bad breakup. Philly outright released him this summer when Jackson’s alleged gang affiliations were made known.
For Jackson to exact revenge on Philly, he and the Redskins will need a strong performance from quarterback Kirk Cousins. Replacing an injured Robert Griffin III, Cousins threw for 250 yards and two touchdowns on 22-33 passing in Washington’s 41-10 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 2.
Jackson had just one catch in the contest before suffering the shoulder injury.
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