After an offseason of speculation on the future of DeSean Jackson, we now know his 2019 season won’t be with the Buccaneers.
Jackson was traded to the Eagles on Monday afternoon according to NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport. The move frees up $10 million in cap space for Tampa Bay.
Trade news, on live TV: DeSean Jackson gets what he wants, a ticket out of Tampa and a new home with the #Eagles. pic.twitter.com/81hkXk3ZYg
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 11, 2019
Tampa Bay will receive a sixth round pick in 2019, and a conditional seventh round pick in 2020.
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The Buccaneers have been desperate to free up cap space, and despite high praise from head coach Bruce Arians and general manager Jason Licht and suggesting he could return to Tampa Bay, the Bucs have dealt the unhappy star receiver back to the Eagles, the team who drafted him and where he had some of his best seasons.
Mark Cook currently is the director of editorial content and Bucs beat writer and has written for PewterReport.com since 2011. Cook has followed the Buccaneers since 1977 when he first began watching football with his Dad and is fond of the 1979 Bucs team that came within 10 points of going to a Super Bowl. His favorite Bucs game is still the 1979 divisional playoff win 24-17 over the Eagles. In his spare time Cook enjoys playing guitar, fishing, the beach and family time.Cook is a native of Pinecrest in Eastern Hillsborough County and has written for numerous publications including the Tampa Tribune, In the Field and Ya'll Magazine. Cook can be reached at [email protected]
