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DeSean Jackson: If Holdout Ends Monday Eagles Will Have a Tough Decision

August 6, 2011   ·     ·   Jump to comments

DeSean Jackson will end his holdout and report to the Philadelphia Eagles training camp at Lehigh University on Monday, Jeff McLane of the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
Jackson and his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, have been pretty quiet about the ordeal. Perhaps Rosenhaus learned a few things from the Terrell Owens debacle back in 2005. Owens hired Rosenhaus after he thought he outperformed his contract. With a new agent on board Owens let everyone know how he felt by holding a press conference at his house and doing sit-ups in his driveway among other things.
The Eagles didn't blink and when Owens continued to create distractions he was dismissed from the team after seven games.
The Eagles can't be too happy about Jackson holding out this long, but at least it has not escalated into a situation similar to T.O.  And  if Jackson does report on Monday he would be giving in and playing by the Eagles' rules, which are simple: They don't neg...

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