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DeSean Jackson

Big-play wideout won't lack for free-agent suitors

DeSean Jackson is headed for free agency. He said yesterday he wants to stay in Washington, but it remains to be seen if Washington will pay him enough to keep him. Arguably the league's best big-play receiver will have plenty of interested teams.

The Bucs, Eagles and Rams are among the teams who may be interested in signing him; this article talks about Tampa Bay's possible interest in a complement to Mike Evans. Would be interesting to think how the Eagles might have benefited had they never let him go in the first place.

Last year 49 different receivers went over 800 receiving yards. Jackson's 17.9 yards per reception average led the league, nearly a yard better than anyone else. It isn't hard to imagine teams getting in a bidding war to bring that kind of difference-maker in.

The 49 receivers with over 800 yards last season, sorted by yards per catch, are shown below.

NFL RECEIVERS, YARDS PER CATCH (2016)
Player NoYardsAvg TD
DeSean Jackson 561,00517.94
Julio Jones 831,40917.06
Marvin Jones 5593016.94
T.Y. Hilton 911,44815.96
Alshon Jeffery 5282115.82
Tyrell Williams 691,05915.37
Brandin Cooks 781,17315.08
Kelvin Benjamin 6394114.97
Quincy Enunwa 5885714.84
Kenny Britt 681,00214.75
A.J. Green 6696414.64
Rishard Matthews 6594514.59
Jimmy Graham 6592314.26
Mike Wallace 721,01714.14
Adam Thielen 6996714.05
Dontrelle Inman 5881014.04
Amari Cooper 831,15313.95
Mike Evans 961,32113.812
Odell Beckham 1011,36713.510
Cameron Meredith 6688813.54
Brandon LaFell 6486213.56
Marqise Lee 6385113.53
Greg Olsen 801,07313.43
Davante Adams 7599713.312
Travis Kelce 851,12513.24
Pierre Garcon 791,04113.23
Emmanuel Sanders 791,03213.15
Terrelle Pryor 771,00713.14
Jordy Nelson 971,25713.014
Jamison Crowder 6784712.67
Michael Thomas 921,13712.49
Willie Snead 7289512.44
Delanie Walker 6580012.37
DeAndre Hopkins 7895412.24
Antonio Brown 1061,28412.112
Jarvis Landry 941,13612.14
Allen Robinson 7388312.16
Doug Baldwin 941,12812.07
Demaryius Thomas 901,08312.05
Golden Tate 911,07711.84
Julian Edelman 981,10611.33
Michael Crabtree 891,00311.38
Cole Beasley 7583311.15
David Johnson 8087911.04
Jordan Matthews 7380411.03
Stefon Diggs 8490310.83
Zach Ertz 7881610.54
Kyle Rudolph 8384010.17
Larry Fitzgerald 1071,0239.66

--Andy Richardson

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