Estelar DeSean Jackson pasa de Eagles a Redskins

WASHINGTON (AP) — Los Redskins de Washington hicieron su adquisición más importante de la pretemporada el martes al firmar al wide receiver DeSean Jackson, quien ha participado en tres Juegos de Estrellas, menos de una semana después de que los Eagles lo dejaron en libertad.

El publicista de Jackson anunció en la red social Twitter que Jackson se encontraba firmando con los Redskins luego de dos días de reuniones con entrenadores y autoridades del equipo.

Jackson también hizo el anuncio en la red diciendo: "Será (su nuevo uniforme) color bermellón y amarillo".

El lunes por la noche llegó a la capital de Estados Unidos y pasó la mayor parte del martes en las instalaciones del club mientras su representante negociaba el contrato.

Jackson impuso una marca personal de 82 atrapadas para ganancia de 1.332 yardas la campaña pasada para Filadelfia, pero los campeones de la división Este de la Nacional

set career-highs with 82 catches for 1,332 yards last season for the NFC East champion Eagles, but Philadelphia tried to trade him and then cut him last week amid reports of off-the-field concerns. Jackson issued a statement denying he was associated with street gangs.

The Redskins, coming off a 3-13 season, had been looking for a versatile threat to add to an offense that includes Robert Griffin III, Pierre Garcon, Andre Roberts, Jordan Reed and Alfred Morris.

Jackson becomes the second player the Redskins have lured from an NFC East rival this offseason. Defensive lineman Jason Hatcher signed with Washington after eight seasons with the Dallas Cowboys.

Jackson's signing is the first headliner move since the hiring of coach Jay Gruden and since general manager Bruce Allen was put in charge of the roster, but it echoes a familiar pattern from past years under Redskins owner Dan Snyder: Go after the hot name and live with whatever baggage there might be. The strategy has often failed — Albert Haynesworth and Donovan McNabb are recent examples — but the 27-year-old Jackson is still in his prime.

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