DeSean Jackson quickly puts Eagles back into Super Bowl contention
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Week 1 was a tale of new faces in new places making big impacts, be it Kyler Murray rallying Arizona to a tie, Zac Taylor transforming Andy Dalton in Cincinnati, or Odell Beckham Jr. suiting up for Cleveland, complete with six-figure watch on his left wrist.DeSean Jackson quickly puts Eagles back into Super Bowl contention
Week 1 was a tale of new faces in new places making big impacts, be it Kyler Murray rallying Arizona to a tie, Zac Taylor transforming Andy Dalton in Cincinnati, or Odell Beckham Jr. suiting up for Cleveland, complete with six-figure watch on his left wrist. Those debuts were exciting, but the most significant development of Week 1 may have involved a veteran's homecoming in his 12th year in the league. DeSean Jackson came back to the Eagles, the team that drafted him, and looked just as fast and dangerous at 32 as he did at 22. That is bad news for the rest of the NFC. He caught touchdown passes of 51 and 53 yards as the Eagles rallied from a 20-7 deficit to beat Washington, 32-27. Philadelphia made it to the divisional round last season in defense of its Super Bowl LII title, but the Eagles did so while lacking anything resembling a downfield threat. Mike Wallace was supposed to play that role, but he only played in two games because of a fractured fibula suffered in Week 2. Consequently, there was no one Read more