DeSean Jackson Sells His Tampa House
December 21st, 2018
“Jason, you should have taken that third-round pick.”
DeSean Jackson didn’t deny asking for a trade from the Bucs two months ago, but he did say how much he loves Tampa and desires to end his career here.
The mixed signals continued this week when Jackson accepted an offer to sell his Tampa mansion.
Jackson’s crib, seen prominently on Hard Knocks last summer, went up for sale last week and received a quick offer. The Coldwell Banker listing linked here lays out the details.
Hard Knocks fans will recognize the pool in the listing photos. Not seen on TV was the putting green and the full basketball court alongside it.
Kudos to Jackson for the $1.1 million asking price. He paid $875,000 for the Old Memorial area property 19 months ago.
Sure, there’s a .5 percent chance Jackson is simply planning to relocate into Dirk Koetter’s South Tampa home, but Joe’s not going wager on that. Perhaps Jackson wants to live closer to One Buc Palace so he can more easily skip attend spring practices?
It’s rather obvious Jackson can’t wait to get out of town no matter who the coach or quarterback is.
Joe will leave you with Jackson’s words from his Halloween podcast.
“I love it here in Tampa,” Jackson said. “You know, I’m raising my family. My family loves it down here. I love the weather, love the beaches. There’s a lot to do, but it’s still a low key quiet place, as well, too. The city’s embracing me, man. And I appreciate the fan support and all the love. Hopefully, man, I can end my career here. Retire as a Buc, man, that’s what I look forward to. And hopefully bringing a Super Bowl to Tampa Bay.”
December 21st, 2018 at 8:26 am
Sounds to me like he is getting contract extension …and buying a penthouse @ One St. Petersburg
December 21st, 2018 at 8:32 am
Smart man…. Rates are rising and the economy is slowing. Won’t be as bad as 08 but the housing market has peaked.
December 21st, 2018 at 8:35 am
Buc Jackson!!! I don’t give a ship about that selfish son a witch!
December 21st, 2018 at 8:38 am
Did DJax say who he is bringing in as the new GM and QB ?
December 21st, 2018 at 8:42 am
I bet Brees or Ryan would love to get DJax.
December 21st, 2018 at 8:46 am
None of this matters. He is under contract with us until WE decide we don’t want him. He can buy a house in Utah… it doesn’t matter!
December 21st, 2018 at 8:48 am
Good for him. He knows the truth about JW. If JW puts a bid in on D-Jax’s house, I bet he underbids or is off the mark.
December 21st, 2018 at 8:51 am
Does that come with the qp of Mary Jane or nah? Asking for myself.
December 21st, 2018 at 8:52 am
Who wouldn’t love Jackson.
He needs to go to team with QB who can throw long ball
So many missed tds here
December 21st, 2018 at 8:58 am
Bird Says:
December 21st, 2018 at 8:52 am
Who wouldn’t love Jackson.
He needs to go to team with QB who can throw long ball
So many missed tds here
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or……….
December 21st, 2018 at 8:58 am
Surprised he even purchased a house in Tampa. Would have been smarter to rent. Not like he was going to retire as a Buc.
December 21st, 2018 at 9:01 am
The ex-Buc real estate market is good…..
December 21st, 2018 at 9:03 am
…and in todays episode of “As The Stomach Churns”, DJax sold his house for a profit.
December 21st, 2018 at 9:07 am
Hey Djax, if you close before you owned the house for 24 months, you will pay tax on the profit. Keep it another 5 months, and its tax free
December 21st, 2018 at 9:12 am
His attitude and alligator arms are not worth all that his speed does to defensive coverage. Just another cancer growing on the Bucs internal organs.
December 21st, 2018 at 9:13 am
If the bucs qb cant help your career because of not being accurate on hitting receiver in stride or connecting with the long ball …time to move on so dont be mad at DJax.
December 21st, 2018 at 9:19 am
Deuces because you can find speedy receivers in the draft. I’m just starting to wonder if next to Jackson is oj Howard the next fastest because everyone seems slow
December 21st, 2018 at 9:21 am
Good riddance here to DJax, with his finicky hamstrings always an issue…
But as @Altered said above…. you put DJax on the Packers, and sign Lev’ Bell to a 5 year (80%) fully guaranteed deal come March–who would take a little less to play with ARod, then court Lincoln Riley as HC away from Oklahoma….and DJax would be instantly agreeable with Aaron dropping those bombs! Packers would be fierce!
JOHN Harbaugh for Bucs resurgence!
December 21st, 2018 at 9:22 am
Joe:
That caption should have read..” D-Jax, can you refer me to a good realtor?”
December 21st, 2018 at 9:25 am
“Does Jason Gump in the bottom of the pool go to the new buyer”
Kobe Faker
December 21st, 2018 at 9:27 am
MeSean is not a team player. Should have traded him before deadline. Dude won’t return punts, won’t play in the slot, complains when his backup QB gets benched. Ef him.
December 21st, 2018 at 9:30 am
Well now he doesn’t have to compete with Licht, and Koetter when their homes it the market. Just another failed experiment signing by Licht. For those of you who are blaming J.W., and the Buc organization for Jax wanting out ask yourself what happened in Jackson’s other NFL stops? Philly, and Washington couldn’t get rid of him fast enough, they don’t need his deep speed? They didn’t need his selfish ways, and the locker room cancer that he is. Licht ignored the warning signs, and will pay for what is just another blunder on his tenure.
December 21st, 2018 at 9:34 am
i hope dirk put his house on the market…..
#REALISTKNOWSNOTHING!!!…#ADIOSDIRK!!!!….GO BUCS!!!!
December 21st, 2018 at 9:40 am
He has a qb who can’t get him the ball
December 21st, 2018 at 9:45 am
Honestly, it sucks to see djax fail. I really do feel for him as it is evident now that he may have wasted 2 years of his career putting faith into Jameis. I remember seeing them on hard knocks interacting where he gave jw love and was excited to play but jealous Evans got all the targets. It was a foreshadowing of what was to come
The fact is he’s definitely one of the best deep threats in history. There were so many missed opportunities here on bombs and it’s sad to think what cojkd have been.
However, it became clear Hof numbers and stats were his priority. If Jameis was better at the deep ball something special could have been. But djax doesn’t realize he is a one trick pony who is needs to be utilized when the opportunity presents itself not to be game planned for. Fitz gave him video game numbers and he falsly believed they were sustainable. He’s not far off from his career average if he stayed healthy.
Dude is definitely a diva. Very dissapointed how he handled this situation. I really hope he goes to another team and has mediocre numbers so that he can learn he’s not going to ever be a primary weapon. He deserves his number sure but he’s not a good teammate and he needs to fall back.
Wish things had worked out but I’m extremely annoyed Jason didn’t trade him. Jason has dropped the ball in a lot of ways this way.
When I watched the draft I called for Derwin, guice, dontee Jackson, and Davis in that order. How can I draft better than him?
December 21st, 2018 at 9:47 am
But Jameis is our guy. He’s the priority. I sincerely believe this offense will be a lot better with a stronger run game and djax gone.
December 21st, 2018 at 9:52 am
@DB55
You made me laugh. That was pretty funny……
But hey WTFDIK?!
December 21st, 2018 at 9:52 am
The Tampa Bay area real estate market will be flooded in a few weeks
Flooded with new listings, it will be a buyer market
The new regime and the new players
Can get these mansions at below market prices
December 21st, 2018 at 9:55 am
Man how you guys take information and run with it…lol.
He’s buying a new house and selling his current. Just a little inside information for ya.
Calm down people.
December 21st, 2018 at 9:56 am
Still doesn’t prove he is leaving or staying, lots of current and former player have houses in Tampa.
Just saying
December 21st, 2018 at 10:01 am
DeSean William Jackson,
Sorry Djax, our QB is a scrub that can’t complete a deep pass to you. Please stay for the Glazer cash, cuz that’s the only good thing about playing for the Bucs.
But if you actually like winning games and competing for a Super Bowl, i’ll understand why you don’t like playing here and leave.
Again my apologies for this $h##tty team.
-Bucs Fan #7423
December 21st, 2018 at 10:02 am
People have obviously forgotten our lack of speed without DJax. Look at our offense since his injury, it speaks for itself.
It cracks me up to see so many fans want to run a good player out of town because he’s a “diva”. Would he have been such a “diva” had the connection been there from Jameis? I’m guessing not.
I guarantee we’ll miss him, unless they find another speedster.
December 21st, 2018 at 10:04 am
OF ALL THE QUARTERBACKS THAT DESEAN JACKSON HAS PLAYED FOR, JAMIES WINSTON IS THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN’T COMPLETE A DEEP PASS TO HIM!!
WTF!!!!!!!
Jamies can’t even do what easy for every other quarterback to do! God this is embarrassing to root for him
December 21st, 2018 at 10:07 am
Even backup quarterbacks can complete deep passes to Desean Jackson and Jamies can’t?????
And this kid wants $25 mil a year?!?!!
gtfoh
December 21st, 2018 at 10:08 am
Great!now with that 10mil owed him we can go and get Leveon Bell for the $14mil he wants!
December 21st, 2018 at 10:09 am
Bucfanman
I said this before they signed DJax
The Bucs will be wasting their money on DJax
He’s not a good fit with Jameis Winston as QB
Jameis has never been a accurate deep ball passer
The $11 million a season they spending on DJax
Could be better spent on players at other positions
December 21st, 2018 at 10:13 am
**Jameis has never been an accurate deep ball passer**
And Dork Koetter vertical offense isn’t for him
He’s a dunk and dine QB
75% of his passes should go to the RB,TE and Slot WR
December 21st, 2018 at 10:17 am
Smart move! Good return on his investment.
December 21st, 2018 at 10:18 am
LakeLand- It’s truly a shame. Even the threat of him deep had defenses wary, at least until teams figured out that there was no chemistry with him and Jameis.
Will this lack of chemistry continue with another speedy receiver? I don’t know.
The Bucs have issues!
December 21st, 2018 at 10:18 am
It cracks me up when fans excuse his DIVA mentality because Jameis couldn’t hook up with him.
Nobody else is complaining about there connection with Jameis, you know why? Cuz they have one.
We were #1 offense in the league with a record of a decent record when he wanted to be traded. It’s okay though cuz Jameis was going to return, right?
Fitz connected with him better than any QB had in history in 2 games but that went away didn’t it? Hmmm must be Jameis’s fault.
You crack me up bro.
December 21st, 2018 at 10:33 am
Deep threat definitely helps in koetters vertical offense. You’re right. Which is now seeming to be extremely turnover prone with these 2 quarterbacks. At one pt 4 of 6 targets to djax from both Jameis and Fitz were interceptions. Why is it that Fitz was nearly perfect with him for weeks and then it just dissapeared? Yet when Jameis comes back and faulters it’s all his fault? Hmmm.
Rodgers Dirk and djax would be incredibe together. Djax does have it still but he needs to know his ceiling is limited. He’s not a #1.
What we need is to retain Jameis, get some maulers on the ol, a true workhorse RB and a smart DC. A more conservative offense will work wonders.
I believe djax Winston and koetter are all good to great but the marriage just didn’t work.
We will all benefit from this break up.
December 21st, 2018 at 10:50 am
For whatever it worth in 2013 dirks second yr as OC in ATL Matt Ryan had his highest interceptions in his career (17). Therefore it could be argued that Koetter offense is Int prone. Ryan also had some of his lowest QBs ratings under Koetter too and that’s with 2-3 HOFers on the offense.
December 21st, 2018 at 10:52 am
I suspect Jackson’s financial advisors are suggesting he bail. The Tampa real estate market is poised to tank in the coming months.
Too bad America’s Turnover Machine is so inefficient at the long ball. DeSean Jackson kept the DB coverage loose because of his extreme every-down threat. Without Jackson in the lineup, DB manhandle the Bucs receivers at the line, knowing none are anywhere near the deep threat that Jackson represented.
December 21st, 2018 at 10:57 am
Nutter- Nobody’s making excuses. My point was that, as fans, we would’ve been cheering instead of excoriating. The “diva-ness”, and for that matter just about everything, is smoothed over by winning. Winning cures all!
Why does everybody go to the extremes?! We all watched the games, we all saw the lack of connection, we all saw the inevitable loafing on DJax part. We all saw it, it’s not some made up criticism.
We also saw the misuse of a valuable weapon.
He’s a “diva” NOW because we didn’t get his best. We’d be singing a different tune if he was running through the endzone now wouldn’t we?! Which is my point.
The feeling’s mutual! 🙂
December 21st, 2018 at 10:58 am
I do know for a fact his new house he is buying is in Tampa.
Still doesn’t mean he is staying or leaving…. but definitely not bailing like you guys think.
December 21st, 2018 at 11:11 am
I get it and I agree I just think his behavior was inexcusable. Very unclassy. He deserves to win but he should have just been quiet.
I really wanted that connection. So badly. But Jameis > djax.
December 21st, 2018 at 11:18 am
F#^& this b@tc& mother trucker never was a buc and never will be a buc
December 21st, 2018 at 11:19 am
Lakeland!!!!! I have not seen you here in a while! Congratulations on your naughts. It’s strange that JW has no problem connecting with Mike
December 21st, 2018 at 11:19 am
Nutter- He’s been like that his entire career. Fans and teams tolerated it when he produced, for the most part.
I worry that it’s the speedy WRs that pose a problem for Jameis. DJax is the 1st legit speedster we’ve had since he’s been here. We will have to address this again if DJax hits the road. We need speed.
December 21st, 2018 at 11:24 am
DJ could have amassed crazy yac here catching slants but he doesn’t have the heart for those inside routes
December 21st, 2018 at 11:26 am
LakeLand Says:
“He’s a dunk and dine QB”
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You mean he should play basketball and then go out to eat?
December 21st, 2018 at 11:27 am
ATLBuc Says:
“It’s strange that JW has no problem connecting with Mike”
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Very true… and has never had a problem connecting with Mike.
December 21st, 2018 at 11:30 am
Ya man. He’s just better with those trees like Evans and Benjamin.
Does anybody know if a third was offered for him and if so, what the f*** is Jason thinking?
December 21st, 2018 at 11:32 am
ATLBuc- True, but Jackson is a “tad” faster than Mike, and Mike has a huge catch radius.
December 21st, 2018 at 11:35 am
ATLBuc,
I’ve been chillin homie
But these are Mike Evans catch ratios with Jameis
2015- 50%
2016- 55.5
2017 -52.2
His catch ratio is 61.7, but a lot of those catches came with Fitz
December 21st, 2018 at 11:41 am
Jameis Winston best catch ratios are with his RB, TE, Slot WR
These are Hump catch ratio
2015-67.5
2016-66.3
2017-73.5
2018-70.1
Cam Brate catch ratios
2015-76.7
2016-70.4
2017-62.3
2018-61.9
OJ Howard catch ratios
2017-66.7
2018-70.8
December 21st, 2018 at 11:47 am
^^ Good observations & stats. Of course that would be true of most QB’s.
December 21st, 2018 at 11:48 am
Sort of why Carson Wentz doesn’t want to throw to anybody but his TE, lol.
December 21st, 2018 at 11:51 am
Tampa Bay Demon
It make sense to call plays that play to the QB strengths
December 21st, 2018 at 11:52 am
I’d want out too if i were him. And anyone notice has the offense has blown since he hasnt been stretching the field the last 3 weeks? Coincidence? No.
December 21st, 2018 at 12:05 pm
Hey BIRD
SO the Bomb is a high percentage play huh? Jameis hit him in stride against bengals for a TD, DJAX dropped a perfect TD PASS in his hands or should I say he used one hand to try to catch it against the Browns. Right on the money & he decides to catch it w one arm. KOETTER NEVER mentions the drops only the misses! Yeah I guess Jameis has a problem when he hits EVANS WHILE SCRAMBLING TO HIS LEFT and lays it perfectly in his hands for 64 yards and at least 55 yards in the air. Against 49ers he hit Godwin in stride for close to 50 and against Saints he hit Evans for 49 down the sideline on first drive of the game.
December 21st, 2018 at 12:19 pm
You might not like djax but you now don’t have anyone to strech the field and as you can see the last few games a lot more coverage rolling to other WRs
December 21st, 2018 at 12:21 pm
^^ You are definitely right, miken. We need him back to help create some more room for everyone.
December 21st, 2018 at 12:24 pm
“Speed kills” isn’t a saying for nothing, if you know what I mean. Look at our offense pre-Jackson and now.
December 21st, 2018 at 12:28 pm
The Bucs didn’t have a WR to stretch the field in 2016
They went 9-7
Jameis Winston completed 61% of his passes
And the defense was a lot better
December 21st, 2018 at 12:31 pm
Jameis still passed for 4100 Yards
Russell Shepard
Josh Huff
Freddie Martino
Cecil Shorts
Vincent Jackson ( 5 games)
Those were the WR opposite ME and Hump
December 21st, 2018 at 12:35 pm
Those are definitely great points, LakeLand.
December 21st, 2018 at 12:39 pm
The problems between Winston and Jackson were always on the part of Jackson. He just did not commit to being his best for Winston for some reason.
Winston, however, did give him lots of opportunities, at the expense of other players on the team.
I think maybe Jackson was informed he’s going to be traded at the end of the season. Or released. Or…he has some inside info on Jim Harbaugh and knows Jim won’t put up with his junk, so he wants out of dodge.
December 21st, 2018 at 1:00 pm
miken Says
“You might not like djax but you now don’t have anyone to strech the field…”
UNTRUE.
You do not need speed to stretch the field. Before Jackson came along, Jameis was completing a lot of deep passes to Mike Evans. After Jackson came, he was completing them more to Evans, Godwin and OJ…even though Jackson had the ball thrown to him much more.
Mike Evans caught 6 passes 40+ and 24 passes 20+ yards deep this year and he got 58 first downs so far. He has 1,328 yards on the year too. Mike is averaging 17.9 yards per catch and 94.9 yards per game.
Desean Jackson this year: 30 First downs, 5 passes 40+ and 12 passes 20+ yards deep, for a total so far of 750 yards. Desean is averaging 18.8 per catch and 68.2 yards per game.
There is only a difference of 3 games played between the two.
For those keeping track:
Mike gets 4.1 first downs per game.
Desean gets 2.8 first downs per game.
And yet people swear by Jackson? Simply put, he has not performed as advertised since he got here, and it is not Winston’s fault. Mike Evans has better stats, and caught the ball deep more times than Jackson. Winston has no trouble connecting with anyone else.
Winston connected with Godwin 6 times for 20+ yards this year…who also got more first downs at 42.
OJ Howard? He had 11 catches for 20+ yards and 28 first downs.
Desean Jackson never came close to any of them.
December 21st, 2018 at 1:01 pm
I thought it would have been bigger
December 21st, 2018 at 1:02 pm
Heck, look at Humphries…he had 11 catches for 20+ yards…and 38 first downs. Even he has performed better than Jackson, and Humphries is one of the top yards after catch guys…and he does not have the speed of Jackson…so he is proof speed does not matter.
December 21st, 2018 at 1:18 pm
By mesean ,you can go half ass routes elsewhere. And for this saying fitz didnt have a problem hitting him, you’re living off the first two games just stop. The ONLY long pass mesean has caught since then was from Jameis in the bears game. Hes not lost a top but hes useless for anything outise of the occasional long bomb. Jameis has no problems hitting anyone else long and you all just gloss over it. And for those saying g the offense isnt as good as it was. I’d say it has WAY more to do with OJs injru8than jacksons. That’s a guy that will actually catch a pass deep over the middle.
December 21st, 2018 at 1:20 pm
DB55,
Cherry picking one stat then making wild assumptions about a single item is a habit I guess.
The facts are during Dirks 3 seasons with Atlanta, Matt Ryan had improved and played better than He had.
Mularkey..4yrs. 3559yrs/avg season, 60% completion %, 24TD/12INT season avg, 88QB rating.
Koetter, 3yrs. 4643yds/avg season, 67% completion %, 29TD/15INT , 84.2 QB rating.
Add 2 pro bowl apperences and the franchise record setting 4719yds w 32 TD in 2012 and it’s obvious that you are full of monkey shiz..
December 21st, 2018 at 1:29 pm
Correction……94.2 QB rating..
December 21st, 2018 at 4:11 pm
How many WR’s wanted to leave Peyton Manning, Drew Brees, Dan Marino, or Tom Brady? Hell, how many WR’s wanted to leave Alex Smith? Oh man.
December 21st, 2018 at 9:09 pm
Jackson has one year left on his contract…South Tampa RE market is hot. Makes sense to cash out now, he can rent for a year…then move on.
December 21st, 2018 at 9:45 pm
I’ve been studying Winston forever now, grading his strengths & weaknesses. I think if I just distilled everything down, I would be left with one fatal flaw: he does not get rid of the ball quickly enough.
I’m going to coin a phrase “window of recognition” and it is based on time, not space:
You have just a split second to locate the receiver who is not necessarily open but ABOUT TO BECOME open, and you throw him MORE OPEN than he was at the instant you realized it–and be very accurate when you make the throw. I see Tom Brady has this ability in spades, and it became clear to me that even Fitz might have more of this ability than JW.
Now, Fitz is weaker than JW in many other areas, which masks the fact that his “window of recognition” skill is superior. That fact in and of itself may explain why Fitz has had some bursts of tremendous success with the Bucs receiving corps.
December 22nd, 2018 at 9:55 pm
To the MeSean lovers:
Never mistake activity for achievement.
John Wooden