Tampa Bay Buccaneers: DeSean Jackson headed back to Philadelphia

The Saga has finally come to an end as DeSean Jackson has finally been moved from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a trade to the Philadelphia Eagles.

After posting on social media his time with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was up, DeSean Jackson was officially dealt back to the Philadelphia Eagles later in the afternoon. Jason Licht pulled off a miracle getting back any sort of compensation for the disgruntled wide receiver.

The details of the trade go as such: Buccaneers receive — Eagles sixth-round pick in 2019 and a conditional seventh round pick in 2020 while sending the Eagles a 2020 seventh round pick in addition to Jackson. For a team that was going to cut Jackson by the end of the day, getting any sort of compensation out of him is icing on the cake.

After refusing to take a pay cut to stay in Tampa Bay, the Eagles and Jackson were able to rework his deal. The new agreement is expected to be around three years and $27 million with $13 million being guaranteed.

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It just never got clicking for Jackson in Tampa from practice issues to issues with quarterback Jameis Winston. With Jackson now gone Chris Godwin who came on strong last season when playing with Jackson and when replacing him will take on a more prominent role.

Also losing Adam Humphries, who signed with the Tennessee Titans, depth at the wide receiver position is looking rather slim as the Bucs are now in the market for a speedster and a slot receiver. A player like J.J. Nelson comes to mind a speedster who has ties with Bruce Arians.

The Bucs could look in house as with Justin Wilson or look to play O.J. Howard more as a receiver at times. Tampa Bay also has six draft picks in the upcoming draft and could look to use one of those selections on an offensive playmaker as well.

With free agency just beginning, the Bucs still have time to replace Jackson after picking up the $10 million in cap space that is desperately needed considering the team had the least amount of cap space entering the tampering period. After the trade, both Jackson and the Bucs are free to move forward from a signing that never panned out as expected.