ESPN: Haley excited about Jackson's potential

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Originally Posted by Cormac

That's kind of what I'm afraid of. I thought he was the player we needed most in the draft last year. While he didn't really impress, what chance did he have with the surrounding cast and "coaching"? I really hope he doesn't get kicked to the curb because he doesn't fit the new regime/scheme. I don't see us getting much compensation for him if we do lose him - nothing like what we invested - and that would suck. Hopefully he thrives in the 3-4 end position or at least gets to play to his strengths as a 4-3 DT.

They may not have much invested in him personally, but he's still on a 5-year, 50+ million contract, with nearly half of that guaranteed. So I doubt he gets kicked to the curb without a serious look. And Haley's talked about how they want to use him prior to now. Like I said, I think he was just caught off-guard by the question, and he just didn't answer it very well, because he's not all that media-savvy yet. I wouldn't read too much into it. Especially not on April 25th. If he sounds like that on August 25th, there might be more to it.