Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson was once a member of the Washington Redskins, so he knew what would happen on Sunday after the Redskins got out to a big lead.
Jackson knew that after a fast start, the Redskins would come out flat in the second half because of their culture, and he kept telling his Eagles teammates that.
Jackson told his teammates the Redskins probably thought they had the game won, and in the second half would play like they did:
“I kept stressing to the boys when we came in the locker room that I have been over there before in that locker room and I know how they are,” Jackson said, according to NBC Sports Washington’s JP Finlay. “I just stressed to my teammates that I felt that at halftime, they probably thought they had the game sealed and won.”
Jackson's thoughts to his teammates couldn't have been more right. The Redskins went into halftime up 20-7. Then, in the second half, they looked like they were just going through the motions. Of course, the Eagles started to play better and that played a huge role, but the fact a former player who was inside the Redskins' locker room said this is concerning.
Washington's first loss was hard for a lot of reasons, but the biggest is probably because of the way others now look at them. Any team that plays them now knows no matter how many points they fall behind by, they can continue to chip away and will have a chance to win the game.
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