JoeSixPat
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In my limited reading, it has been noted that players that rely on speed and cuts, (RB, WR), usually take 2 years to get 100% back. That might have caused the confusion.
In the case of Jackson, its my opinion that, at least in the way we would be expected to use him, he won't be asked to make many cuts - just to use his speed to beat his man in coverage.
He was however used as a route runner in college - but the simpler the better for him right now - deep straight pass routes.
That being said, although he showed speed in minicamp, most reports I hear is that he never looked all that fast later in the year. Obviously injuries could come into it but I do have a small fear that his game speed drops a notch.
Time will tell.
Beyond that, as much as I hear it wasn't a bad or full ACL tear with a lot of trauma, there's no ACL tear that is good in my book. The psychological impact of such an injury can be signifcant (he says as he clutches his knee, remembering his own Joe Theismanish injury from years back).