Some comments on the comments.
There are several significant reasons why the Pats won't consider, nor have ever considered, despite the reports, signing Desean Jackson. Most of which have NOTHING to do with him having or not having any gang affiliations
1. Reliability: consistently missing meetings and blowing off team responsibilities is the biggest factor. BB has often said that the Pats program is not for everyone. It takes a certain kind of "grind it out", team first mentality that Jackson currently doesn't possess.
2. We don't need any more small speed receivers. Its as simple as that.
3. Reportedly he's not an accomplished route runner. This offensive system is NOT a great fit for him. He'd be much more effective in a system like the Steelers, Panthers or even the Jets.
4. Locker room problem. The LACK of any protests or complaints from his teammates is deafening. Maclin's comments from yesterday and Kelce's from today speak volumes, by what they ay and DON'T say.
5. His cost - Though I doubt very much it would cost much in any guarantees to sign him now. Any team that would pay him anything close to what he was slated to collect deserves what he gets.
The only way Jackson even comes close to making $10MM/yr is to sign a contract that give him enough incentives to get $10MM and then hit them all and have the mother of all seasons. I don't see him getting anything up front.
6. Chip Kelly's word DOES have impact here. BB knows that Kelly worked with a lot of kids from those same neighborhoods, and worked well with them. Its not Chip's first go around with player who have been around gangs. So its even more telling when he would give up on that kind of talent and take that kind of dead money hit.
So whatever football issues drove Kelly to cut Jackson, a kid's past association to neighborhood gangs wasn't probably the key issue.
Bottom Line: Charley Casserly's keen sense of the obvious is probably correct here.
And while the media pukes will blame the Pats disinterest on not wanting to risk Herandez 2.0, the REAL reasons go much further.