http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft07/news/story?id=2851912 The San Francisco 49ers, one of the more aggressive teams this offseason in terms of acquisitions, enter this weekend's draft with a league-high eight picks in the first four rounds: one first-round selection, a second, two thirds and four fourths. On the eve of the draft, the Niners already were poised to maximize the value of one of those fourth-round picks. According to a league sources, San Francisco and division rival Seattle are working toward a trade that would send Seahawks wide receiver Darrell Jackson to the Niners in exchange for one of their fourth-rounders, believed to be the Niners' third selection in the round, No. 124 overall. The New Orleans Saints and Tennessee Titans, whose new general manager Mike Reinfeldt came over from Seattle, are also believed to be talking with Seattle about Jackson. The deal is contingent upon Jackson passing his physical, scheduled for Saturday at the Niners' Santa Clara, Calif., practice facility. Jackson missed 10 regular-season games in 2005 after undergoing surgery to repair torn cartilage in his right knee, underwent a second operation on the knee following Seattle's loss in Super Bowl XL, and missed the final three regular-season games of last season because of turf toe. Jackson, 28, caught 63 passes in 2006 for 956 yards and 10 touchdowns -- all team-leading totals. At the time of his toe injury, Jackson was leading the league in touchdown catches. He's exceeded 1,000 receiving yards three times in seven seasons. However, Jackson and Seahawks management reportedly have been at odds following negotiation of the six-year, $25 million contract extension Jackson signed in March 2004, his decision to skip voluntary workouts in 2005, and the manner in which the team handled his knee injury last season. The presence of Deion Branch, Nate Burleson, and D.J. Hackett in the Seahawks receiving corps made Jackson expendable; Jackson has been on the trading block all offseason but Seattle apparently could not fetch more than a second-day pick -- from its up-and-coming division rival, no less. Branch, whom the Seahawks acquired from the Patriots last season, presumably would become Matt Hasselbeck's No. 1 target. Should the trade go through, as expected, Jackson's addition represents yet another coup for the Niners, who via free agency added, among others, cornerback Nate Clements, safety Michael Lewis, and Ashley Lelie. Though the Niners lost offensive coordinator Norv Turner to San Diego, they appear to have, in quarterback Alex Smith, running back Frank Gore, tight end Vernon Davis, wide receiver Arnaz Battle, Lelie, and now possibly Jackson, the makings of an explosive offense. And there's still the draft. With the 11th overall pick, the Niners could pick up a blue-chip prospect such as Penn State offensive tackle Levi Brown or LSU wide receiver Dwayne Bowe to further bolster the offense, or tap Mississippi linebacker Patrick Willis to help head coach Mike Nolan's defense. In 96 games, including 89 starts, Jackson, a third-round selection in 2000 out of Florida, has 441 receptions for 6,445 yards (14.6-yard average) and 47 touchdowns. One might say Jackson's new team is scoring big this offseason.
what a great deal for the 49ers jackson was seattle's best wr last year...and for only a 4th round pick to a division rival who is closing the gap he might have injury problems, but 10 tds is 10 tds especially when burleson was such a failure
funny quote from pft...on accident "Jackson and Lelie likely will compete for the role of No. 1 wideout" what a joke...10 td jackson or #3 wr in atl and denver lelie hmmmm
I think this is a great deal for the Niners, they needed a #1 WR badly, and they get it from their division rival.
Jackson is overrated. Injury prone and always run right on the sideline so the QB has to make a perfectly accurate pass to hit him deep. That being said, he's probably worth a 4th rounder. Good deal for both sides.
matt hassebeck>smith,dilfer,the other guy and with shaun alexander doing absolutely nothing the seahawks were forced to score more through the air burleson played better, but the 49ers were awful...49ers qb situation doesnt look much better going into next year with the expected loss of hackett...it will be interesting if burleson can ever actually become the #2 wr as far as production on the seahawks team...hackett and jackson were much more deserving of money than burleson has been heck...branch has not proven to be worth the 1st they gave up until the rams, 49ers, or cards get it together...it really doesnt matter though the west is the seahawks to lose every year
"The other guy" was Shaun Hill and Chris Weinke. Now they signed J.T. O'Sullivan. The 49ers QB situation is a mess. Four different starters in 2007 (I also think they had four in 2004 and/or 2005) and now they added O'Sullivan. My thing with the Jackson move was I just think he'd seen his better days and the Seahawks were smart to unload him on anybody. I'm not much of a fan of Burleson, either, though. Hackett and Engram are the best WRs on that team.
Seattle needs some WR "in a bad way". The performance that unit put on in the playoffs including Marcus Pollard was absolutely abysmal. And they have been bad for a long time, including when Bobby Engram (I think) dropped that 4th down pass in the endzone in the playoffs.
if it was the game 2 years ago...i'm pretty sure it was jackson...that was painful to watch (that was a microcosm of a season of drops by that team) engram actually turned out to be the best wr on the team this season d.j. hackett seemed to have the best chemistry with hasselbeck, but he will likely be gone this season in FA i think burleson, branch, and engram will get better, but it would help if alexander was replaced or improved his 3.5 ypc
Branch is talented, but I think Burleson is really just a NFL bust and engram isnt much special. They could use a big athletic reciever there with good hands. IMO Alexander is finished. They should look to get a back, unless they really see a lot in Morris.
