FANTASY FOOTBALL NFL PLAYERS

Posted: 3/19/2013 12:17pm et

The San Diego Chargers were not awarded any compensatory picks in the 2013 NFL Draft for losing WR Vincent Jackson to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Huddle Up: While Jackson was hitting career highs with 72 catches and 1,384 yards this past season in Tampa, QB Philip Rivers failed to throw for 4,000 yards for the first time since 2007 and clearly missed V-Jax's big-play skills.

Posted: 1/15/2013 10:31pm et

Tampa Bay Buccaneers WR Vincent Jackson has been added to the NFC Pro Bowl roster to replace Detroit Lions WR Calvin Johnson.

Huddle Up: Jackson is most definitely deserving after he finished sixth among WRs with 186 fantasy points (Huddle Performance) in his debut season in Tampa.

Posted: 12/28/2012 1:30pm et

Tampa Bay Buccaneers WR Vincent Jackson and OG Carl Nicks restructured their contracts to free up about $18 million in 2013 salary cap space. Jackson got a $12.16 million roster bonus to push his cap figure for this year to $15.43 million. But his new base salary for 2013 will be $840,000 and his cap figure will drop to $3.472 million. Jackson had been scheduled to count $13 million toward the 2013 cap. The roster bonus will be pro-rated over the remainder of Jackson's contract. Nicks had an $11.785 million roster bonus and a cap figure of $15.436 million for this year. But Nicks' base salary for 2013 had been scheduled for $12.5 million, and it now drops to just $715,000. Nicks' cap figure for 2013 had been scheduled for $12.5 million, but it now drops to $3.072 million.

Huddle Up: Savvy move by the Buccaneers, who save a big chunk of cap space to use next season. The offense was improved with Nicks, when healthy, and Jackson this season. Another good signing or two coupled with another good draft could turn the team around next year.

Posted: 12/7/2012 7:07pm et

Tampa Bay Buccaneers WR Vincent Jackson (calf, hamstring) fully participated in practice Friday, Dec. 7, and is probable for Week 14.

Huddle Up: Jackson has practiced all week and is coming off a down performance (3 catches, 55 yards) so he could be in line for a bounce-back outing against a flagging Philly secondary (22nd in fewest points allowed to opposing fantasy WRs).

Posted: 10/24/2012 12:06am et

Tampa Bay Buccaneers WR Vincent Jackson (calf) fully participated in practice Tuesday, Oct. 23.

Huddle Up: That's not good news for the Vikings' secondary as V-Jax has quietly climbed to third overall in the fantasy wide receiver rankings with 89 total points (Huddle Performance scoring) through 6 games.

Posted: 10/22/2012 5:43pm et

Tampa Bay Buccaneers WR Vincent Jackson (calf) was limited in practice Monday, Oct. 22.

Huddle Up: Not a surprise as Jackson spent the day Sunday running up and down the field against the Saints.

Posted: 10/19/2012 6:34pm et

Tampa Bay Buccaneers WR Vincent Jackson (calf) was limited in practice but is probable for the team's Week 7 game.

Huddle Up: Things are looking good for the fantasy owners of Jackson, who has scored in 3 of the Bucs' past 4 games and eclipsed 100 yards receiving in 2 of them.

Posted: 10/18/2012 7:05pm et

Tampa Bay Buccaneers WR Vincent Jackson (calf) was limited in practice Thursday, Oct. 18.

Huddle Up: V-Jax didn't appear on any injury reports Wednesday, so this sounds like something that just cropped up. That's usually not the best of news, but there's still a couple days to get his Sunday status sorted out.

Posted: 10/9/2012 4:07pm et

Tampa Bay Buccaneers WR Vincent Jackson's 42.1 percent reception average (16 on 38 targets) is the worst of the NFL's top wide receivers through the first five weeks of the season.

Huddle Up: No real shocker here as Jackson's forte' remains the big play. His 19-yard average per reception ranks only behind the Ravens' Torrey Smith (19.4) among players who have 16 or more catches.

Posted: 9/22/2012 11:49pm et

Tampa Bay Buccaneers WR Vincent Jackson is expected to be covered by Dallas Cowboys CB Brandon Carr in Week 3. Carr is expected to press Jackson at the line of scrimmage, and try to re-direct him from running his routes. In his only career appearance against the Cowboys, Dec. 13, 2009, Jackson had seven catches for 120 yards as a member of the San Diego Chargers.

Huddle Up: Jackson also is coming off a big Week 2 performance, hauling in 5 passes for 128 yards and a TD against the Giants. The good news for Jackson, though, is that the Cowboys can't completely roll coverages his way with fellow wideout Mike Williams having caught a TD pass in each game so far.

Posted: 9/17/2012 11:16am et

Tampa Bay Buccaneers WR Vincent Jackson was targeted eight times on passes at least 15 yards downfield in Week 2. He caught five of them, all coming on throws of at least 17 yards, and finished with 128 yards and a touchdown.

Huddle Up: Jackson is the perfect wideout for the Buccaneers' offense, which likes to bang the football on the ground and take some shots down the field. Josh Freeman is taking those shots at Jackson, and his Week 2 numbers show what happens when those two hook up.

Posted: 9/13/2012 4:11pm et

Tampa Bay Buccaneers WR Vincent Jackson is in the midst of a great week of practice, according to offensive coordinator Mike Sullivan.

Huddle Up: Hopefully for Jackson's fantasy owners this will translate into more production come Sunday. V-Jax was targeted a team-high 10 times in this past Sunday's win over the Panthers but finished with an uninspiring 4 catches for 47 yards.