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No hard feelings: Jackson signs franchise tag
Vincent Jackson appreciates what boxers go through, having done workouts for that sport during the 41/2 months of the NFL lockout.
"It was exhausting," Jackson said Friday, three hours after signing a franchise tag with the San Diego Chargers for nearly $11 million. "It was a new workout for me. It's a great workout."
Jackson, coming off a Pro Bowl season in 2009, missed last year's training camp and most of the season because of a salary dispute. But for all the sparring between his agents and Chargers management, he said there is no bad blood between him and the club.
"When I came in this afternoon, it was like a reunion with your family," Jackson said in his first public comments since January. "Guys welcomed me with open arms."
Among the well-wishers, he said, were Chargers president Dean Spanos and general manager A.J. Smith, who were on the other end of last year's nasty contract dispute.
"We never had any confrontations, anything personal about it," Jackson said. "It is a business. Things can be shot back and forth. But honestly I've never had a problem with anybody in this building. I feel like this is home."
Boxing............the realest sport on the planet
Vincent Jackson appreciates what boxers go through, having done workouts for that sport during the 41/2 months of the NFL lockout.
"It was exhausting," Jackson said Friday, three hours after signing a franchise tag with the San Diego Chargers for nearly $11 million. "It was a new workout for me. It's a great workout."
Jackson, coming off a Pro Bowl season in 2009, missed last year's training camp and most of the season because of a salary dispute. But for all the sparring between his agents and Chargers management, he said there is no bad blood between him and the club.
"When I came in this afternoon, it was like a reunion with your family," Jackson said in his first public comments since January. "Guys welcomed me with open arms."
Among the well-wishers, he said, were Chargers president Dean Spanos and general manager A.J. Smith, who were on the other end of last year's nasty contract dispute.
"We never had any confrontations, anything personal about it," Jackson said. "It is a business. Things can be shot back and forth. But honestly I've never had a problem with anybody in this building. I feel like this is home."
Boxing............the realest sport on the planet
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