Classy move by DeSean Jackson and other Eagles!

[Burgundy&Gold4Ever]

I think this is the first time ever that I have used the words classy and Eagles in the same sentence! Nonetheless, it is so impressive how DeSean Jackson and a couple of other Eagles went out of their way to help a bullying victim feel better about himself. Their gracious actions deserve recognition.

Check out this video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYbY1gqAEx0

[#98QBKiller]

Typical crybaby Eagles fan.

(J/K, props to Desean Jackson and the other Eagles, that was a very classy move. They made that kid's year)

[DallasCowboyFan156]

That was way cool. I've been very critical of DeSean Jackson's behavior and show boating but he earned definite points on that one.

[terrifNick21]

Am I the only one that doesn't see anything special about it? He gave him a signed jersey and sat there and said he's brave? Whoopty.

As for the kid, glad he's alright. Bullying sucks.

[brdawk20]

Am I the only one that doesn't see anything special about it? He gave him a signed jersey and sat there and said he's brave? Whoopty.

As for the kid, glad he's alright. Bullying sucks.

If it was a Redskin player doing something like this there would already be a four-page thread praising his actions. I think it's nice of D-Jax and the other two players (Herremans and Peters, I believe) to have done this.

[NewCliche21]

I don't care how self-promotional that was on Jackson's part, those guys made it to the set and gave that kid the happiest day of his life.

That's pretty incredible.

[DeadExField]

yeah they did make that kids day for sure, but they didn't need to come on TV to do all that. Reminds me of how some people only do a good deed to be seen by people

[Tweedr01]

If it was a Redskin player doing something like this there would already be a four-page thread praising his actions. I think it's nice of D-Jax and the other two players (Herremans and Peters, I believe) to have done this.
Where? If you think there would be a 4 page thread praising his actions here, no crap. This is a Redskins message board. deseana has done a total of 1 nice thing now, must make up for all the dbaggery he's done previously.

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yeah they did make that kids day for sure, but they didn't need to come on TV to do all that. Reminds me of how some people only do a good deed to be seen by people
that's exactly right, let's be honest, the only reason deseana was there were for the cameras. Here's your jersey, your brave, look at me look at me.

[sideshow24]

If it was a Redskin player doing something like this there would already be a four-page thread praising his actions. I think it's nice of D-Jax and the other two players (Herremans and Peters, I believe) to have done this.

On an Eagle message board? Don't forget where you are. Good for the kid, but Jackson is all about himself. He couldn't even keep his skinny ass away from hogging the camera when Aaron Rodgers was doing his post game interview. You know, the one after he kicked the Philadelphia's ass.

[Brandon Lloyd Christmas]

i hate desean jackson, so....

whats the over under on him smoking a huge blunt in his car before he hooked that kid up? lol

[TD_washingtonredskins]

Amazing...NFL players give back to their community and do a nice thing. However, because they play for a team other than the Redskins, we find a reason to make it sound like it's NOT a nice gesture.

Good for DJax and the others.

[sideshow24]

i hate desean jackson, so....

whats the over under on him smoking a huge blunt in his car before he hooked that kid up? lol

Probable the same over under for him hooking up with that kid. How's that for hate?

[TonyRomoProBowl]

fans make me sick....Period!

We turn into hateful jerks, just because people wear jersey's of a team we don't root for. Man, count me out of that kind of bull.....call me a blow-hard all you want. I am 39 years old, and have "rooted" for one team my entire life, and no matter what, its still LIFE!!!!!! and that is still FOOTBALL!!!! its a game man.......this is life we are talking about!

This was a cool thing to do, period. And most of you guys prolly have no clue how bad bullying is or even care...but its a horrible nightmare to some kids/families.....

I know i have had my son transferred to another school and have to drive him to the bus stop, then he takes the bus to school.......and until you have a clue about how bad it really is, you will prolly continue to make light of it....Well people, I am here to tell you. Its not a joke!

Also here to say, That was awesome........Good For D Jack!!!!! I don't care what team he plays for that was a great thing to do period!

If you are a fan on this forum and you made a BS comment about DJack, st because he is an Eagle...then you have real issues with your own self and your own life. You need to take a look in the mirror an realize whats important...and try to differentiate between life and sports! be ashamed of yourselves for it too.

[gortiz]

i hate desean jackson, so....

whats the over under on him smoking a huge blunt in his car before he hooked that kid up? lol

:ols::ols:

oh man ... he barely remembers what he did .

no, that was cool ... :)

[Tweedr01]

fans make me sick....Period!

We turn into hateful jerks, just because people wear jersey's of a team we don't root for. Man, count me out of that kind of bull.....call me a blow-hard all you want. I am 39 years old, and have "rooted" for one team my entire life, and no matter what, its still LIFE!!!!!! and that is still FOOTBALL!!!! its a game man.......this is life we are talking about!

This was a cool thing to do, period. And most of you guys prolly have no clue how bad bullying is or even care...but its a horrible nightmare to some kids/families.....

I know i have had my son transferred to another school and have to drive him to the bus stop, then he takes the bus to school.......and until you have a clue about how bad it really is, you will prolly continue to make light of it....Well people, I am here to tell you. Its not a joke!

Also here to say, That was awesome........Good For D Jack!!!!! I don't care what team he plays for that was a great thing to do period!

If you are a fan on this forum and you made a BS comment about DJack, st because he is an Eagle...then you have real issues with your own self and your own life. You need to take a look in the mirror an realize whats important...and try to differentiate between life and sports! be ashamed of yourselves for it too.
relax, take a deep breath, woo sah. bullying can be a big deal, understood, but what you fail to realize is that it's not that big a deal to exaggerate what we think about a rival teams player. we can dislike him all we want, be opinionated and make assumptions because this is just an internet message board.

[TonyRomoProBowl]

relax, take a deep breath, woo sah. bullying can be a big deal, understood, but what you fail to realize is that it's not that big a deal to exaggerate what we think about a rival teams player. we can dislike him all we want, be opinionated and make assumptions because this is just an internet message board.

sure.........buit it goes beyond that , we all know it. I really dont care what any of ya think, but it just drives me crazy when Football becomes so big to people they have to talk bad about people they dont even know.

but thats what "fans" do right......Im fine with that.............i just wont partake in it thats all

[Tweedr01]

sure.........buit it goes beyond that , we all know it. I really dont care what any of ya think, but it just drives me crazy when Football becomes so big to people they have to talk bad about people they dont even know.

but thats what "fans" do right......Im fine with that.............i just wont partake in it thats all
some people actually do hate all these guys and don't try to hide it, but i'd hope you'd be able to see that some say stuff with a light hearted attitude. Do I think deseana is a self-centered jerk? yes. Do I think what he did was nice? yes. Do I think some of his motivation was getting in front of the camera? yes. Gotta be objective when you throw stuff out there.

[AKM311]

fans make me sick....Period!

We turn into hateful jerks, just because people wear jersey's of a team we don't root for. Man, count me out of that kind of bull.....call me a blow-hard all you want. I am 39 years old, and have "rooted" for one team my entire life, and no matter what, its still LIFE!!!!!! and that is still FOOTBALL!!!! its a game man.......this is life we are talking about!

This was a cool thing to do, period. And most of you guys prolly have no clue how bad bullying is or even care...but its a horrible nightmare to some kids/families.....

I know i have had my son transferred to another school and have to drive him to the bus stop, then he takes the bus to school.......and until you have a clue about how bad it really is, you will prolly continue to make light of it....Well people, I am here to tell you. Its not a joke!

Also here to say, That was awesome........Good For D Jack!!!!! I don't care what team he plays for that was a great thing to do period!

If you are a fan on this forum and you made a BS comment about DJack, st because he is an Eagle...then you have real issues with your own self and your own life. You need to take a look in the mirror an realize whats important...and try to differentiate between life and sports! be ashamed of yourselves for it too.

Well put!! Agree 100%!

I hate the Eagles just as much as all other NFC east fans, but this was a class move. Plain and simple. This moment for the kid is going to go a long way for him in his life. Props to Desean.

[pjfootballer]

Stories like this are always good. The kid should take the bully on MTV's "Bully Beatdown."

[TonyRomoProBowl]

some people actually do hate all these guys and don't try to hide it, but i'd hope you'd be able to see that some say stuff with a light hearted attitude. Do I think deseana is a self-centered jerk? yes. Do I think what he did was nice? yes. Do I think some of his motivation was getting in front of the camera? yes. Gotta be objective when you throw stuff out there.

thats the thing......self centered jerk?? if he wore Burgundy and Gold, he would be the "bomb".....you know it too........its all good though, fan is short for fanatic....i get that, but i am 39 now and see it all from a different light then most do!

[TD_washingtonredskins]

thats the thing......self centered jerk?? if he wore Burgundy and Gold, he would be the "bomb".....you know it too........its all good though, fan is short for fanatic....i get that, but i am 39 now and see it all from a different light then most do!

I'm with you man...I posted so on the first page. I'm glad I'm not alone. What these guys do for 60 minutes on the field has nothing to do with who they are as people in the real world.

[TonyRomoProBowl]

I'm with you man...I posted so on the first page. I'm glad I'm not alone. What these guys do for 60 minutes on the field has nothing to do with who they are as people in the real world.

AMEN........crap, that's well put and didn't need to be three paragraphs long like mine was! LOL........Agreed 100%.

[Hitman21ST]

AMEN........crap, that's well put and didn't need to be three paragraphs long like mine was! LOL........Agreed 100%.

As much as I don't like him on the field (and I'm sure you can agree with me on that TRPB), that was an awesome gesture for the kid. That'll be one of the best memories of his life and he can turn the bullying into something positive, at least that instance. That more than makes up for him having to suffer through being on The View ;).

The only thing I'm worried about now is that the kid could get bullied again by those same guys because of what happened.

[DWinzit]

That was an awesome thing by the show and all 3 Eagles!

[Brotherz]

I hate the eagles. I hate Philly. Of all the eagles, I hate Desean by far the most. . . . .

But, even I can say very cool thing he did here. Good for him.

[skinsfanindallas88]

Good job by the players

On another note...did anyone notice that most of those women were bigger than desean jackson?

[jflow78]

Well, let me turn off my fan blinders for a moment:

That was pretty awesome of those guys to show up for that kid. It's not like they couldn't have just sent a video or called the show or something, they actually showed up to support the kid. That was pretty cool.

Fan blinders back on:

I got bullied when I was in school and no ******* showed up to make me feel better. Where were you then Desean, huh? Oh, that's right, you weren't born yet! Well so much for being a great guy, son of a *****.

Somehow, I feel a balance with the universe now.

[Yeen80]

Well done Desean, Herrimans, and Jackson.

Classy move.

If that doesnt give you a chill then you arent a human.

[fullnelson9999]

Despite what other people have said in the thread, I thought it was cool of him to do what he did.

The kid and his family were in tears. That's all I need to see.

Behind the scenes:

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[LaRonDontLikeUgly]

The 13 year old boy is more articulate than Jackson.

[Koolblue13]

Stories like this are always good. The kid should take the bully on MTV's "Bully Beatdown."

I would bet they tried too. Glory whores. I would never air my problems on national tv like that. When my family fell to ****, my Dad wrote Oprah and she wanted to have us on, but my sister and I wouldn't do it.

Bullys suck, I agree, but the View was just taking an oportunity to exploit it and those Eagle players jumped right on the band wagon. Then DeSean just makes it all about himself yet again.

The kid is too young to understand exactly what is going on, but the rest are just self absorbed *******s.

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If that doesnt give you a chill then you arent a human.

No, if you can watch Earthlings and not cry you are human, but this was celebrity gesticulating.

[NewCliche21]

Bullys suck, I agree, but the View was just taking an oportunity to exploit it and those Eagle players jumped right on the band wagon. Then DeSean just makes it all about himself yet again.

The kid is too young to understand exactly what is going on, but the rest are just self absorbed *******s.[COLOR="Gold"]
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Who cares? This isn't about you, the Eagles, "The View", or anyone else; this is about that boy. Did you see that smile? That's all that mattered.

[ixcuincle]

You may not like what he does on the field but off the field he is a classy dude

Good man

Good story

And if you don't like what he does on the field, you might want to stop him

[DeadExField]

I think what would really help that kid and other kids like him is a mentoring program, and not a signed jersey and a handshake on broadcast TV. Yeah I know it was all smiles and made that kid's day, and thats awesome, but thats just for that day, what about tomorrow? All I see is "I got bullied so I got a free gift from a football star." Being on TV with D. Jackson isn't going to teach that kid how to prepare himself for anything, that was just a good time. Now if there was any type of mentoring outside of that 25 minutes talk show, then I'll give Jackson some props. But when he came out, it was all about him as usual

[Koolblue13]

Who cares? This isn't about you, the Eagles, "The View", or anyone else; this is about that boy. Did you see that smile? That's all that mattered.

Until he goes back to school Monday wearing it and he gets beaten up and sent home shirtless.

Sure, it was a "feel good" type of thing, but just to vain and shallow on all accounts for me to start patting anybody on the back. Just my opinion.

[hawgboy]

Brian Orakpo would have twisted the bully's arm behind is back and cry "UNCLE!".:stick:

[TonyRomoProBowl]

As much as I don't like him on the field (and I'm sure you can agree with me on that TRPB), that was an awesome gesture for the kid. That'll be one of the best memories of his life and he can turn the bullying into something positive, at least that instance. That more than makes up for him having to suffer through being on The View ;).

The only thing I'm worried about now is that the kid could get bullied again by those same guys because of what happened.

true that....bullies dont just stop and look for things like this...it pisses them off further and then it gets worse......i know all to well with my own son, this stuff really tugs at my heart....my own son got his ass beat the hell out of for being "different"...i went to the school and asked for a meeting with the kid and the kids dad....wish was not granted, the kid was suspended, then expelled and later other kids said to my boy and i quote "now your gonna get it, look what happened to "blank" cause of you"........so we transferred him to another school and all has been coll the last couple years....now he is on the wrestling team and his teammates love him and help him and protect him!

[kubstix]

Hate on DJax all you want but this was a nice gesture. I hate his cocky attitude on the field, but you know what? He's good. I love the people saying it was all about him and cameras. Did any of you listen to the video? The View went out of there way to contact his favorite player and ask him to be on the show, it's not like he just showed up. Do you guys think you know what every professional athlete does without a camera in front of them? How do you know DJax doesn't hold an offseason training camp for young kids which will never make the papers, ESPN, or NFL Network. This kid endured a terrible feeling of being bullied and nobody to help him vs 7 people. The smile on his face of seeing his favorite professional athlete is all that was needed to be seen. DJax gets some points here in my book but IMO Mark Sanchez deserves the entire kabash when it comes to making a child feel special. I wanted the Jets to win the superbowl for only one reason, and it was Mark Sanchez.

[skinfan2k]

oh yeah mark sanchez also sleeps with 15 year olds lol

[Xtremeskin]

:applause::eaglesuck Great jesture!

[jfr3ek]

....and how does this help this kid from not getting jumped again?!

[martin49]

Amazing...NFL players give back to their community and do a nice thing. However, because they play for a team other than the Redskins, we find a reason to make it sound like it's NOT a nice gesture.

Good for DJax and the others. Yeah, I'm a life long Skins fan and can appreciate what those Eagles did. Unfortunately our team has just as many ignorant fans as any other team , that can't look beyond the "GAME" to acknowledge a kind act. Besides it was all set up by the show, not the players. So self promotion does'nt play into this. Just some warped brain fans. Touche DJax & others

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Physically it does'nt, emotionally it does. At least he can move on feeling supported by some important people, and not be as afraid.

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....and how does this help this kid from not getting jumped again?! Physically it does'nt. Emotionaly it helps him move on with more confidence knowing some important people support him.

[Hitman21ST]

...now he is on the wrestling team and his teammates love him and help him and protect him!

It sounds like he wouldn't even need their protection...real wrestlers (as opposed to WWE) aren't exactly pushovers. Congrats to your son, I wish him well.

[TonyRomoProBowl]

It sounds like he wouldn't even need their protection...real wrestlers (as opposed to WWE) aren't exactly pushovers. Congrats to your son, I wish him well.

thanks man, and yea no doubt....i have been a wrestling coach for over 13 years and stopped coaching this year to enjoy watching my son in the sport.......I spent my entire liffe in the sport starting when i was 7....no doubt about it, those kids are good for him!

[Destino]

I hate the eagles as much as any other skins fan... But I'm not going to hate on good deeds by players. That's just sad. Having worked in charity I can say that people do things for what some would consider the wrong reasons but those benefitting from their actions are still better off, and that end result us what matters most of all. That kid doesn't give a damn about the bs talked about in this thread and was made to feel good when he really needed it.

[Hitman21ST]

I hate the eagles as much as any other skins fan... But I'm not going to hate on good deeds by players. That's just sad. Having worked in charity I can say that people do things for what some would consider the wrong reasons but those benefitting from their actions are still better off, and that end result us what matters most of all. That kid doesn't give a damn about the bs talked about in this thread and was made to feel good when he really needed it.

That kid is on ES? :silly: