Robert Meachum to Chargers

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  1. Jetaho

    Jetaho Well-Known Member

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    (FFChamps) The San Diego Chargers and Wide Receiver Robert Meachem agreed on a four-year, $25.9 million contract. The deal includes $14 million in guarantees.The move by San Diego came just hours after Vincent Jackson signed a five-year deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. While Antonio Gates remains Quarterback Philip Rivers' top target, the team needed to fill the void left by Jackson.
     
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    #2 Jetaho, Mar 14, 2012
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    V JAX TO BUCS 5 YEARS

    Vincent Jackson
    Vincent Jackson caught 60 passes for 1,106 yards with nine TDs last year.
    Damian Strohmeyer/SI

    TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Free agent wide receiver Vincent Jackson signed a five-year, $55.55 million contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, immediately becoming the team's most dangerous receiver.

    Jackson was one of the top wideouts available in free agency once San Diego decided not to give him the franchise tag. It didn't take him long to hook up with Tampa Bay and quarterback Josh Freeman, in whose honor Jackson got all those 5s in the deal; Freeman wears uniform No. 5.

    The contract, negotiated by Schwartz and Feinsod Agency, will pay Jackson $13 million in each of his first two years, then $10 million for the third year.

    Jackson will provide a deep threat for Freeman, whose other receivers, Mike Williams and Arrelious Benn, are more short-range targets.

    San Diego gave Jackson the franchise tag in 2011 and he signed for nearly $11 million. He missed most of the previous season in a salary dispute.

    During the lockout, Jackson was one of 10 named plaintiffs in the Brady V. NFL antitrust suit filed against club owners.

    Then Jackson had his third 1,000-yard receiving season in 2011 on his way to his second Pro Bowl. He made 60 receptions for 1,106 yards and nine touchdowns, and Jackson's yards per catch average of 18.4 was sixth in the league.

    The 29-year-old Jackson was a second-round pick (61st overall) by the Chargers in 2005
     
    #3 S.HOLMES.10, Mar 14, 2012
  4. MikeDevito

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    Meachem, not worth that $$ he's like Garcon, a product of a good QB
     
    #4 MikeDevito, Mar 14, 2012
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