It was clear that the Los Angeles Chargers would be moving on from J.C. Jackson and it was based on his actions during a game.
Jackson, who’d been a healthy inactive the previous week, dressed for last Sunday’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders but a new report says he refused to enter the game after fellow cornerback Michael Davis suffered a third-quarter injury, according to a report Sunday from NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero.
Davis wound up playing all but one defensive snap as the Chargers won 24-17, with Jackson playing zero.
Via the report:
Sources say Jackson repeatedly refused to go into the game against the Raiders on Oct. 1, standing on the sideline with his shoes untied even when a teammate was banged up and needed to come off the field.
Multiple coaches attempted to persuade Jackson — a healthy scratch for the Chargers’ Week 3 game against Minnesota — to enter the game in the third quarter after Michael Davis injured his ankle. Jackson refused, saying, among other things, that he wasn’t warm enough to play, per sources.
Days later, they traded him back to his original team, the New England Patriots for receiving only a 2025 late-round pick swap in the deal and also agreeing to pay the vast majority of Jackson’s remaining 2023 salary.
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The Patriots reportedly will pay Jackson just $1.56 million for the rest of this season.
The Patriots badly need Jackson to help shore up a cornerback group that’s dealing with multiple injuries.
