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Who is Don Jackson? (1 Viewer)

Well, looks like Matt Waldman (who does know what he's seeing on film) sees some positives in Jackson's game: http://subscribers.footballguys.com/apps/article.php?article=gutcheck385&utm_content=bufferafa37&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
 

Quickness and balance are positives of his game. He has the burst to turn the corner and turn a good crease into a run that threatens a secondary. He has a functional stiff arm that works best to ward off an angle as he bursts outside. Although he can get into the secondary, he's unlikely to outrun most NFL corners and free safeties with a good angle of pursuit despite a 4.47-second 40-yard dash at his pro day.

I like that he'll stick his nose into a pile and push through a crease in short-yardage situations and there's some balance to work through contact to his lower legs. Although I don't have quick access to tape that I can produce in short order, what first caught my eye about him was how physical he was for his 208-pound frame. 

In these respects, Jackson's burst, frame, and balance bear some similarities to Duke Johnson but he could be a more rugged player. But don't get carried away with this stylistic comparison. I haven't seen enough of Johnson's decision-making and third-down tools.
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(I accessed for free from Twitter, so I assume it's OK to add here -- I'm not an FBG subscriber, so not trying to give away what others pay for... just sharing what I found).

 
So, beat writers keep saying he's playing tonight but I don't see him activated still. What's the deal?

 
I don't think the running back in green bay is anything more than fools gold in PPR leagues,  including Lacy.   I'd still pick this guy up along with Davis just to see what happens.   It's worth the roster spot for 1 week. 

 
Insein said:
So, beat writers keep saying he's playing tonight but I don't see him activated still. What's the deal?
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Looks like GB is waiting until the last possible minute in deciding who to cut or place on I.R. and the implications that has for the entire roster.

 
Okay I just want to chime in and give my insight.  I was in the car listening to Rob Demovsky on Sirius XM Fantasy Football Next Level Fantasy show.  Of course rotoworld will take quotes out of context.  What I heard Rob Demovsky say is that he doesn't really know since Knile was just signed and Don Jackson is still on the practice squad predicated by "I guess Ty Montgomery will get the majority of the RB reps".  There was a smirk in his voice and he sort of chuckled.  He never said per sources.  Now I don't know what this means for those who are Ty Montgomery owners but I just wanted to sprinkle in some actual facts knowing how Rotoworld's updates can sometimes be deceiving.

If you are a Sirius XM subscriber you can listen to this conversation again on Mike Clay's Next Level Fantasy show on the Fantasy Sports station.

 
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I dropped my kicker in a Yahoo league and picked up Jackson.  Does anyone know if I can drop him tomorrow after he has played and pick up a kicker?  If he plays well, I plan on dropping someone else.  Thanks

 
Don't Noonan said:
I dropped my kicker in a Yahoo league and picked up Jackson.  Does anyone know if I can drop him tomorrow after he has played and pick up a kicker?  If he plays well, I plan on dropping someone else.  Thanks
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In Yahoo, yes.  If he's in your lineup, you can't drop him.

 
With Lacy going on IR, what do y'alls see as his value ROS compared to Davis? Will there be a viable RB2 out of the bunch, or will is just be a clustermug worth avoiding?

 
Moonshine said:
With Lacy going on IR, what do y'alls see as his value ROS compared to Davis? Will there be a viable RB2 out of the bunch, or will is just be a clustermug worth avoiding?
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I'm wading in fully -- someone's going to take over this backfield and produce IMO.  Lacy had been producing, just wasn't getting the volume and the TOs.  Their secondary in GB won't be this bad all year, and as the weather gets colder and worse in Lambeau, someone's going to be saddled up in this running game.

I think Knile Davis is a great athlete, but he's not a very good RB.  That said, Jackson's gotta produce with his opportunity to keep Knile on the sidelines.  Also, Montgomery is my real bet here as a season changer, but I think Montgomery plays a Riddick-type role and another RB gets 10-15+ touches between the tackles.  Giddy up, Don. 

Train's departing... all aboard. :drive:

 
bicycle_seat_sniffer said:
Starks will be back in a couple of weeks right??
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Theoretically, yes... but he's 30 years old and has looked pretty awful this year.  Does his recovery proceed smoothly?  Does he get his job back, when the team basically reluctantly brought him back this offseason?

Interesting other note -- ESPN reported today that Lacy's been playing at 255-265 this year, which isn't what the team wanted given their talk about getting him in shape.  Have we seen the last of Lacy in a Packers uniform?

 
Jackson available to add in ESPN leagues, which I assume means he's on the active roster now
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Jackson is listed as being on waivers in my ESPN league. Other practice squad players are either not listed at all, or they are listed as free agents.

 
Woah...just dropped my TE2 to pick up Donny Jax.  crazy...Hope he kills it tonight vs Chicago and takes over this backfield rest of the way.  Could be one of those midseason gems...who knows!  

 
Don't Noonan said:
I dropped my kicker in a Yahoo league and picked up Jackson.  Does anyone know if I can drop him tomorrow after he has played and pick up a kicker?  If he plays well, I plan on dropping someone else.  Thanks
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My main league is on NFL.com, but this is a common strategy that I use throughout the week. I'll take a flier on a guy playing Thursday if there is someone out there. I don't do it too often though because I don't want others to catch on and start doing the same thing. It will water down the available players. If there is a guy on my bench during games Sunday that I plan to drop, I'll dump him for the guys on MNF that I want to take a flier on. Until the game plays, they're considered FAs as they passed through Waivers already. Lets not share these methods too much :)

 
I realize he's a rookie, and I don't know the Packers all that well, but if Donny Jax was any good why wouldn't they have trotted him out earlier? Not like Lacy or Starks have proven anything, and nothing like a rookie back getting reps to scare your vets into performing. Is this just an unrealistic take?

 
RenegadeRoy said:
I realize he's a rookie, and I don't know the Packers all that well, but if Donny Jax was any good why wouldn't they have trotted him out earlier? Not like Lacy or Starks have proven anything, and nothing like a rookie back getting reps to scare your vets into performing. Is this just an unrealistic take?
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Two main reasons rookies stay on the practice squad; liability in pass protection, and/or ball security.

Guess we'll find out tonight!

 
RenegadeRoy said:
I realize he's a rookie, and I don't know the Packers all that well, but if Donny Jax was any good why wouldn't they have trotted him out earlier? Not like Lacy or Starks have proven anything, and nothing like a rookie back getting reps to scare your vets into performing. Is this just an unrealistic take?
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I think it's safe to assume and McCarthy and Co. thought they could roll Lacy out against the Cowboys and hope that he gets through it unscathed or without further injury. We all knew that was idiotic.

 
I picked up Davis on waivers the other day and tried to trade him to the J. Rodgers and Lacy owner (I have Martin)-so would have been trading back ups.  Since he turned down that trade I picked up Jackson this morning.  Don't need to play either Jackson or Davis this week so can now just sit back and see which one emerges but my money is on Davis being the main guy after this week because of his experience and if Jackson gets the hot hand that's ok too. Anyway I look at it I just got a starting RB and a handcuff that I didn't have prior to this week.

 
JFS171 said:
Per ESPN's player pages, Don Jackson's middle name is Xzavier.  +2

:drive:
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Picked up D.X.Jax and will be trotting him out tonight. Gimme fresh legs in week 7 at home against a weak opponent.

Watch him cough it up twice and ride the pine. :P

 
beerbuff said:
Don't need to play either Jackson or Davis this week so can now just sit back and see which one emerges but my money is on Davis being the main guy after this week because of his experience and if Jackson gets the hot hand that's ok too.
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I'm sure this is everyone's quandary. One league I have DXJ and in another I have Davis. Tonight will tell the tale I guess.

 
ryno1980 said:
http://www.espn.com/blog/green-bay-packers/post/_/id/30079/running-back-don-jackson-could-be-best-of-packers-undrafted-rookies

From May and answers some of the question about who this guy is. Got a late start in football, not playing until senior year in high school and ended up at Nevada.
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Don was supposed to be in suspension, too, but he was too busy getting in a fight. That was typical Don back then. So, somebody ran to on-campus suspension to let Don's girlfriend know he'd be late. When that message was delivered, the teacher who oversaw the suspended kids was aghast.

"Don Jackson is your boyfriend?" he asked Don's girlfriend, the rest of the class hearing the message, too. "You know he has a 0.1 GPA, right? Don't waste your time. He'll be dead or in jail before he's 17."

When Don heard what the teacher said, he did what he usually did: He got in his face. Don was a hothead. He was headed down a bad path. And while it was harsh to hear his teacher's criticism in the moment — that Don was basically a waste of space — the truth was the teacher was telling the truth.

Gangbanging. Drugs. Alcohol. Guns. A complete disregard for school or his life. Jackson embraced it all.

"I liked the thrill of danger," Jackson said. "I had a big thrill for danger. I'd go to a party knowing it was going to get shot up and I still went. The guns came out and I'd move closer. That's just how I was."

More than anything, Jackson wanted a street name. Growing up in South Sacramento, a place so ripe with pitfalls and violence Jackson calls it "South Sac Iraq," Jackson wanted to be just like his brother, one of four in his family who have served jail time (his brother is in prison for vehicular manslaughter, a sentenced extended for attempted escape, and his mother served a couple of years shortly after Jackson was born).

A prison sentence seemed inevitable for Jackson, too, so much so his mom enlisted him in a scared-straight visit to county jail at age 11 so he could see what would happened if he kept getting in trouble. The only problem was when Jackson visited the jail, he actually liked what he saw, especially when one of the inmates realized who he was (Jackson's older brother, nicknamed Whitey, was well known).

"I went in there and one of the dudes was knocking on the glass when they let us walk by the cells and he was yelling, 'You're Whitey's little brother! You're Whitey's little brother!'" Jackson said. "I loved that."

Prison didn't scare Jackson. Death didn't even scare him. On a few occasions Jackson was in a situation where his life was at risk — "That's normal where I'm from," he said — and plenty of times he saw life taken away from his friends. He counts five close friends, including a cousin and godbrother, who have been murdered in gang fighting or money missions. That would make most people pause. Jackson didn't.

"When people close to me started getting murdered, it's eye-opening," Jackson said. "But even then, I still couldn't really take the concept. I still couldn't make the change in my life that was needed."

Eventually, he did. Be it divine intervention, a support system that wouldn't let him quit, the game of football or a combination of each, Jackson finally made the change. He finally decided to save his life.

Today, he's the star running back for the Nevada Wolf Pack and a nominee for two national awards, including one given to the athlete who best combines community service with athletic and academic achievement. Jackson, a man who went to four high schools and was kicked out of two of them, is already a college graduate with a degree in communications. He's working on his Master's degree.

And at 21 yards old, he beat the projection of his former on-campus suspension teacher who told the class Jackson would be dead or in jail by age 17. When he first arrived at Nevada in 2013, Jackson sent that teacher a Facebook message. He wanted to update him on his current whereabouts.

"I just wanted to let you know that somewhere along the line I figured it out," Jackson wrote.

...

At age 17, Jackson graduated high school, becoming the second in his six-person family to do so (his mom graduated high school at age 40, Jackson said, and his dad and three siblings never got a diploma).

"I've never seen a kid work as hard as he did to graduate on time," Ryan Nill said. "He had to go to the continuation school, but he was taking a ridiculous amount of credits to try and catch up and graduate. His counselor at his continuation school even told me that she's never seen a kid work that hard."
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http://www.rgj.com/story/sports/college/nevada/2015/08/14/life-saved-don-jackson-story/31749275/

- I am pulling for this kid tonight.

In July, Jackson was named to the Doak Walker Award watch list as one of the nation's top running backs.
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Oh.

 
Have to think about starting him vs. guys like Gio and have Gillislee with nothing concrete on McCoy yet. Stupid Thursday games

 
ryno1980 said:
Have to think about starting him vs. guys like Gio and have Gillislee with nothing concrete on McCoy yet. Stupid Thursday games
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No chance I would think about starting him tonight. Davis easily could out touch him. I picked up Jackson because I had a 4th TE (20 man roster, kind of the bye week filler roster spot) as a just in case. I have McCoy/Gillislee and one of those two is definitely the starter over Jackson. No chance I'd risk a donut.

 
stbugs said:
No chance I would think about starting him tonight. Davis easily could out touch him. I picked up Jackson because I had a 4th TE (20 man roster, kind of the bye week filler roster spot) as a just in case. I have McCoy/Gillislee and one of those two is definitely the starter over Jackson. No chance I'd risk a donut.
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Really? You think Davis would lead them tonight, he can't have had more than one or two practices?
 

 
ryno1980 said:
Have to think about starting him vs. guys like Gio and have Gillislee with nothing concrete on McCoy yet. Stupid Thursday games
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Im right behind ya    Worse yet  I need to consider max pointage this week   (playing the undefeated guy in League)  Worse yet  I did have Gilliselee in to start, and not only pulled but using to drop, to add Seattle defense on waivers  LOL

Zeke is on bye  While I have Benjamin, Hill, and Parker on bn

Worse yet (my third) Im also starting both Howard, and Cobb.  That alone could be auto-lose ignorant..

 
was he a FA in ESPN? one of my ESPN leagues the commish picked him up as a FA. other he's on waivers
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Are you sure that your Commish didn't cheat? I read somewhere that ESPN decided to make him stay on waivers for a full week in the interest of fairness (since he was just added to the site a couple days ago). He's currently listed as being owned by 0.0% of ESPN owners.

 
Can this guy catch passes is the big question. To take over in GB, you will need to catch passes. If he get's no recs he won't have the kind of value to crack my lineup, so no point, really. I know Knile Davis can catch. In PPR Ty might be the play, but I am pretty sure Ty Montgomery won't be toting the rock between the tackles on a regular basis so his upside is limited to Riddick style of play. Knile can do it all adequately. 3 headed monster is worthless. We are going to learn a lot tonight.

 
Joe Summer said:
Are you sure that your Commish didn't cheat? I read somewhere that ESPN decided to make him stay on waivers for a full week in the interest of fairness (since he was just added to the site a couple days ago). He's currently listed as being owned by 0.0% of ESPN owners.
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I had him on my watch list.. at 3:30 in the morning(usual waiver processing time for espn) it alerted me his status was changed from on waivers to fa... So i don't think anything dirty is going down.

 
ragone said:
I had him on my watch list.. at 3:30 in the morning(usual waiver processing time for espn) it alerted me his status was changed from on waivers to fa... So i don't think anything dirty is going down.
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I also picked him up and am not the Commish in ESPN.  

 
Would love to hear what others think but I'd guess Jackson gets 10-15 carries as the "lead back" with Montgomery getting almost all the targets as the third-down back with Davis ready to be mixed in next week. 

 
ryno1980 said:
Would love to hear what others think but I'd guess Jackson gets 10-15 carries as the "lead back" with Montgomery getting almost all the targets as the third-down back with Davis ready to be mixed in next week. 
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Agreed...maybe a couple of easy carries for Davis to spell Jackson as well to get him into the game.  

 
sho nuff said:
Agreed...maybe a couple of easy carries for Davis to spell Jackson as well to get him into the game.  
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Agreed, and I wouldn't make too much of it if Jackson out touches everyone else tonight, unless he really breaks out and has a monster game Davis should be the guy going forward once he gets totally up to speed on the playbook.

 
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