DeSean Jackson is feeling confident about the Washington Redskins.
Despite the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles reloading — Jackson feels good.
The Jaccpot CEO was asked on ESPN 980 Friday afternoon which NFC East team is the team to beat, Redskins excluded.
“Well if you want to be political and say on paper, I think all the ESPN guys and all the bloggers will probably say the Dallas Cowboys,” Jackson told Kevin Sheehan. “But in my eyes, I already think we’re going to surprise a lot of people this year. I’ll say once again, I’m excited about the new additions that [have] come in. Really, we just have to kind of build a camaraderie. So once the season starts and we’re ahead full speed, I think we’re gonna surprise a lot of people, and a lot of people are really gonna be saying, ‘Wow, those guys are pretty good.’ So once the season starts — I’m not gonna put too much pressure on us — but I think we’ll be the team to beat this year.”
Jackson also hinted at the Redskins returning to a style of play that benefits RG3:
“Just really going back to what [Robert Griffin III’s] good at doing,” Jackson said. “I can remember how he kind of killed us when I was with the Eagles, and I was like man, this guy’s amazing. He was a young quarterback. So whatever it is he needs to get back to — I’m not the offensive coordinator, I don’t control the offense — but whatever it is he’s comfortable at, where he can be himself and dish the ball off and run the ball if he needs to, just facilitate a full offense, whatever that is, hopefully we’re able to get back to that and let him get comfortable.