News of DeSean Jackson‘s season-ending surgery was met with a myriad of emotions, particularly from the Philadelphia Eagles fan base. There were comments expressing disappointment, outrage, and namecalling. Some even went to call him selfish when in actuality the opposite was true.
Jackson put his medical needs and the needs of his own body on the back burner as he attempted to work his way back onto the playing field. As you all know, it didn’t work out that way. It was revealed he’d need surgery and, in a flash, his grand return to the Eagles hit the pause button.