For a team who signed dog killer and retained Racial Slur boy.... I am surprised that they flatly released Jackson. And my reaction is this: BRAVO!!!! It takes a lot of stones to cut your best player without getting any sort of compensation. And since the legal team has advised Philly's Front Office not to comment, I tend to believe that there's a very real legal issue on top of his on the field behavioral problems.
When did they cut LeSean McCoy??
I don't think that it's a stretch to call Jackson better than McCoy. One's a 2x Pro Bowler and 2x All Pro, and the Other is a 3x Pro Bowler and 1x All Pro. They're both among the best at their respective position, and they both are absolute game changers.
Jackson is not among the best at his position. He is not a top 10 WR (which I think is a good cutoff for being called one of the best at WR). Hell, his only All-Pro selection was as a punt returner, not as a WR. I'll take Megatron, AJ Green, Bryant, Demaryius, Marshall, A. Johnson, Fitzgerald, V. Jackson, Josh Gordon and Julio Jones as the best 10 WRs in football.
McCoy, meanwhile, is a top 3-5 RB, easily.
And I am talking reality here, not fantasy football numbers. For example, Jackson put up better numbers than Larry Fitzgerald last year, but Fitzgerald is still a better WR.