SAN DIEGO (AP) – Pro Bowl wide receiver Vincent Jackson has signed his contact tender with the San Diego Chargers.
He’s not eligible to play in the next three games, though, because of a team-imposed suspension.
By reporting now, he can serve his three games on the roster exempt list – he was placed there in a hardball move by general manager A.J. Smith – and then play in the final six games to accrue his sixth season toward unrestricted free agency.
Counting the six games he plays and the bye week, he’ll earn $240,058 rather than the $3,268,000 he would have made had he signed his tender as a restricted free agent before the season.
Jackson has declined to speak with reporters.
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