"DeSean Jackson didn't miss Saturday's meeting because he overslept. Or if he did oversleep, it was intentional.

Jackson wouldn't come right out and say it, but it certainly appears his truancy was a statement not about his need of a new alarm clock but instead -- and not surprisingly -- about his contract situation.

Jackson was deactivated for Sunday's loss to Arizona because he failed to attend a team meeting a day earlier. Initially, it was thought that Jackson simply overslept (see post).

But Monday morning, Jackson explained that the reason was anything but simple; he didn't mention anything about sleeping too late.

"For people to say whatever it is, they don't know what I'm going through. I'm the one that has to come to work. I'm the one that has to be here. Everyone can have their own opinion, but I'm the one that's dealing with it," Jackson said.

Dealing with what?

"I'm not going to sit here and get into it. I think it's obvious," Jackson said. "Everyone knows the situation, knows the case. As a professional and as a man, you just really have to handle things. I can admit to some things that I've done, that I need to better, which I think everybody at a period of time in their life figures out what it is."

In the final year of his rookie contract, Jackson is earning about $600,000 this season. A team source said Sunday that the missed meeting wasn't the first incident of the season with Jackson, who briefly held out of training camp.

More coming on this later. Also, Michael Vick suffered broken ribs in the loss and his status for Sunday night against the Giants is uncertain."