"For one of his teammates, this would have just been a bad game. A real bad game.

For DeSean Jackson, this was a nightmare.

In Sunday's lugubrious loss to the Patriots, Jackson dropped two touchdowns and was benched.

"I wanted to give the other guys a chance to make a play," head coach Andy Reid said of the decision to sit him.

It's the second time in the last three weeks Reid has removed Jackson from a game. Two weeks ago, Jackson was inactive for the Arizona game after missing a team meeting. The next day he all but admitted his contract situation was the cause of his truancy."