"When last seen at Chargers Park, wide receiver Vincent Jackson took the back route from the locker room to the parking lot, apparently doing so to avoid the inevitable kind of questions about his accountability and behavior both on the field and off.

That was the day after he'd been caught driving with a revoked license on his way to the playoff game against the New York Jets, a loss in which Jackson kicked a challenge flag and got his team further penalized.

Jackson took the same escape route Friday. And drove away.

Requests for comment upon Jackson's return from a contract protest were met with refusals or silence by Jackson, who signed his contract and spent a little time in the locker room. Suspended by the league the first three games for his two DUI arrests and having withheld his services the past four while the Chargers went 2-5, Jackson talked to a few teammates and departed."