"Andy Reid has gotten mad at DeSean Jackson this year, he's been frustrated with Jackson this year, he's been disappointed in Jackson.

On Friday, he defended him. Vociferously.

Reid said he was "very disappointed" in NFL Network's coverage of Jackson during the network's national telecast of the Eagles' 31-14 loss to the Seahawks Thursday night in Seattle.

In the final minutes of the second quarter, NFL Network sideline reporter Alex Flanagan reported that Jackson had been sitting by himself on the sideline and had not been interacting with his teammates during the game.

But just before she made the comment – and again just after she made it – her own network clearly showed Jackson talking to his teammates.

Here's the sequence, as shown by NFL Network:

With 3:02 left in the first half, the Eagles faced a 3rd-and-2 from their own 46-yard-line. Quarterback Vince Young threw incomplete to Brent Celek near the right sideline. On that same play, NFL Network's cameras showed Young seemingly looking first at Jackson, who ran his route without ever turning to look at Young.

"He wants to throw it to DeSean Jackson, and he's not even looking for the football," analyst Mike Mayock said. "I don't get that disconnect."

The network used that play as a springboard to present Jackson as isolating himself from his teammates."