Buccaneers Say Goodbye to Dexter Jackson

He was a mistake by the Bruce Allen-Jon Gruden administration.

It was no secret that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers seemingly made a huge draft mistake in April of 2008 when they selected Dexter Jackson from Appalachian State in the second round with the 58th overall pick.

Jackson was a complete and total bust and the Buccanners admitted it Monday when they released him to get to the NFL-mandated 75 players roster limit.

Head coach Raheem Morris told us early that Jackson wasn't his kind of player.

The knock on Jackson was that he was contact-shy, a fatal disease for an NFL football player.

Draft experts declared him a "reach" when Allen and Gruden went for him. They were blinded by Jackson's 40-time.

"I want to know who scouted him?" WDAE radio host and former Tampa Bay Buccaneer player Ian Beckles asked.

Beckles' question has been asked by many since the day Jackson was drafted.

Jackson also showed an inconsistency when it came to pass-catching. You could see that during the Buccanners training camp. Dropped passes doom NFL hopefuls.

The release of Jackson shows that the new regime has no attachment to the players they did not select, although new Buccaneer GM Mark Dominik was on Allen's staff and it is uncertain if he had any input with those high draft decisions.

Jackson is gone and 22 more players will be on their way out of the organization before the start of the regular season.

This one came as no surprise.