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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; The Redskins signed DeSean Jackson (left) to a three-year, $24 million deal in early April. (Carlos M. Saavedra/SI)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It appears that the Washington Redskins chose not to linger on the past\u00A0when they signed wide receiver DeSean Jackson,\u00A0wiping clean a slate that\u00A0includes the suggested gang ties\u00A0and locker room antics that may have\u00A0expedited Jackson's\u00A0release by the Philadelphia Eagles. Those rumors and the rest of the alleged red flags that followed Jackson out of Philadelphia are off the table for first-year head coach Jay Gruden in Washington.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Speaking at Redskins linebacker Brian Orakpo\u2019s Leukemia &amp;amp; Lymphoma Society golf tournament on Sunday, Gruden expressed confidence in Jackson's ability to fit in with the team and didn't feel as if he'd be a distraction moving forward, according to ESPN's John Keim.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong &gt;MORE:&lt;strong &gt;\u00A0&lt;/strong&gt;2014 NFL Mock Draft\u00A0|&lt;strong &gt;\u00A0NFL draft needs: AFC\u00A0|\u00A0NFL draft needs: NFC\u00A0&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CI don\u2019t know about any red flags,\u201D Gruden said. \u201CI know he\u2019s a great football player. We met him, I felt great about his character. Time will tell, but I don\u2019t foresee any challenges in that regard. He\u2019s a good player. He\u2019s been productive. I think we\u2019re excited to have him and anything off the field, we\u2019re not concerned about. We\u2019re counting on DeSean as a player and person moving forward that he\u2019s going to be a fit in the locker room and obviously be a great asset off the field.\u201D&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;At the same event, general manager Bruce Allen said the team did its\u00A0due diligence on Jackson and cited the wideout's\u00A0desire \"to be great in the NFL\"\u00A0as a reason\u00A0the Redskins\u00A0decided to bring him in.\nJackson is one of the most talented wide receivers in the NFL and hasn't found himself in any serious trouble during his six-year career, but it does seem as if Redskins management\u00A0is\u00A0treading lightly around\u00A0the issues\u00A0that accompanied\u00A0the big-ticket acquisition's exit from his previous team.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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