Vincent jackson

• The Chicago Bears are a team of many needs, but one of its greatest and most obvious is at wide receiver.
(YAHOO!)
• A pair of two-time Pro Bowl players in their prime will become free agents, and they could fill huge needs for the Bears.
(Chicago Sun-Times (blog))
• As the franchise tags come rolling down on Monday, one player who looks unlikely to be hit with the franchise tag is San Diego Chargers wide receiver Vincent Jackson.
(SBNation.com)
• Kevin Acee of the Union-Tribune San Diego reports that the Chargers are "almost certain" to let Monday's franchise tag deadline pass without assigning the mechanism to free agent receiver Vincent Jackson.
(NBC Sports)
• Mondays 4 p.m. ET deadline for franchise came and went and Chargers wide receiver Vincent Jackson did not receive the franchise-tag designation, the team announced.
(CBS Sports)
• Matt Flynn, Vincent Jackson and Cortland Finnegan can officially prepare to become free agents. Monday was the deadline to designate a player with the franchise tag.
(Sporting News)
• SAN DIEGO (AP) - The San Diego Chargers say they will not use the franchise tag this season. The Chargers tagged wide receiver Vincent Jackson last year.
(NBC Sports)
• Free agent receiver Vincent Jackson will generate heavy interest if he makes it to the March 13 market. The Chicago Bears are expected to be in hot pursuit, and the Union-Tribune San Diego expects the Buffalo Bills to be, too.
(NBC Sports)
• The Washington Redskins are making plans to add a high-profile wide receiver in an NFL free agent market that has them in abundance, according to several people familiar with the team's deliberations.
(Washington Post)