Jackson back in St. Louis

St. Louis Rams Running Back Steven Jackson has agreed terms on a monster new deal - one that takes him straight to the top of the salary league.

ESPN.com's John Clayton reports that the mega-deal is two tiered, and essentialy makes for a win-win situation no matter what happens to Jackson. Either he hits the performance triggers on a $49.3m 5 year deal, or the Rams cut short the deal after a 3 year $29m deal with $21m guaranteed. If Jackson were to hit Free Agency in 2011, he would be in position to land a rare 'third contract'.

Ironically, Jackson's drafting in the first round, is a typical example of how a Running Back can suffer by being tied to a long term, undervalued rookie deal. Jackson signed a contract worth just $7m as a Rookie in 2004, and was entering the final year of that deal. Once a Rusher falls past the top 10, the money they receive is often out of synch with their role on the field. A Running Back is unlikely to get a decent payday after the age of 28, and so most RB's are well aware that to make the big bucks, they need a big payday at the end of their rookie deal.

Should help pay for those colonics.

Steven Jackson holding out

Let it never be said that Wide-Right only reports on Steven Jackson's 'Off field issues', but we feel that the fact he is holding out of Training Camp is actually quite a big story.

Jackson has joined the Cards' Anquan Boldin, and the Bills' Jason Peters in holding out of training camp - though Chicago's Devin Hester reported to camp after just one day of his own standoff with the front office.

Rams coach Scott Linehan told the press that he hopes that a deal will be done very soon, and that dialogue has been ongoing 'in the last few days'. This season is the last in Jackson's 2004 rookie contract.

Steven Jackson - Just suck it up

Steven Jackson is probably one of the least tactful - and most entertaining - players in the league today. One of the more intelligent players in the game, Jackson is like a rent-a-quote machine set to 'stun', and in his recent interview with Michael Silver for Yahoo Sports, he does not disappoint...

"I had a colonic," Jackson said, referring to the trendy colon-cleansing therapy that is akin to an extended enema on steroids. "My girlfriend had the bright idea: 'Let's go get your system cleaned out.' It lasted about 45 minutes, and by the end, I (expletive) wanted to cry. Let's just say I got stabbed in the (rear) six times."
- Rams RB Steven Jackson to Michael Silver of Yahoo

It gets so much better though. Not content with revealing the hosing his ass has taken, Jackson goes into detail, along with Girlfriend Supriya Harris. Here are the best quotes of a thoroughly penetrating article:

"My hands were covered in sweat, and the (colon therapist) lady comes in and starts talking my ear off. There's this thin hose-type-thing that you put up there that shoots water into you and sucks everything out, but I had trouble getting it in, and then it kept coming out. The lady had to come back six different times and put it back in there. It was brutal."
- Jackson again

"Trust me, she didn't mind. I was having mine done in the next room, and she kept coming in to tell me how fine he was. I was like, 'Could you please stop hitting on my boyfriend while you're cleaning out my colon?' When we got done and he walked out to the waiting room, I said, 'Steven, are you OK?' He said, 'I don't want to talk about it.' I swear to God, he looked like a kid who'd been in there with R Kelly."
-Supriya Harris

That last quote may force us to go against all prior evidence, and accept that women can be funny in an intentional manner. Despite the sheer horror of making love to a hosepipe, the man known as S-Jax to absolutely nobody seems converted, saying 'Once you get it all out of you, your body feels great. You get a boost of energy, and you feel like you can accomplish anything' Actually, a colonic irrigation company would be a great sponsor for any franchise named 'The Rams'.

Let's just hope Jackson hits the hole slightly better than last year.