Rookie return man Dexter Jackson is in danger of losing his grip on that job based on comments from coach Jon Gruden that wee hours.

Gruden, after replacing Jackson with Michael Clayton on kickoffs Sunday night, emphasized the Bucs need more from their return game. When asked whether he was considering a change of returners, Gruden said, “We’ll talk about that today.”

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If that proves to be the case, the nail in the coffin might have been Jackson’s pair of gaffes on the second-half kickoff. He initially fumbled after allowing the ball to hit him in the face mask, recovered it, next fumbled again while attempting to elude tacklers. Fortunately for Jackson, Jimmy Wilkerson recovered the loose ball.

“The fumble to start the third quarter, that can’t happen,” Gruden said.

Original post by Stephen Holder