San Diego Chargers wide receiver Vincent Jackson will be eligible to play in Week 5 if he’s traded, under the terms of a settlement between the NFL and the players’ union. The NFL and the NFL Players Association settled the case in talks on Thursday, the same day Jackson was to appeal for his suspension to be halved to three games.

The settlement provides for Jackson to sit out a total of four weeks — all of his league-mandated three-game suspension and one additional week with his new team. He was due to sit out six weeks as a result of the Chargers placing him on the roster exempt list. The pact clears the way for an NFL team to acquire Jackson, a top-tier wide receiver who caught 68 passes for 1,167 yards and nine touchdowns last season, for most of the season.

-Posted by Sabrina B.