It has been a whirlwind year for former Eagles receiver DeSean Jackson, who was released by the team last April following a Pro-Bowl season.

Jackson's release came after a NJ Advance Media report that the team had concerns about the company their receiver kept off the field, as well as his attitude around practice and his influence on the younger players in the locker room.

The release dealt a major blow to Jackson's reputation, a reputation Jackson has been trying to fix ever since.

Enter BET's "Home Team", a reality show produced with the intention of turning around the now-Washington Redskins wide receiver's reputation.

A goal, at least through the first two episodes, the show has come far short of reaching.

The first episode of the show starts off with a bang, as Jackson is shown producing a rap album, yelling at the police, smoking a cigar and drinking in a club.

"You know what the downfall of every great athlete is?," Gayle Jackson, DeSean's mother, asks during a dinner. "Alcohol, money and women."

Right on cue, the show cuts to shots of Jackson smoking and drinking surrounded by women in a bar. In the prior scene, Jackson is seen shouting at police as they drive by outside.

"Haters!," Jackson yells. "Bye, bye!"

Jackson is also quoted as saying the Eagles tried to "blow (him) up" and ruin his reputation by releasing him.

Then comes the second episode.

Jackson is asked by his sister, A'Dreea, about his financial situation and a recent charge on a credit card.

"What could you have spent $5,000 on in one night in the club?," A'Dreea Jackson asks, before finding another charge for $25,000.

"Alcohol," Jackson responds.

Jackson, in a private moment with cameras, then admits that he has perhaps lost his way since his father, Bill, passed away in 2009.

"When I have football, I'm focused. Then once the off time comes, it's like, 'Ok, what's next?'" Jackson says. "When my dad was here, it was always, 'Ok, we're working out, we're training, we're training. But when my dad passed away, I did a lot of crazy things. I partied, I was spending money I shouldn't have spent...because I don't have that dominant voice to tell me I'm trippin."

His brother, Byron, also speaks to the bad influences around DeSean.

"My dad was very protective of who DeSean came out with and some of his friends," Byron says. "Since my dad passed, some of the friends have come back around, and they weren't good news for DeSean."

A constant theme of the show is Jackson's mother and sister having to control DeSean. In one scene, his sister (who admits she has to follow DeSean around to make sure he is following the rules) sits him down to discuss him and his friends jumping off of a roof into the pool.

"Does nobody have common sense in the group?" A'Dreea says. "You take enough risks in your every day-to-day life.

"There are definitely some people around I question," A'Dreea says of DeSean's friends. "Their life is just like a big party."

It is revealed in the first episode that DeSean is set to have his first child with his girlfriend, Kayla. In a scene with his friends, Jackson admits he might have to change his lifestyle now that he is set to become a father.

"I gotta get real with it," Jackson said. "I have to be a man and handle it."

It isn't all bad for Jackson, as the show shows some clips of him working out. The receiver also speaks genuinely about his excitement about becoming a father, and it is clear that family is important to him.

Still, the negative moments far outweigh the positive ones.

Watching the show, it is not hard to see why head coach Chip Kelly decided to release Jackson, who comes across as a disaster waiting to happen, and a player who needs a constant support system around him to avoid trouble.

Not the image Jackson needs, and certainly not the image that will change the poor perception he has around the league.

Eliot Shorr-Parks may be reached at eshorrpa@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @EliotShorrParks. Find NJ.com Sports on Facebook.