Vikings Need Jackson

Vincent Jackson is available. If traded by next Wednesday he will only miss four games instead of six. Teams should be on this like Rex Ryan on a bag of peanut M&Ms.



Pick him up!

 San Diego won't make it easy and I doubt they want to move him at all. He would have to sit out a total of five games with the Chargers, and based on his holdout and adamant stance, he doesn't want to play there. So if San Diego does want a first-round and later-round pick for him, the Vikings should do it. Here's why:

1)  His $9 million contract is chump change to the Wilfs. They threw more money at Favre this year for the hell of it. They were paying Sage Rosenfels $4 mil to be inactive on gamedays.

2)  They don't even use their first-round picks. Last year they just gave Detroit Jahvid Best by passing on their late first-round pick. Best scored two touchdowns in his first game. If they got Jackson, it would be another high-twenty pick anyway. If it's the 2012 first-rounder they want, fine. You'll need a receiver who makes the quarterback better, not the other way around, at that point anyway.

3) We don't know the health status of Sidney Rice. Everyone assumes he'll be 100 percent when he comes back. That's a big assumption. Just like thinking he could get through the season without having surgery in the first place, which backfired in training camp. Harvin will most likely miss a few games here and there. His migraines are allegedly "under control" but is on the injury report already with a hip.

4)  Bernard Berrian, Greg Camarillo and Greg Lewis cannot carry your passing game. Berrian can't play, Lewis can't even get on the field with this crew and Camarillo is still learning the offense. They need major help.

5)  With the four game suspension, and a bye in Week 4, there will be plenty of time for Jackson to learn the system and get comfortable with Favre.

6)  The addition of Jackson may bring Favre out of the depressed, my-receivers-suck state he's in. It's like he's about to cry every time he talks about the passing game. Jackson is a top-5 receiver with a good QB. He's better than Rice, who Favre cries about not being there. Imagine Jackson on one side, Rice on the other, Shaincoe hangin' out down the middle and Harvin in the slot. Very tough.

7)  Minnesota must do something to improve on last year. They can't rest on last year's success.

8)  Finally, I'm under the assumption the Vikings are trying to win a Super Bowl NOW. Favre is done after this year, therefore eliminating the Vikings from contention next year (based on their QB status). That means they need to do everything they can this year, which means trading for a premiere receiver. That may mean over paying slightly, but this is the last chance for a while in Minnesota. Two first-rounders maybe too much, but Mark Wilf and Rick Spielman need to find a way to make it happen.