Dan Wiederer: Is Vincent Jackson in the offseason plans for the Vikings? Many thanks for the enthusiastic and intelligent participation Wednesday afternoon on our Vikings live chat. A full transcript of that session is now available. Still, 80 minutes wasn't long enough to address all the valuable questions that were asked. So we're going into overtime now with some of the best questions left in the queue. Here goes:
Gav: Why do people want V-Jax so bad? He's 29, and by the time we're any good he will be over the hill. Do we really want to throw money at a 29-year-old?
DW: Vincent Jackson is a Pro Bowl-caliber player at a position the Vikings need to upgrade in a hurry. Beggars can't be choosers. Here's the deal: the Vikings averaged only 5.8 yards per passing attempt in 2011. Their three quarterbacks posted a rating of 74.6. Big plays were hard to come by. And if you take away Percy Harvin's stellar production in 2011, the Vikings' other top four wideouts combined for 80 catches for 1,146 yards and four touchdowns. Jackson? He's averaged 17.5 yards per catch over his seven NFL seasons. Last season, he had three games with at least 140 yards. Jackson is a legitimate vertical threat. And the Vikings need a legitimate vertical threat.
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