Vikings Leaning Toward Wrong Decision on Jackson

Reports began circulating two weeks ago that the Minnesota Vikings were willing to concede that their 2006 draft-day trade for Tarvaris Jackson would not pan out as head coach Brad Childress once had planned. Given that Jackson will see significant playing time in tomorrow night's otherwise meaningless and final pre-season game, the reports have resurfaced with greater force in local media outlets.That the Vikings would be seeking to avoid keeping four quarterbacks on their roster is not surprising. What is surprising is that, after two pre-season games in which Jackson has shown some improvement on at least two of his normally fatal flaws, directing screen passes to the receivers' hands rather than to their feet and moving away from rather than into pressure, the Vikings have seen all that they care to see of their third-year player.With the Vikings' careers of capable players such as Sidney Rice, Bobby Wade, and Aaron Henderson resting in the balance, the Vikings wou...