Vikings Make U-Turn on Jackson But Have One More Move to Make

The Minnesota Vikings cut their roster to the required 53 players on Saturday evening. Among the cuts were little-used tight end Garrett Mills and oft-used, frustrating cornerback Marcus McCauley. Of all the players released, however, none was more the center of media attention and team consideration this pre-season than was John David Booty.In 2008, the Vikings traded up in the draft to take Booty in the fifth round. At the time, the Vikings thought that they had a steal, taking the record-setting former USC Trojan relatively late in the draft. "We were surprised to see him still on the board and jumped at the chance to trade for him," Vikings' head coach Brad Childress remarked at the time.As it happens, Booty was available in the fifth round last year because his skills did not meet the skill set necessary to succeed in the NFL. At least not at this point in his young career. After an abysmal outing in the team's final pre-season game against Dallas on Fri...