Your initial feelings on Greg Jennings' career as a Viking

[hibbingviking]

wes welker or amendola would have been a better fit but jennings is a very good wr. Like the signing don't love it. We still need a legitimate deep threat.

[Eli]

What I'm afraid of happening is that we may all get to see how bad a good receiver can look when he has a poor QB throwing to him.

[Just Me]

What I'm afraid of happening is that we may all get to see how bad a good receiver can look when he has a poor QB throwing to him.

I've actually considered that as a possibility, but in a way that could possibly be a good thing Seriously, think about it. If Ponder struggles or is inconsistent this year (with legitimate targets), it kind of decides his fate. I don't think it will happen, but the silver lining will be that it will be painfully obvious we need to go in another direction at QB if we see a repeat of the last season (the middle part, especially).

[losperros]

What I'm afraid of happening is that we may all get to see how bad a good receiver can look when he has a poor QB throwing to him.

You might be right but if that happens, then Ponder is out of a job. I really think this is his last trial and learn year. Ponder will have a shorter leash next season, especially with a veteran QB backing him up.

[Demi]

How's the QB draft class next year?

[CalVike]

I am very happy Jennings is a Viking. His signing more than any other action this week shows me the team is dead serious about trying to improve on the 10-6 surprise of 2012 in the short run.

Also, despite assumptions of many, I do not take for granted that AD will steamroll the competition again in 2013; I suspect defenses will do a little better next year against him, not that he won't excel, just that approaching Dickerson again is highly unlikely.

Jennings presence will take some pressure off him, giving Ponder, or eventually Cassel if Ponder falters, a quality target downfield on every play. To me, despite my mid-week pessimism, this was a great week for the future of the Vikings.

[Sutsgold]

This is great! Percy wanted 11 mil. So basically we traded percy for Jennings 9mil sal, a 1st , 7th and a 3or 4 the following year. I think we would all agree that trading harvin for jennings, a 1st, 7th, and a 4th would be a steal. Great job Spielman! Im pumped.

[losperros]

This is great! Percy wanted 11 mil. So basically we traded percy for Jennings 9mil sal, a 1st , 7th and a 3or 4 the following year. I think we would all agree that trading harvin for jennings, a 1st, 7th, and a 4th would be a steal. Great job Spielman! Im pumped.

This wasn't a Harvin for Jennings deal. The Vikings needed someone like Jennings even if Harvin had remained with the team. Two different players with different styles. The comparison isn't fair to either one and it doesn't describe how badly the Vikings need outside WR help.

[PurpleMustReign]

This wasn't a Harvin for Jennings deal.

Not directly, but that's essentially what happened.

[bigskyeric]

What I'm afraid of happening is that we may all get to see how bad a good receiver can look when he has a poor QB throwing to him.

Percy had his best year with Ponder throwing to him, not Favre.

I'm confident Ponder and Jennings will work well together, finally giving Ponder a true number 1 to depend on. Not to mention the locker room will have the leader it's been lacking since Cris Carter left. Jennings isn't as outspoken as Carter, but the younger guys will have someone to mentor them. To me, this is why the signing makes more sense than some of the other options.

[hibbingviking]

Percy had his best year with Ponder throwing to him, not Favre.

I'm confident Ponder and Jennings will work well together, finally giving Ponder a true number 1 to depend on. Not to mention the locker room will have the leader it's been lacking since Cris Carter left. Jennings isn't as outspoken as Carter, but the younger guys will have someone to mentor them. To me, this is why the signing makes more sense than some of the other options.

greg jennings is versatile . he can play slot like percy harvin unlike mike wallace.

[King James]

I am happy that we got Jennings instead of Wallace. Jennings is versatile and can play as a slot or the outside. I'm assuming that he will be playing on the outside in our offensive system. He won't get it done by himself, we will need to address the WR position again during the draft. Hopefully we can get someone like Keenan Allen in the draft. Imagine that Allen, Jennings, Simpson, Wright, Rudolph and Peterson. That would be a hard bunch to stop.

But like I said, Jennings wont be as effective if he's the only WR we have. In Green Bay they had other talented WRs like Randall Cobb, Jordy Nelson, and James Jones. He will need the same amount of help from our WRs from this team.

[GoldenBear91]

Hope I'm wrong, but I suspect he will have injuries slowing him down throughout his days as a vike.

[Skoltastic_Voyage]

You can call me optimistic but the addition of Jennings should have a positive domino effect. With Jennings out there defenses wont hone in on Rudolf|Simpson|Wright|Felton as much. I doubt they will ever stop looking at Adrian first though. So regardless of his actual catches, he could slow down the mugging that happened in the passing game last year. As long as he isn't used as slot too often I think he will do much good. I think Jennings himself could get close or just above double digit TD's.

Ponder may benefit the most from this addition. I am dying for the draft and then the season to start. Go Vikes

[NDVikeFan]

Greg Jennimgs, Jarious Wright, a soon to be number one draft pick at WR, a healthy Jerome Simpson and Kyle Rudolph at TE makes me pretty excited. Lets not forget Greg Childs either. He might not ever play another down but in this day and age I wouldn't count him out.

This is definately the year we find out what Ponder really has IMO. I don't expect him to be Joe Montana but I bet by around Halloween we will be pretty happy with our passing attack.