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Second year Minnesota quarterback Tarvaris Jackson apparently has a unique ability to wrap his head and his mouth around the very complex west coast offense he’s been in under head coach Brad Childress.

“Sometimes we have calls that are 15 or 16 words long in the huddle,” Rogers said. “When he got here last year, during his rookie minicamp, he was able to spit them out almost immediately. He put it all together pretty quickly. Now, you just give him a play and he can give you a formation for every occasion. That was probably the most pleasant surprise I had with him: how bright he is.”

As the article points out, now it comes down to decision making with the young quarterback. He can obviously get the team in and out of the huddle, but the Vikes need Jackson to protect the football better than he did in his two starts as a rookie last season.

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