Sidney Rice, Tarvaris Jackson weren’t a dangerous combination in Minnesota

With the Seahawks pouncing in back-to-back days on former Vikings quarterback Tarvaris Jackson and former Vikings receiver Sidney Rice, it’s possible that the folks in Seattle have confused the latter with Jerry and the former with Joe Montana.  Or Steve Young.

The reality is that, during their mutual time in Minnesota, Jackson and Rice never really clicked, even with running back Adrian Peterson pulling a safety to the line of scrimmage on just about every play.
During their four seasons together, Jackson and Rice both started the same game seven times.  Rice’s highest production came in 2007 against the Giants, with three catches for 82 yards and a touchdown.  In the other games, Rice had two catches for 10 yards against the Falcons in 2007, four for 66 and a touchdown against the Chargers in 2007, two catches for 18 against the Raiders in 2007, two catches for 31 yards and a touchdown against the Packers in 2008, no catches against the Colts in 2008, and five catches for 60 yards against the Giants in 2010.
But Seahawks fans can take some solace in the fact that, when Brett Favre was knocked out early in a 2010 game against the Bills, Jackson and Rice connected for five catches, 105 yards, and two touchdowns.
If they can build on that in 2011, they can become a great one-two punch in the Pacific Northwest.  During most of their shared time in Minnesota, however, they simply weren’t.