John David

Booty

Alex Smith’s hands are bigger. Booty was an accurate college passer and is intelligent, but physical limitations are the biggest knock against him.

Booty has a year in Darrell Bevell’s offense and Rosenfels was acquired this offseason, so this isn’t all that surprising. It definitely does not mean J.D. would be a better bet in a game. Rosenfels has a stronger arm and way more experience. It’s not a big concern if he struggled in shorts and shells.

Booty was 6'3/213 coming out of USC last offseason. “He’s not Charles Atlas right now or anything like that, but he looked pretty good when I saw him,” Childress said. Booty will likely keep his No. 3 QB role this season.

So much for all that talk that Booty’s presence would allow the team to trade Tarvaris Jackson or Sage Rosenfels. The Vikings obviously never thought highly of the 2008 fifth-round pick. Still, he should catch on elsewhere shortly.

Maybe the Vikings aren’t going to trade Tarvaris Jackson after all. Booty looked pretty bad in the preseason, but he’ll almost certainly get some bites from other teams like the Jaguars.

It’s probably not going to happen though. Plenty of teams that use West Coast offenses like Minnesota’s (St. Louis, Green Bay, Washington) could view Booty as an upgrade over what they have on their current rosters, or as an intriguing project. He’s definitely got more potential than Rams No. 3 Keith Null.

If the Vikings do consider themselves Super Bowl contenders, they need to keep Tarvaris Jackson and send Booty through waivers. Jackson looked better than Rosenfels for the second straight week as well.

It’s pretty surprising that the Redskins, Rams, and Packers showed no interest. Booty, the Vikes’ fifth-round pick in 2008, may resurface on the Minnesota’s active roster if they can pull off a trade of Tarvaris Jackson.

“And I wouldn’t be surprise if John David Booty beat out Jackson for the backup job,” King writes. We believe Rosenfels will win the job, and it sounds like Brad Childress’ attachment to Jackson has potentially been overstated. Rosenfels has received mixed reviews at best at early practices, but it may not matter.

Schefter says third QB J.D. Booty is safe, and the prevailing belief is that Jackson is the odd man out. It’s worth noting that the NFL Network reported in mid-June that Jackson would request a trade if Favre became a Viking. The Vikings wouldn’t get much, though, and Jackson’s stock has further plummeted after an atrocious preseason opener and in-camp knee injury.