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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Percy Harvin

Sometimes I like to sit back and watch the dominoes fall in what can be an array of majestic movement as players shift from one team to another and matches that could only be made in heaven are somehow completed here on earth (Or actually domino displays like this one). While I am clearly a hater of the Minnesota Viqueens (yes, they are a bunch of queens in my book), I see the opportunity for one of their WRs to move into top 6-10 territory. You heard me. Better than Miles Austin, Brandon Marshall, Wes Welker, Vincent Jackson, and flirting with the likes of Reggie Wayne, Mike Wallace, and Greg Jennings.

That WR is Percy Harvin. In order for a WR to be great he needs 3 things. First is that he needs to be the favorite target (or clearly the #1 WR on the team) of whoever is passing the ball. Rodgers to Jennings, Manning to Wayne, Ryan to White; these tandems have all found success. The second thing is that the wide receiver needs a top tier QB throwing him the ball. See the 2010 drop off for Larry Fitzgerald if you disagree. Finally, the WR needs to have some type of counterpart that can force defenses to provide one-on-one opportunities or even the occasional mishap of being left totally unguarded.

Harvin currently has only one of those three (after the Favre retirement): a beast known as All Day (Adrian Peterson). Opposing defenses need to focus on one of, if not THE best running back in the league to stand a chance at winning the game. This leaves numerous opportunities in the passing game. But Harvin is currently the number 2 WR and Tavaris Jackson is throwing the ball…..well, the was the case 24 hours ago. Now Jackson is out and there are talks of McNabb going to Minnesota! This would be the 2nd piece of the puzzle for Harvin. The final piece? Well, Sidney Rice is a free agent and the Vikings do not have the money to spend on him when there are dozens of other WR free agents on the market. If he does in fact leave, this moves Harvin up to the #1 guy on the team.

So is it a day dream? At this point, yes. But don’t be surprised if you look back to this article around January and realize that Percy Harvin would have won you a FF title.  

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