The Worst Perfect QB Rating you'll see...

... belongs to Tarvaris Jackson. Daily Norseman has their own take, but still seem to think that these are hollow numbers because the complete lack of pressure facing Jackson. I would argue that the performance itself was not as good as the numbers.

Against KC's first-team defense, T-Jack missed Sidney Rice out of bounds on a deep ball (following a pump fake... to Sidney Rice), threw a pass when he was five yards past the line of scrimmage, and put together a decent drive of hitting stationary receivers and extending the play with his legs. Even his touchdown pass wasn't that impressive. He rolled out to avoid an unblocked defender, and threw behind his savior Shiancoe, exposing the tight end to a hit in mid air. Shiancoe looked a little shook up on the play, which should have included any contact in the end zone.

The next drive seemed impressive, with Jackson hitting Shiancoe on a seam route for what seems like the first time in T-Jack's career. Breeming with confidence, he waited and waited and waited and finally hit a standing still Sidney Rice within field goal range, but by dallying Jackson had used all of the seven seconds he had to gain some yards and call a timeout. Hesitation is at the heart of Jackson's game. Either Chilly has pounded caution into Tarvaris' brain or he just doesn't know which way to go with the ball, either way he holds onto the ball. That's not a good thing. Even on his best throw of the night, the long TD to Darius Reynaud, Jackson took a few seconds to find his man. This of course was against the second-team defense of the Chiefs, one of the worst defensive teams in the NFL last year, playing the 3-4 for the first time.

No doubt that I've taken the glass-half-empty approach when it comes to T-Jack's performance last night, but when has he ever earned a better one? If Favre gets injured... and then Sage gets injured... maybe we'll be able to see if Jackson can perform some real NFL passes against real NFL defenses. We might not get that chance, and personally I don't mind.