I can kind of understand letting Matt Hasselbeck leave to allow Charlie Whitehurst to start. They spent the equivalent of two 3^rd round picks to get Whitehurst and paid him like a starting quarterback. It makes some sense to see what he can do as the starter for a full year, although he hasn’t ever done anything to suggest he can succeed. However, letting Hasselbeck go to bring in Jackson to compete with Whitehurst? That doesn’t make any sense. If you didn’t want to hand over the keys to Whitehurst, at least resign Hasselbeck. Jackson isn’t a starter in this league. He would be a solid backup, but he’s not a starter. The positive, however, is that we can all look forward to a Tarvaris Jackson/Charlie Whitehurst/Matt Leinart quarterback battle in training camp, which could rival Arizona’s Matt Leinart/Derek Anderson/Max Hall/John Skelton battle from last year as the worst quarterback battle in NFL history, so there’s that.

Grade: D