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1,600 Club Now Available

In the NFL record books you'll find one interesting WR record - Torry Holt along with Marvin Harrison are the only receivers with multiple 1,600 yard receiving seasons.  It just happens both players are now free agents having been cut by their respective teams.  With the Vikings looking to add threats that compliment AD, let's take a look at the numbers.

Harrison enters his 14th year in the league, the last two saw Marvin play a total of 20 games and collect 80 receptions for about 900 yards with 6 TD's.

Torry "Big Game" Holt enters his 11th season having played all but 2 games in his career.  Holt has been a model of consistancy generating 80-100 receptions each year and at least 1,000 yds.  Never a big TD guy only grabbing 10 or more in 3 seasons, Holt instead generates consistant deep routes and possession receptions while averaging about 12-14/yds per catch.

It's easy to see how both players could add a new element to the Vikings attack, but Holt is by far and large the bigger threat at this point in his career.  Signing Holt to a 2-3 year deal would be well worth it from a financial and production standpoint.  Convincing either player to join the QB-less Vikings might be another matter.

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