With WR Jordan Addison out, Vikings HC Kevin O'Connell elaborates on plan to replace him

Being without wide receiver Jordan Addison on Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers is going to be a big loss for the Minnesota Vikings. He is a dynamic vertical threat that can take advantage of single coverage opposite of Justin Jefferson

Not having Addison is going to be a downer for the Vikings, but it will be especially impactful because tight end T.J. Hockenson is still on the physically unable to perform list. That leaves a gaping hole opposite of Justin Jefferson.

How Minnesota Vikings will replace Jordan Addison

The Vikings will have a challenge in replacing Addison's ability and magnitude in coverage. Head coach Kevin O'Connell views it as a committee approach and highlighted Trishton Jackson, who has been with O'Connell the majority of his career..

"I think you're gonna see a kind of a variety of all those guys doing different jobs throughout the game. Tristan is going to be up as well, and that's why Tristan is here. He had a great camp. Really could fill in at any one of those three spots and we've got a lot of confidence in him. He knows what to do and how to do it. Plays with great technique and fundamentals. You know, that's where Tristan earned the right to be here, no doubt, but having a guy like that to step in in these moments is very comforting for us as an offensive staff, and I think for Sam as well."

Jackson is a talented player who will likely be used in situations where the Vikings are going to want a technical savant with some size to get open. The other major option is Jalen Nailor who Jefferson had a lot of great things to say about on Thursday after practice.

"He has big potential, you know, he's just behind me and (Jordan Addison), that's the only thing that's has really stopped him for really reaching the potential that he has. But you know, everyone knows if they've been following him, the injuries has been really stopping them from being out there on that field. Now he's a little bit more healthy. Now he's being able to there on that field, his ability to learn a playbook and be dialed into where he needs to be on that field, and learning the F, learning, X learning the whole playbook is his goodness of really being out there on that field. So that helps him a lot. But you know, his just ability to make plays is what really makes him, him, but that's what everybody's going to see out there on Sunday."

We don't know if the committee approach will work, but replacing what Addison brings in the aggregate feels like the right approach.

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