The Vikings signed Jauan Jennings yesterday, removing one of the former or soon to be former 49ers wideouts from the market. Deebo Samuel is still out there, Brandon Aiyuk in limbo. Jennings will receive "up to" $13 million.
Minnesota lost Jalen Nailor in free agency, so they had a need for a No. 3 wideout behind Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison. Jennings should be that, and he might also take a few touchdowns away from that duo.
That's one area he was productive for San Francisco the last two years. He caught 15 touchdowns, and he's replacing a guy who caught more those years than you'd expected (Nailor caught 10 TDs).
Over the last two years, Jennings' 15 touchdowns (plus a 2-point conversion, which we consider a third of a touchdown in our accounting) in 30 games worked out .51 touchdowns per game. That was a top-12 scoring rate at the position (table shows all wide receivers to average at least a third of a touchdown per game the last two years).
| WIDE RECEIVERS PER GAME, 2024-2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | St | No | Yds | Run | TD | PPR |
| Davante Adams, LAR | 28 | 5.2 | 66.1 | .0 | .80 | 16.6 |
| Tee Higgins, Cin. | 27 | 4.9 | 65.1 | 2.2 | .79 | 16.4 |
| Ja'Marr Chase, Cin. | 33 | 7.6 | 94.5 | 1.4 | .76 | 21.8 |
| Amon-Ra St. Brown, Det. | 34 | 6.8 | 78.4 | .4 | .68 | 18.8 |
| Mike Evans, T.B. | 22 | 4.7 | 62.4 | 3.0 | .64 | 15.1 |
| Terry McLaurin, Was. | 27 | 4.4 | 62.1 | .1 | .59 | 14.2 |
| Drake London, Atl. | 29 | 5.8 | 75.5 | -.1 | .56 | 16.7 |
| Puka Nacua, LAR | 27 | 7.7 | 100.2 | 5.5 | .56 | 21.6 |
| Quentin Johnston, LAC | 29 | 3.7 | 49.9 | .4 | .55 | 12.0 |
| Nico Collins, Hou. | 27 | 5.1 | 78.6 | .6 | .53 | 16.3 |
| Jauan Jennings, S.F. | 30 | 4.4 | 53.9 | 1.2 | .51 | 13.0 |
| A.J. Brown, Phi. | 28 | 5.2 | 74.4 | .0 | .50 | 15.6 |
| Malik Nabers, NYG | 19 | 6.7 | 77.6 | .1 | .49 | 17.4 |
| Jordan Addison, Min. | 29 | 3.6 | 51.2 | 3.5 | .48 | 12.0 |
| Garrett Wilson, NYJ | 24 | 5.7 | 62.5 | .2 | .47 | 14.8 |
| Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Sea. | 34 | 6.4 | 86.0 | 1.8 | .47 | 18.0 |
| Jameson Williams, Det. | 32 | 3.8 | 66.2 | 2.3 | .47 | 13.5 |
| Courtland Sutton, Den. | 34 | 4.6 | 61.7 | .0 | .45 | 13.4 |
| Parker Washington, Jac. | 21 | 3.6 | 50.0 | .0 | .44 | 11.2 |
| Brian Thomas, Jac. | 31 | 4.4 | 64.2 | 2.2 | .44 | 13.6 |
| Marvin Harrison, Ari. | 29 | 3.6 | 51.5 | .0 | .43 | 11.3 |
| Alec Pierce, Ind. | 31 | 2.7 | 58.9 | .0 | .42 | 11.1 |
| Chris Olave, N.O. | 24 | 5.5 | 65.1 | .2 | .42 | 14.5 |
| Ladd McConkey, LAC | 32 | 4.6 | 60.6 | .0 | .42 | 13.2 |
| Tetairoa McMillan, Car. | 17 | 4.1 | 59.6 | .0 | .41 | 12.6 |
| DJ Moore, Chi. | 34 | 4.4 | 48.5 | 4.5 | .41 | 12.1 |
| DeVonta Smith, Phi. | 30 | 4.8 | 61.4 | .0 | .40 | 13.4 |
| DK Metcalf, Pitt. | 30 | 4.2 | 61.4 | .4 | .40 | 12.7 |
| George Pickens, Dall. | 31 | 4.9 | 75.1 | -.2 | .39 | 14.7 |
| Rashod Bateman, Balt. | 30 | 2.1 | 32.7 | .0 | .38 | 7.7 |
| Emeka Egbuka, T.B. | 17 | 3.7 | 55.2 | .5 | .37 | 11.5 |
| Romeo Doubs, G.B. | 29 | 3.5 | 45.7 | .0 | .37 | 10.3 |
| Justin Jefferson, Min. | 34 | 5.5 | 75.9 | .3 | .35 | 15.2 |
| Jayden Higgins, Hou. | 17 | 2.4 | 30.9 | .0 | .35 | 7.6 |
| Kayshon Boutte, N.E. | 27 | 2.7 | 41.7 | .0 | .35 | 9.0 |
| Keenan Allen, LAC | 32 | 4.7 | 47.5 | .0 | .34 | 11.5 |
| Tyreek Hill, Mia. | 21 | 4.9 | 58.3 | 2.5 | .33 | 12.9 |
| Michael Wilson, Ari. | 33 | 3.8 | 47.1 | .2 | .33 | 10.5 |
| Jayden Reed, G.B. | 24 | 3.1 | 44.3 | 8.0 | .33 | 10.3 |
| Rashid Shaheed, 2tms | 24 | 3.3 | 43.2 | 4.1 | .33 | 10.0 |
| Xavier Worthy, K.C. | 30 | 3.4 | 39.0 | 6.4 | .33 | 9.9 |
| Christian Watson, G.B. | 25 | 2.6 | 49.2 | 1.0 | .33 | 9.6 |
Jefferson and Addison also make the table, impressive considering the level of quarterbacking they had to deal with a year ago. They'll hope to be better this year, probably with Kyler Murray at quarterback. But they'll be competing with Jennings for those chances.
--Andy Richardson
