Why not?

You know Jason Whitlock will vouch for him:

Sean Jensen of the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports that 39-year-old quarterback Jeff George, the No. 1 overall pick in the 1990 draft, is lobbying to be signed by the Vikings.

They might as well give it a shot. Holcomb and Jackson clearly can’t get it done, and Bollinger hasn’t been much better. George may be a head case, but at least he can throw the damn ball and clear out some space for Adrian Peterson.

ProFootballTalk agrees: “At the risk of sounding like Jason Whitlock, George should get a shot. The current crop of Vikings quarterbacks — Brooks Bollinger, Tarvaris Jackson, and Kelly Holcomb — might as well change their names to “stink,” “stank,” and “stunk.