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Press release from Vikings Territory:
July 23, 2021
The cynicism by fans of Minnesota Vikings kickers is longstanding and well-deserved.
in Greg Joseph via Riley Patterson
Vikings fans' sneers for kickers date back 23 years. It was 1998, and Gary Anderson missed a field goal at the most inopportune time imaginable, further causing the downfall of an otherwise storybook season. From that moment on, an ominous gloom hovers over each field goal attempt — even when things are going fairly well.
Those are the biggies seared forever in brains.
The Vikings are due.
Then, there's a naughtier subject — extra points. During the Zimmer era, no other organization encounters more sorrow than the Vikings for extra points. Here are two stats that confirm the doldrums:
Minnesota is the worst in the business from a percentage standpoint — and the sheer volume of misses:
Therefore, your skepticism is vindicated. It does not aid the anxiety that opposing kickers seldom miss against the Vikings.
The Vikings miss more fields goals than most teams; those teams rarely miss versus the Vikings. What a gruesome special teams mess.
Plus, every missed kick and every missed extra point generates eye rolls. Onlookers of the team watch every snap, every kick, every down. A failed kick rekindles the bad kind of nostalgia.
This press release was produced by Vikings Territory. The views expressed here are the author's own.
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