Vikings kicker Blair Walsh shakes off preseason slump
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 4:55 pm
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More at the link.Was there any doubt Blair Walsh had enough leg when his right cleat boomed a 51-yard field-goal try Saturday night?
Just ask his good buddy — the left goalpost.
End over end, the kick tumbled through the air toward the uprights, thudding off the top half of the left goalpost before falling flat into the end zone.
“That’s always frustrating when it hits the post, because the post is your friend,” Walsh said.
After successfully hitting 12 consecutive field-goal attempts from 50 yards or more to start his career — including an NFL-record 10 in a row as a rookie — Walsh has missed the mark from way downtown. Last season’s trend has carried over into this preseason, but he insists the frustration he feels right now is minimal.