The Vikings have had some worries at kicker over the years.
With Dan Bailey on the roster, have they figured it out?
Perhaps. Bailey was 27-for-29 on field goals last season, hitting at a 93.1% clip. Let’s not forget, though, that before Bailey’s success in 2019, the Vikings gave up a fifth-round pick for Kaare Vedvik.
Spoiler alert: That did not work.
Over at CBS Sports, John Breech ranked the top-10 kickers in the NFL. Bailey appeared on the list at No. 7.
Here’s a bit of what Breech wrote about Bailey:
Bailey was so good last season that he didn’t miss a single field goal after Week 7 as he closed the year with 22 consecutive successful kicks, including the playoffs. Including 2019, Bailey has ranked as one of the NFL’s five most accurate kickers in four of his nine seasons, and he’s currently ranked as the sixth-most accurate kicker of all-time.
Of course, we know that things can change quickly in the NFL for a kicker. We’ve seen kickers, like Bailey, go from good to bad to great.
Bailey’s strong 2019 season landed him a three-year, $10 million extension with the Vikings this offseason.
