Did Vikings err by drafting a kicker, or was Carlson just the wrong one?
The Vikings made the easy, sane and proper decision Monday, cutting rookie kicker Daniel Carlson and signing highly accurate veteran Dan Bailey. I would have downgraded to “probably” had a kicker of Bailey’s esteem not been available, but a 30-year-old who is the second-most accurate kicker in NFL history is a no-brainer. He’s made 88.2 percent of his career field goals, including 90 percent when kicking indoors. He is an obvious upgrade over Carlson and an upgrade, too, over last year’s kicker, Kai Forbath. Читать дальше...