Ryan Longwell: Vikings should stick with Dan Bailey, mistakes are 'easily fixable'

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The former Vikings kicker says the current Vikings kicker can escape from his recent woes.

Vikings kicker Dan Bailey (5) walks off after a missed field goal against the Buccaneers.When Ryan Longwell crossed the border in 2006, signing a free agent contract with the Vikings after nine seasons kicking with the rival Packers, he knew exactly why Minnesota had pursued him.

"The reason Minnesota came hard after me, and they told me this, was not anything other than: 'We have been through a rolodex of kickers and we want stability,'" Longwell said.

Longwell provided exactly that for six seasons, calming a position that had been a calamity. Already an accurate kicker, Longwell made 86% of…