During his sit-down with the Star Tribune's Mark Craig before the season, Mike Zimmer responded to a question about Greg Joseph's inexperience with an account of the Vikings' kicking struggles that sounded almost Zen in its acceptance.
"Not too nervous, really," Zimmer said in training camp. "Honestly. I've come to know that kickers are going to miss kicks. Since I've been here, we've missed kicks. It's not new."
In fact, during Zimmer's eight years as head coach, it's been more common for the Vikings than almost any team in the league.
The Vikings have the NFL's seventh-worst field goal percentage since Zimmer was hired in 2014, making only 80.