The Minnesota Vikings raced back to the drawing board at the kicker position on Tuesday. A team long beset by kicker turmoil released its one-time solution, Dan Bailey.
The 33-year-old Bailey succumbed to a career-low for field goal percentage during the Vikings lackluster pandemic season. He converted 15 of 22 field goals for a 68% success rate. The year before, 2019, he drilled 93% of all field goals, leading the Vikings to believe they had “their man” wrapped up for good. But Bailey’s 29.3 Pro Football Focus grade canceled that optimistic plan. And, yes, 29.3 is about as low as a kicker can stoop for a PFF score.