Vikings Off-Season Evaluation Part III: Special Teams

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty ImagesAmidst the chaos of injuries and turnovers that characterized the Vikings’ 2023-24 season, was a disappointing regression in special teams performance. That is the focus of Part III of my Vikings’ offseason evaluation. Part I: Offensive Overview and Part II: Quarterbacks are linked.

The Low-Key Disappointing Vikings Special Teams

There wasn’t much excitement produced by the Vikings special teams units this year. That’s largely because they didn’t produce many big plays. It wasn’t just that there were hardly any big kick or punt returns. Greg Joseph was also only just over 50% (7/13) on field goals over 40 yards. That’s not very good, especially being only…