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Vikings placekicker Dan Bailey wants silence with quips stirred in on field-goal attempts in practice

To keep kickers on edge while they searched for a replacement kicker during their offseason program last year, the Bears employed what coach Matt Nagy referred to as "Augusta silence," evoking the atmosphere on the 72nd hole at the Masters to simulate the pressure of a late-game field goal attempt.

Were the Vikings to take a similar tack in training camp practices over the next few weeks, the proper approach might be something resembling Augusta silence, interrupted by a timely taunt from a fellow golfer.

In some ways, that's what kicker Dan Bailey expects it to be like on the field this fall, when the NFL regular season begins with stadiums mostly or completely empty.