vikings209 Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 2 hours ago, SemperFeist said: But can he kick it 27 yards from the left hash? Here's a video of him making a 63yd kick. And on the same video he kicked a 50yd field goal with the other foot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Chris Tomasson @christomasson In addition to the #Vikings, the teams I've been told that wanted to trade for kicker-punter Kaare Vedvik were Chicago, Green Bay and the New York Jets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klomp Posted August 12, 2019 Author Share Posted August 12, 2019 To me, everything is adding up to mean we might see Vedvik as the punter and long-range FG kicker, while Bailey will have the close-range FGs. When one of them kicks, the other holds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 4 minutes ago, Klomp said: To me, everything is adding up to mean we might see Vedvik as the punter and long-range FG kicker, while Bailey will have the close-range FGs. When one of them kicks, the other holds. Agree, would be well worth having him as a punter and long range FG kicker. The kid is so damn talented pretty freaking sweet we got him and Green Bay did not and more importantly Chicago did not. The kid is super talented and has a ton of upside, well worth a 5th round pick considering there is no super star kicker or punter coming up in the college ranks I feel for awhile, cannot really name any standout kickers regardless of class currently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klomp Posted August 12, 2019 Author Share Posted August 12, 2019 I have a really good feeling about this kid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcblack34 Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 So that video of him kicking Right and Left - footed....THAT WAS HIGH SCHOOL! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFeist Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 I’m ready for TC to be over. This play by play/kick by kick over analysis is getting nauseating. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Kaare Vedvik practiced with the Vikings for the first time on Monday and reports from the session had him hitting field goals of 55 yards and longer with fans cheering on the makes. Vedvik isn’t just a placekicker, however, as he did the punting at Marshall for his final two seasons in college and only added kicking duties during his senior year. Vedvik was kicking with the Ravens before Sunday’s trade, but called himself “an athlete” capable of doing both. Head coach Mike Zimmer said that Vedvik could do both jobs if he proved to be good enough, but suggested that wasn’t a likely outcome for the 2019 season. Zimmer: “It’s probably difficult for a rookie, I would think. You’ve got a rookie snapper, and then you’d have a rookie kicker and rookie punter. Then you’d have to find somebody to hold.” https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/08/12/mike-zimmer-probably-difficult-for-kaare-vedvik-to-kick-and-punt/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelKing728 Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 17 hours ago, SemperFeist said: I hope he's the one that returns glory to that number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFeist Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 2 hours ago, SteelKing728 said: I hope he's the one that returns glory to that number. Don’t disrespect Case Keenum 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VikeManDan Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 I wouldn't get hopes up on Vedvik doing both punting and kicking. I saw a tweet from Kluwe a few year back resurface yesterday explaining why it doesn't happen. I'll see if I can track it down later today. If we assume that to be true do we ride the Vedvik/Bailey combo this year (Wile cut), let Bailey walk and then find a punter while moving Vedvik to PK in 2020? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcblack34 Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 4 minutes ago, VikeManDan said: I wouldn't get hopes up on Vedvik doing both punting and kicking. I saw a tweet from Kluwe a few year back resurface yesterday explaining why it doesn't happen. I'll see if I can track it down later today. If we assume that to be true do we ride the Vedvik/Bailey combo this year (Wile cut), let Bailey walk and then find a punter while moving Vedvik to PK in 2020? I don't think that would be the way to go. They didn't trade a 5th rounder for him to punt. I think it's more likely that we keep Wile and cut Bailey. If you want him to settle into the kicker role, you don't have him focus on punting. Keep Wile, and if he struggles, you've got a quick gameday replacement for him. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede700 Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 4 hours ago, SemperFeist said: Don’t disrespect Case Keenum When the top 2 guys to wear the number are Keenum and Randall Cunningham, that's not exactly an extensive list....despite the gloriousness that is Fuad Reveiz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Zimmer didn’t rule out the idea of Vedvik doing both jobs — and becoming the first player to handle both spots for a full season since the Rams’ Frank Corral in 1981 — though he admitted it would be a tough logistical arrangement, given that Vedvik is a rookie and the Vikings would need to find a new holder. On Monday, the Vikings had Bailey work as a holder as Wile recovers from a cut on his finger that required stitches after Friday’s game in New Orleans. Neither Wile nor Bailey was made available to reporters for the second consecutive day. Vedvik, speaking after Zimmer’s news conference, said he “has a passion for both” kicking and punting and remained open to both of the jobs he’s been doing since his senior year at Marshall, when a kicker injury forced Vedvik to hold both jobs after spending three years learning to punt. http://www.startribune.com/kaare-vedvik-s-role-nfl-talent/538226422/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 The Vikings — who have the league’s fifth-worst field goal percentage since 2014 — are once again shuffling their field goal operation in the final weeks before the season. They’ll have to see if their latest endeavor is the one to end their kicking quagmire. Zimmer: “We need to get it figured out. What’s today, the 12th? We’ve got almost a month, so we’ll be all right.” http://www.startribune.com/kaare-vedvik-s-role-nfl-talent/538226422/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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