SteelKing728 Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 On 9/11/2017 at 11:40 PM, Klomp said: Because they aren't from the 2-yard line anymore. yeah, it's across the league. the one week last year we had like what? 11 different Kickers miss an extra point we notice it with Forbath, but this is the case for pretty much every Kicker minus the top 5-7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heimdallr Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 McKinnon's problem is that he runs straight into people. There were at least 3 times last game where he either ran smack into a defender or into a blocker's back and went down. It was really baffling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CriminalMind Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 He really trying to do that North South running.... not trying to do much dancing it seems. But when your not getting much regular snaps, you will try and do more on your special team snaps, and hence we should anticipate him wanting to take it out of the end zone often, especially seeing how for 2 years Patterson, had free reign to do it pretty much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingsrule Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 1 hour ago, Heimdallr said: McKinnon's problem is that he runs straight into people. There were at least 3 times last game where he either ran smack into a defender or into a blocker's back and went down. It was really baffling. He's not a natural RB. Kind of an odd skill set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted September 18, 2017 Author Share Posted September 18, 2017 Marcus Sherels gained 12 yards to set a Vikings career record for punt-return yardage with 1,822. Leo Lewis held the previous mark with 1,812. http://www.twincities.com/2017/09/17/vikings-kai-forbath-says-not-concerned-about-missed-pats-but-mike-zimmer-is/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CriminalMind Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 + KO coverage, PR coverage, + punt return - extra points, - KO return +/- : FG, FG/XP coverage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelKing728 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Not impressed with Forbath, Quigley or McKinnon at Special Teams. Was hoping one of the younger guys (Koehn, Symmank and Adams/Coley) would at least beat out one of them. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFeist Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Quigley and the punt coverage have been excellent. Not sure how you've been disappointed in a punter who's 5th in net yards per punt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDBrocks Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 The Vikings have allowed -1 punt return yards this year... Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted September 30, 2017 Author Share Posted September 30, 2017 Special Teams Coordinator Mike Priefer said Forbath’s approach to the ball on the tee might have been tough for Tampa Bay to read and predict the type of kick that was about to happen. “We were surprised [Reedy] couldn’t get there, he couldn’t get there in time because I think you can’t read Kai’s approach,” Priefer said. “Kai is a hard guy to read because of his approach, but sometimes you can get it at the end. “Our guys just did a good job of covering it,” Priefer continued. “Obviously when the ball hits the ground it’s going to help our coverage tremendously. If he would have caught it on the fly we would tackle him maybe on the 22-yard line, but fortunately he did not catch it on the fly. We call it effective hang time; ball hits the ground, goes back up in the air. By the time from the start of the kick until when he finally got the ball in his hands probably six or seven seconds which is huge for our kickoff team.” Forbath said he’s continued to work on directional kickoffs and the deceptive factors that can help them succeed. “We try to avoid showing where we’re going with kickoffs and feel like our guys can cover well, so kicking touchbacks isn’t something that we feel like we have to do every single time,” Forbath said. “We think we can get them inside the 25, so we’re going to try to place kicks where we think we can cover best. It worked well.” The Vikings tried the same thing again in the third quarter, but Reedy found an opening and returned the ball 50 yards to the Minnesota 46. Tampa Bay capitalized on the advantageous field position and scored its first touchdown. “We lost leverage inside, and that should not have happened on that play,” Priefer said. “In fact the one play before that when we let the ball hit the ground we tackled him at the 11. It was a similar type deal. We covered that one obviously extremely well, and we just didn’t do a very good job [with the second], and my hat’s off to them. They did a nice job blocking. We’ve got to do a better job of covering. It was a good kick, we just got to do a better job.” http://www.vikings.com/news/article-1/NOTEBOOK-Vikings-Placing-Heavy-Emphasis-on-Red-Zone-Efficiency/25ef6dad-cd24-4977-beef-06eb4be905a0?sf117801449=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klomp Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 9 hours ago, JDBrocks said: The Vikings have allowed -1 punt return yards this year... Wow. 30th in average punt (42.9); tied for 8th in net average (43.0) Only 5 teams have punted fewer times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted October 23, 2017 Author Share Posted October 23, 2017 Neither distance nor frequency will increase the three-point value of field goals, but Kai Forbath’s long-range accuracy Sunday meant more to the offensively challenged Vikings than a hard number. Forbath became the first Minnesota kicker to convert six field goals in a game since Gary Anderson 19 years ago, and the Vikings needed every one of those 18 points to pull out a 24-16 victory at U.S. Bank Stadium. Forbath also buried kicks of 52 and 51 yards, the first time the six-year veteran cleared 50-plus yards twice in a game. Forbath: “They’re good for the stats, but they’re the same amount of points no matter how far they are. It was a good day. It was fun to be a part of this.” Coach Mike Zimmer challenged his special teams to come up big, and they did. Marcus Sherels returned three punts for 83 yards for a 27.7-yard average and returned kicks for the first time in his career — one for 20 yards. Ryan Quigley averaged a muscular 46 net yards per punt as the game developed into a field-position grind. http://www.twincities.com/2017/10/22/vikings-get-big-boost-from-kai-forbaths-six-field-goals/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikesfan89 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Didn't he return some kicks when Harvin was here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede700 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 1 hour ago, vikesfan89 said: Didn't he return some kicks when Harvin was here? Yes, he had 16 KRs a piece in the 2011 and 2012 seasons. He split returns with Harvin and Lorenzo Booker in 2011 and took over for Percy in 2012 after his injury. That was an absurd comment coming from a guy who has been here a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingsrule Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 I've preferred Scherels as the KR ever since Patterson left. He's just so natural at it. McKinnon really struggled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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