vike daddy Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 From Week 1 to Week 12, Vikings kicker Dan Bailey was having a solid season. He’d made 10-of-12 field goals and 26-of-27 extra point attempts. But things have changed in the last two weeks. Bailey’s missed three extra points and four field goals in Minnesota’s last two games, including all four of his kicks — three field goals, one extra point — in last Sunday’s loss to Tampa Bay. While Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer was asked Wednesday if Bailey would be his team’s kicker against the Bears on Sunday and replied, “We’ll see.” He was then asked if the Vikings would add any other kickers this week and again replied, “We’ll see.” But Zimmer at least later offered this on Bailey, via Chris Tomasson of the St. Paul Pioneer Press: “I don’t think we have a kicker we can’t depend on. All kinds of guys make mistakes throughout the course of a game.” The Vikings did work out Chandler Catanzaro and Taylor Bertolet, which likely means those kickers have begun the COVID-19 testing necessary in order to play this weekend. Minnesota has not signed either player as of yet, which means at least for now, Bailey is on tap to get a shot at redemption against the Bears. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/12/16/mike-zimmer-on-dan-bailey-i-dont-think-we-have-a-kicker-we-cant-depend-on/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelKing728 Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 Lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFeist Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 (edited) Not saying Longwell is wrong, but playing devil’s advocate, if it’s a 15 minute fix then why couldn’t they fix it using the game? There are multiple 15 minute intervals during the game where the kicker, long snapper, punter, and ST coach aren’t actively involved in the game. Edited December 18, 2020 by SemperFeist 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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swede700 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 I'm surprised, at this point, why Zimmer hasn't just given the ST job to Ryan Ficken. He's been around for 14 years, with most of the time spent under Priefer. Just give him the job and see what he can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RpMc Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 18 minutes ago, swede700 said: I'm surprised, at this point, why Zimmer hasn't just given the ST job to Ryan Ficken. He's been around for 14 years, with most of the time spent under Priefer. Just give him the job and see what he can do. Legally they can't anymore. Coordinator jobs in the NFL are now also subject to the Rooney rule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikesfan89 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 1 hour ago, RpMc said: Legally they can't anymore. Coordinator jobs in the NFL are now also subject to the Rooney rule. Do the vikings have any minority coaches that they can interview first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede700 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 1 hour ago, RpMc said: Legally they can't anymore. Coordinator jobs in the NFL are now also subject to the Rooney rule. True, I had forgotten about that. I still expect him to end up with it. It'll be interesting to see which minorities they can get to interview for that type of position. I googled some guys at the college level that might be interested, since that's likely where they'll have to go to at least get some people in the pipeline. I was able to find a guy like Jay Boulware, who was a Sooner ST guy for years and is now free after not being retained at Texas when Herman got fired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede700 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Just now, vikesfan89 said: Do the vikings have any minority coaches that they can interview first? Kennedy Polamalu dabbled in it a couple of times in his past in college, but I don't see any other potential candidates currently on the staff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikesfan89 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 1 hour ago, swede700 said: Kennedy Polamalu dabbled in it a couple of times in his past in college, but I don't see any other potential candidates currently on the staff. I mean just for the interview 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede700 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 (edited) He fulfills the external minority candidate requirement. Edited January 26, 2021 by swede700 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede700 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 As expected... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFeist Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 (edited) Everyone get ready for the plethora of “that Ficken kicker” jokes Edited January 28, 2021 by SemperFeist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede700 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 4 minutes ago, SemperFeist said: Everyone get ready for the plethora of “that Ficken kicker” jokes Ficken sie Gary Anderson! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 The Minnesota Vikings are hiring Robert Steeples to serve as their new assistant special teams coach. Steeples, who played briefly for the Vikings in 2013 on the very special teams unit he’ll help oversee, fills the vacancy created by Ryan Ficken’s promotion to the head special teams coordinator role. Ficken replaces Marwan Maalouf, who was not retained after last season. Steeples has spent the five seasons as head coach of the De Smet Jesuit High School in St. Louis, where is his alma mater. The school announced his departure to join the Vikings’ staff. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/04/14/vikings-hiring-robert-steeples-as-assistant-special-teams-coach/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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