Five of the top available free-agent kickers, should the Vikings shop for one:
Age: 26 • NFL seasons: 5
Last team: Giants (2016)
Career FG pct.: 80.6 (75-for-93)
Kai Forbath
Age: 29 • NFL seasons: 5
Last team: Redskins (2015)
Career FG pct: 84.1 (69-for-82)
Age: 24 • NFL seasons: 1
Last team: Browns (2015)
Career FG pct: 87.5 (28-for-32)
Age: 38 • NFL seasons: 15
Last team: Falcons (2015)
Career FG pct: 85.5 (277-for-324)
Age: 36 • NFL seasons: 12
Last team: Bills (2015)
Career FG pct: 76.2 (182-for-239)
Blair Walsh has gone from being a first-team All-Pro kicker to an embattled player fighting for his job. Tracking his misses this season:
Week 1: 37 yards vs. Titans (wide left)
Week 1: 56 yards vs. Titans (wide left)
Week 1: PAT vs. Titans (wide right)
Week 3: PAT vs. Panthers (wide right)
Week 4: 46 yards vs. Giants (wide left)
Week 9: PAT vs. Lions (hit right upright)
Week 9: 46 yards vs. Lions (blocked)
Week 10: PAT vs. Redskins (wide right)
It’s too soon to tell how much the immigration crackdown is to blame.
