Uh-oh.
Here we go again, Vikings fans.
Three years after Blair Walsh went wide left against Seattle to end a playoff season and start the unraveling of a franchise's kicking game, rookie Daniel Carlson went wide left twice against Seattle on Friday to give everyone another reason besides the offensive line to worry about a promising season set to begin in just 15 days.
"There's always a little nerves, but it wasn't anything mental," Carlson said after the 21-20 come-from-behind preseason win at U.S. Bank Stadium. "Just some technique and some things I need to continue working on. Put this behind me, but learn from it.
"Every kicker is going to have misses. Luckily this is preseason and we won. It wasn't the end of the world."
It might not have ended the world, but it sure ticked off Carlson's coach, Mike Zimmer.
In between Carlson's two misses from 42 yards, the Vikings scored a touchdown to take a 6-0 lead. But rather than send Carlson in for the 33-yard PAT, Zimmer went for two. The pass failed.
Asked after the game if he just wanted to work on two-point conversions in the preseason, Zimmer emphatically said, "No."