07-18-2021, 01:30 PM
Joseph, who grew up playing soccer, is now well versed in football and the Super Bowl. In fact, in February he stood on the sidelines and watched his Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 31-9 in Super Bowl LV.
Joseph was on the practice squad then. Then four days after the game, he was signed by the Vikings. Now, he’s the leading candidate to be Minnesota’s kicker for the 2021 season.
A month after Joseph was signed, the Vikings released Dan Bailey, the team’s kicker since 2018, shortly before he was due to have $1.8 million on his contract guaranteed. Bailey, after a strong 2019 and a good start to 2020, faltered late last season, missing 10 kicks in the final five games.
When the Vikings’ training camp gets underway on July 28, Joseph is expected to compete with Riley Patterson, who was signed in May as undrafted free agent out of Memphis. But Joseph, who has 16 NFL regular-season games of experience, is considered the favorite.
“I’m excited,” Joseph said. “I attack every day just as a competition, just trying to focus on myself and better myself and be the best human being and kicker possible that I can be.”I
n 14 games with the Browns in 2018, Joseph made 17 of 20 field goals, with a long of 51 yards, and 25 of 29 extra points. But Cleveland selected Austin Seibert in the fifth round of the 2019 draft, and he beat out Joseph.
“We ended up drafting a kicker, and that’s real tough to make it when you draft a guy,” Hughlett said. “But (Joseph’s) a great kicker. Sometimes it’s just a matter of being in the right place at the right time.”
Joseph spent part of 2019 on Carolina’s practice squad, then got into two late-season games with Tennessee, making all nine of his extra points but not attempting a field goal. He kicked in all three of the team’s playoff games, making all nine of his extra-point attempts and his only field-goal attempt. But he was cut before the start of 2020 in favor of Stephen Gostkowski, and he moved to to Tampa Bay’s practice squad.
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Joseph was on the practice squad then. Then four days after the game, he was signed by the Vikings. Now, he’s the leading candidate to be Minnesota’s kicker for the 2021 season.
A month after Joseph was signed, the Vikings released Dan Bailey, the team’s kicker since 2018, shortly before he was due to have $1.8 million on his contract guaranteed. Bailey, after a strong 2019 and a good start to 2020, faltered late last season, missing 10 kicks in the final five games.
When the Vikings’ training camp gets underway on July 28, Joseph is expected to compete with Riley Patterson, who was signed in May as undrafted free agent out of Memphis. But Joseph, who has 16 NFL regular-season games of experience, is considered the favorite.
“I’m excited,” Joseph said. “I attack every day just as a competition, just trying to focus on myself and better myself and be the best human being and kicker possible that I can be.”I
n 14 games with the Browns in 2018, Joseph made 17 of 20 field goals, with a long of 51 yards, and 25 of 29 extra points. But Cleveland selected Austin Seibert in the fifth round of the 2019 draft, and he beat out Joseph.
“We ended up drafting a kicker, and that’s real tough to make it when you draft a guy,” Hughlett said. “But (Joseph’s) a great kicker. Sometimes it’s just a matter of being in the right place at the right time.”
Joseph spent part of 2019 on Carolina’s practice squad, then got into two late-season games with Tennessee, making all nine of his extra points but not attempting a field goal. He kicked in all three of the team’s playoff games, making all nine of his extra-point attempts and his only field-goal attempt. But he was cut before the start of 2020 in favor of Stephen Gostkowski, and he moved to to Tampa Bay’s practice squad.
https://www.twincities.com/2021/06/25/we...cking-job/