12-14-2018, 01:30 PM
Beware, Vikings fans with open wounds. The following sprinkle of salt might sting.
As an Oakland Raider, Daniel Carlson is making 90.9 percent of his field-goal attempts with a successful streak of nine and one AFC Special Teams Player of the Week honor.
Yes, that Daniel Carlson. The same Daniel Carlson the Vikings drafted in the fifth round and released the morning after he went 0-for-3 and missed a 35-yarder as overtime expired in a 29-29 tie at Green Bay in Week 2.
“It doesn’t surprise me,” Vikings special teams coordinator Mike Priefer said. “Some of the things I know they’ve been talking about with his technique, that’s what we did here. [His approach] was really long when he got here, and we worked really hard all spring and all summer long on making him a compact approach.”
Carlson missed two kicks in overtime of the Packers tie.
As a Raider, he is 1-for-1 from 50 yards or more, 3-for-3 from 30-39 yards and 14-for-14 on point-after attempts.
Meanwhile, Dan Bailey, his replacement, has made 69.6 percent of his field-goal attempts (16 of 23) and 21 of his 22 PATs.
“I think [Carlson] had one bad game and it was more mental than physical,” Priefer said. “He’s a really good kicker, and I’m happy for him. I’m proud of him. I’m not one of those guys that’s going to be spiteful and say, ‘Oh, he let us down against Green Bay, I hope he has a terrible career.’
“That’s not who I am. He’s a good kid. He works hard. I wish him the best, unless we play him of course.”
http://www.startribune.com/daniel-carlso...502726742/
As an Oakland Raider, Daniel Carlson is making 90.9 percent of his field-goal attempts with a successful streak of nine and one AFC Special Teams Player of the Week honor.
Yes, that Daniel Carlson. The same Daniel Carlson the Vikings drafted in the fifth round and released the morning after he went 0-for-3 and missed a 35-yarder as overtime expired in a 29-29 tie at Green Bay in Week 2.
“It doesn’t surprise me,” Vikings special teams coordinator Mike Priefer said. “Some of the things I know they’ve been talking about with his technique, that’s what we did here. [His approach] was really long when he got here, and we worked really hard all spring and all summer long on making him a compact approach.”
Carlson missed two kicks in overtime of the Packers tie.
As a Raider, he is 1-for-1 from 50 yards or more, 3-for-3 from 30-39 yards and 14-for-14 on point-after attempts.
Meanwhile, Dan Bailey, his replacement, has made 69.6 percent of his field-goal attempts (16 of 23) and 21 of his 22 PATs.
“I think [Carlson] had one bad game and it was more mental than physical,” Priefer said. “He’s a really good kicker, and I’m happy for him. I’m proud of him. I’m not one of those guys that’s going to be spiteful and say, ‘Oh, he let us down against Green Bay, I hope he has a terrible career.’
“That’s not who I am. He’s a good kid. He works hard. I wish him the best, unless we play him of course.”
http://www.startribune.com/daniel-carlso...502726742/
