The Vikings began the offseason expecting a kicking battle between Greg Joseph and Gabe Brkic. They ended it in June, when they released Brkic at the end of their June minicamp.
Joseph has rewarded the Vikings' confidence in him during training camp, making all but one of his field goal attempts through the team's first 10 practices and regularly connecting from more than 50 yards out. On Monday night, he missed a kick off the left upright, before banking his next attempt in off the same post from 52 yards. He ended the night going 7-for-8 in a field-goal period, including a 58-yarder down the middle to end it.