Twin Cities.com · Sep 30, 2015
Vikings: Denver's thin air should expand Blair Walsh's field-goal range
SANTA CLARA, CA - SEPTEMBER 14: Blair Walsh #3 of the Minnesota Vikings kicks a field goal against the San Francisco 49ers during their NFL game at Levi's Stadium on September 14, 2015 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)Blair Walsh's career-long NFL field goal is 56 yards. Sunday might be a good day to top it. For the first time in his four-year career, the Vikings' kicker will play a game in Denver.
Walsh kicked for Georgia in a college game at Colorado, where Boulder's altitude is 5,430 feet, so he knows what it's like to kick in thin air.
The altitude at the Broncos' Sports Authority Field is 5,280.
