Interview Dan Bailey long enough and one question comes to mind as he works every overexaggerated angle back to the middle with consistency and the casual flatline look of a man who's just split the uprights.
"So," you say to him, "you really are just a boring kicker, eh?"
"Yeah," he says. "Exactly."
That's OK. Boring is good. Boring is what Vikings coach Mike Zimmer asks the football gods for as reparations for Blair Walsh and Daniel Carlson. Boring is making all your kicks at MetLife Stadium, scoring 14 points in an 18-point win and claiming NFC Special Teams Player of the Week.