You’ll have to excuse Marwan Maalouf. He’s new in town and doesn’t believe all Vikings kickers are cursed.
Unlike the rest of us, Maalouf did not go “uh-oh, here we go again” while watching Dan Bailey miss three of seven field goal attempts during Friday’s practice.
“It was Day 1 [of training camp],” the team’s new special teams coordinator said. “It takes a little time for those guys to get their rhythm back. When they finished OTAs, they were doing really well.”
Adding angst to what already was an anxious situation is a long-snapper competition between veteran Kevin McDermott and rookie seventh-round draft pick Austin Cutting.