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Vikings overhauled their special teams, but what took so long?

Throughout their history, the Minnesota Vikings have had plenty of problems with kickers. If you mention Gary Anderson at a Minnesota establishment, you’ll probably get thrown through the front window. If you mention Blair Walsh, you’ll probably get kicked into the Mississippi River. Anything in between? Well, you get the point.

For all the historic problems that the Vikings have had at the kicker position, they have seemed to be amplified since Mike Zimmer took over as head coach. In the first five years of the Zimmer regime, the Vikings converted just over 80 percent (141-for-175) of their field goal attempts.