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Vikings betting on Walsh to fill Longwell's shoes
The Vikings hold their first training camp practice a week from Friday, and for the first time in six years, Ryan Longwell won't be on hand as the No. 1 kicker on the roster.
Instead, the Vikings are gambling on Blair Walsh, a sixth-round draft pick from Georgia who had a great junior year,discount 2013 kevin durant 4 shoes for sale, when he went 20-for-23 and 11-for-14 from at least 30 yards out and was a finalist for the Lou Groza Award. He had some problems as a senior,Ricarda Christina and Peuterey Jacket With Front Pockets for sale, however, going 21-for-35 and only 17-for-31 from past 30 yards.
Longwell, 37, has yet to sign with another team after being cut by the Vikings in May. He is currently the fifth-most accurate kicker in NFL history, converting 82.2 percent of his attempts. There has been some talk in Pittsburgh that the Steelers and former Vikings defensive coordinator Mike Tomlin might look at Longwell to team with Shaun Suisham.
There is no doubt the Vikings planned to release Longwell, who had a contract calling for $1.75 million this season,peuterey down jacket, when they drafted Walsh, who will make $390,Parajumpers Parka,000 his rookie year. They were impressed with Walsh's potential.
Vikings special teams coach Mike Priefer,http://cheapsoccercleatsonlinestore.blogspot.com/, who no doubt had a lot to do with the move to release Longwell and sign Walsh, has coached a number of NFL kickers, including Matt Prater,2013 Parajumpers Jackets On Sale Parajumpers Parka Coat Online Store, an outstanding one with the Broncos. "[Walsh] is smart,roger vivier pumps, he understands his craft. He's a hardworking young man,Parajumpers Jacket Outlet," Priefer said. "He's got a very, very strong leg. He's going to be hopefully outstanding in kickoffs and we really believe he's going to be better in field goals than he was the past year.
"In his sophomore and junior year he was one of the best kickers in the nation in college football. He struggled a little bit his senior year, but we think we can work with him and he's going to work real hard to get stuff fixed and be ready to roll."
Among the various places the Vikings scouted Walsh was in the East-West game, where he put on a great performance. As a senior, his kickoffs averaged 65.5 yards,giuseppe zanotti wedding sneakers, with 19 touchbacks.
"He was widely known as the best kickoff man at the combine,Parajumpers Outlet, but we also had him as the best field-goal kicker,cheap soccer cleats store," Priefer said. ". He was the biggest kicker out of all the kids at the combine.
"I went and worked out the top five or six kickers, and of the guys that I worked out, three of them were drafted. Considering all of them, I thought Blair had the strongest leg. We're excited to see him kick field goals."
Apparently, the fact that Walsh had a bad senior year doesn't worry Priefer.
"You never know with a young player, but I've been around a lot of kickers in the NFL, older and younger, and he displays so much in the qualities in a kicker that you want," Priefer said. "He's mentally tough. He went through a lot last year and I think he's a better kicker because of it. He never quit. He kept working. He kept his nose to the grindstone, so to speak, and I think he's ready to go."
Yes, the Vikings might have had the best placekicker in the game and a guy who was great in the locker room. They took a big gamble. Let's hope it turns out right.
Ellis joins U
Mike Ellis, who spent 19 years as a coach and administrator at Virginia Commonwealth, will join new Gophers athletic director Norwood Teague as senior associate athletic director. After spending 13 years on the VCU men's basketball coaching staff, Ellis worked with Teague as deputy athletic director.
He joins David Benedict, another former Teague assistant, who was named executive associate athletic director last month.
No decision on Williams
The University of Minnesota appealed a State Court of Appeals decision in 2011 that upheld a Hennepin County jury's $1 million award to Jimmy Williams, a former and would-be Gophers assistant men's basketball coach. The case was heard May 3 by the state Supreme Court and, according to Williams, a decision hasn't been announced. "They don't have a limit," said Williams, now an assistant at Memphis State. "Other courts do have a limit. I don't have any idea when they will rule."
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