Stephen Gostkowski: ‘I Feel Really Bad’ For Vikings Kicker Blair Walsh

Afterwards, McCallum received threats from angry fans and his house was pelted with eggs before manure was dumped on his lawn.

Walsh missed a 27-yard field goal in the closing seconds, keeping the Seahawks’ dreams of returning to the Super Bowl for a third straight season alive with a 10-9 victory over the Vikings in the wild-card playoff game on Sunday at frigid TCF Bank Stadium.

The entire Vikings fan base may loathe kicker Blair Walsh, but at least his girlfriend has his back.

“The more you thought about going out and competing with your teammates, and having fun with them, the less you thought about the cold”, Chancellor said. So for whatever reason they sped up their mechanism, Sherm couldn’t have been closer (on the third field goal), we can’t figure out how he didn’t get it. So they went quite a bit faster.

“You want to yell and scream at the game?”

“He just didn’t feel like he could go”. And he didn’t point out the game might not have come down to a last-minute field goal if Adrian Peterson hadn’t rushed for 45 yards with no touchdowns, or if Peterson hadn’t coughed up a fumble that led directly to what would turn out to be the game-winning field goal by Seattle. Didn’t blame the weather or the botched hold. Wilson’s biggest play of the afternoon came in the second half when he missed the snap from center, managed to recover the ball, then completed a pass downfield to Tyler Lockett to not only keep the drive going, but also put the Seahawks in the red zone. “The pressure, that’s just the job, it doesn’t matter. Who knows how it’s going to go but he dealt with it really well”. “So that’s it. He took off and left”. Third-string running back Bryce Brown was active Sunday, but didn’t play, while Fred Jackson caught two passes for 19 yards and had one carry for two yards.

06 December 2015: Seattle Seahawks Cornerback Richard Sherman (25) [17049] battles with Minnesota Vikings Tight End Kyle Rudolph (82) [16965] in action during a National Football League game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Seattle Seahawks at Mall Of America Field in Minneapolis, MN.

Blair Walsh is the face of the Minnesota Vikings’ playoff failure, but he shouldn’t be in the picture alone.

Smith was taking the side of Hall of Fame wide receiver Michael Irvin, who apparently said something similar Sunday night while commentating on The NFL Network.

“It’s important to realize at the end of the day that it’s football”, Walsh said.

“He’s a very good kicker”, McCallum said. “That stings. I’ll be working hard to erase that from my career, but it’ll take a while”. “I envision myself doing things like that at a different level, so that’s what I mean by being more involved and being more diverse”.

“I haven’t been on other teams, but it seems like we work on special teams a lot more than other teams”, Gostkowski said.

“It’s unfortunate. Personally, I feel really bad for Blair”, Gostkowski said Monday as the Patriots begin preparations for Saturday’s divisional round game against the Kansas City Chiefs. “All I know is what we’ve done here”.

McCallum doesn’t expect to play in 2016, saying in his mind he’s retired. Though earlier in the 3 QTR, Walsh had kicked a successful 43-yard field goal with the laces in.