Vikings’ Walsh maintains confidence in spite of missed kick

The Vikings pushed the Cardinals to the brink last month and felt they could have won a rematch, and they know that these kinds of opportunities are never guaranteed. However despite the fact that the Vikings in many ways overachieved this season, many Minnesota fans are still frigid over Walsh’s missed kick. But Anderson didn’t miss a chip shot from 27 yards with 22 seconds left either.

Young players like second-year pro Jerick McKinnon and 2015 second-round pick Eric Kendricks like the blend of the Vikings roster and the potential.

Smith said, “While everybody was sitting up there up there, ‘Oh, I’m just so sorry”. “I didn’t come through for us in that moment and that hurts”.

Jeff Locke blamed himself for not spinning the ball to get the laces out. He kept his composure until teammates started coming by to console him.

Elsewhere with the Seahawks, Carroll said tight end Luke Willson, who’s from LaSalle, Ont., should play on Sunday. “Not going to abandon him now”.

Earlier today, Fox Sports reported that YouTuber “Koleman Jones” had posted a video of a mechanic, in heavy winter gear, recreating the circumstances of Walsh’s kick – and nailing it.

“It’s my fault”, he said. “Brad Johnson, I miss you”.

“This has been one of the hardest-working teams I’ve been a part of”.

About 15 minutes of game-time earlier when the Seahawks were looking at a 9-0 deficit and had done nothing offensively.

“It’s unfortunate. Personally, I feel really bad for Blair”, New England kicker Stephen Gostkowski said. “We have to win one more better”. Especially on the sideline with the heated benches and everything. “It didn’t affect us at all”.

“He didn’t feel like he could go”, Carroll said on Sunday in Minneapolis.

“The first thing that comes to mind is making sure that I put emphasis on protecting the ball, ” said Peterson, who had seven fumbles during the regular season and lost three. We were the better team. That says a lot about them.

As Vikings players cleaned out their lockers Monday, there was plenty of talk about how good they could be next season.

The kick that could have given Minnesota a victory over the Seahawks in an NFC wild-card playoff game Sunday. After all, while Russell Wilson might not be a read option quarterback per se because he can throw too, he runs when his team needs yards, and he is highly effective when he does, according to the team’s website. Bridgewater completed 17 of 24 passes to nine different receivers. And turn it into a 35-yard pass. WOW.

-Middle linebacker Eric Kendricks had a team-high eight tackles on Sunday. But that was in the first half of the season, before Jimmy Graham was injured, before Russell Wilson and Doug Baldwin caught fire; before Jeremy Lane had returned to the secondary, helping the Legion of Boom get back to being the staunchest defensive group in the league. If they want to make it to Super Bowl 50 in Santa Clara, Calif., they’ll have to stay on the road throughout the playoffs as the lowest-seeded team in the NFC.