Greg Joseph struggled at points early last season, but after submitting a better second half, he is on track to remain the Vikings’ kicker. Joseph is re-signing with Minnesota, per his agent (on Twitter). The one-year pact has a base value of $2MM and offers an extra $500K in incentives, per Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com (on Twitter).
Joseph bounced around the league a bit before finding a home in Minnesota prior to the 2021 campaign. The kicker connected on 86.8 percent of his field goal attempts and 36 of his 40 extra point tries during his first season in Minny, but he took a step back in 2022.
The 28-year-old struggled a bit this past year, missing seven of his 33 field goal attempts (although six of those misses came from beyond 50 yards). He also missed six of his 46 XP tries, leading to some questions about his future with the organization. Ultimately, it sounds like the front office is willing to give him another go for at least the 2023 campaign, although it wouldn’t be surprising if the Vikings bring in some competition.
The Vikings are also bringing back their All-Pro long snapper, Andrew DePaola, Adam Schefter of ESPN.com tweets. The veteran has been hanging around the NFL since 2014, and he’s spent the past three years with the Vikings. After getting into all 17 games for Minnesota in 2022, DePaola earned his first career All-Pro and Pro Bowl nod.
Big moves…plus re-signed old swivel head Bradbury…wow!!! Invincible!! And Jordan Hicks!! How can you go wrong??!! Oh and I forgot the blocking TE for $7mil a season!! W T F??!!!!
Vikings are admitting a decrease in touchdown this year out of Cousins. Teams only need kickers and long snappers for field goals and punts. Those players are only needed when a team fails to score a touchdown or make a first down.
Yeah because neither served a role last year. Good call.
Time is NOW to blow it up and pay JJ the $. Clear books and rebuild. Clearly the bears have lapped the vikes twice in two weeks as the lions just did at the end of last year. Not great putting a .500 club on the field and have fans pay the amounts to watch live. The do not resuscitate order should be active now.
Bears have lapped Vikings? 13-4 and lapped but they are a 500 team now. Lol. Bears haven’t been relevant since the 80’s. Lets get real here.