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Vikings re-signed K Kai Forbath.
Forbath had one of his better seasons last year, converting 32-of-38 attempts with a long of 53 yards. The 30-year-old should have plenty of field goal opportunities kicking for what should be a high-scoring Vikings offense. Playing his home games indoors at U.S. Bank Stadium won't hurt either.
And Ugh...S197 wrote:Sigh...
He isnt reliable, just like Walsh wasnt. We waited too long to cut Walsh and now we are doing the same with Forbath. Wow, he actually did his job and hit a 50 yard FG when he was under pressure. Unbelievable a kicker would do his only job in a game.Pondering Her Percy wrote:Another thing with Forbath. At least he made some FGs when the game was on the line unlike Walsh. Let’s not forget that he hit a 53 yarder with 1:40 left in the saints game to put us ahead. He misses that and there is no Minneapolis miracle. That was a play that not many talked about. That essentially won us that game. To hit a 50+ yarder when the game was on the line, in the playoffs, under that kind of pressure, etc is no easy task whatsoever.
Stop replying to each other. You guys are worse than my girlfriend's three year old.PurpleKoolaid wrote:He isnt reliable, just like Walsh wasnt. We waited too long to cut Walsh and now we are doing the same with Forbath. Wow, he actually did his job and hit a 50 yard FG when he was under pressure. Unbelievable a kicker would do his only job in a game.Pondering Her Percy wrote:Another thing with Forbath. At least he made some FGs when the game was on the line unlike Walsh. Let’s not forget that he hit a 53 yarder with 1:40 left in the saints game to put us ahead. He misses that and there is no Minneapolis miracle. That was a play that not many talked about. That essentially won us that game. To hit a 50+ yarder when the game was on the line, in the playoffs, under that kind of pressure, etc is no easy task whatsoever.
Please keep the comments towards football and not other posters.PurpleMustReign wrote:Stop replying to each other. You guys are worse than my girlfriend's three year old.PurpleKoolaid wrote:He isnt reliable, just like Walsh wasnt. We waited too long to cut Walsh and now we are doing the same with Forbath. Wow, he actually did his job and hit a 50 yard FG when he was under pressure. Unbelievable a kicker would do his only job in a game.Pondering Her Percy wrote:Another thing with Forbath. At least he made some FGs when the game was on the line unlike Walsh. Let’s not forget that he hit a 53 yarder with 1:40 left in the saints game to put us ahead. He misses that and there is no Minneapolis miracle. That was a play that not many talked about. That essentially won us that game. To hit a 50+ yarder when the game was on the line, in the playoffs, under that kind of pressure, etc is no easy task whatsoever.
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Yeah because nailing a 53 yarder in the playoffs with the game on the line is a pretty easy task. Find me another kicker out there. Please. Because right now it's as follows:PurpleKoolaid wrote:He isnt reliable, just like Walsh wasnt. We waited too long to cut Walsh and now we are doing the same with Forbath. Wow, he actually did his job and hit a 50 yard FG when he was under pressure. Unbelievable a kicker would do his only job in a game.Pondering Her Percy wrote:Another thing with Forbath. At least he made some FGs when the game was on the line unlike Walsh. Let’s not forget that he hit a 53 yarder with 1:40 left in the saints game to put us ahead. He misses that and there is no Minneapolis miracle. That was a play that not many talked about. That essentially won us that game. To hit a 50+ yarder when the game was on the line, in the playoffs, under that kind of pressure, etc is no easy task whatsoever.
That was certainly a clutch kick. My worry is his weak leg is such a liability, as is his penchant to miss PATs. He kicks in a dome so he's probably good out to 55 yards but I feel as though an NFL kicker should be able to at least attempt at 60+. I don't know that we would even try a FG @ 60 yards. Also, the Vikings ranked really low in touchbacks, which is also largely due to his weaker than average leg.Pondering Her Percy wrote:Another thing with Forbath. At least he made some FGs when the game was on the line unlike Walsh. Let’s not forget that he hit a 53 yarder with 1:40 left in the saints game to put us ahead. He misses that and there is no Minneapolis miracle. That was a play that not many talked about. That essentially won us that game. To hit a 50+ yarder when the game was on the line, in the playoffs, under that kind of pressure, etc is no easy task whatsoever.
He has a weak leg? I guess I never thought that. What's interesting is that his average kickoff length is in the top-10 (.4 off supposed big legged Zuerlein) yet the Vikings had a good number returned. Is it a hang time thing maybe?S197 wrote:That was certainly a clutch kick. My worry is his weak leg is such a liability, as is his penchant to miss PATs. He kicks in a dome so he's probably good out to 55 yards but I feel as though an NFL kicker should be able to at least attempt at 60+. I don't know that we would even try a FG @ 60 yards. Also, the Vikings ranked really low in touchbacks, which is also largely due to his weaker than average leg.Pondering Her Percy wrote:Another thing with Forbath. At least he made some FGs when the game was on the line unlike Walsh. Let’s not forget that he hit a 53 yarder with 1:40 left in the saints game to put us ahead. He misses that and there is no Minneapolis miracle. That was a play that not many talked about. That essentially won us that game. To hit a 50+ yarder when the game was on the line, in the playoffs, under that kind of pressure, etc is no easy task whatsoever.
I'd have to think there are better options. I'm hopeful for at least some competition in camp.
He has a 57-yarder but that was 1 kick. His first 3 years in the league his long was 50, 50, and 49. Attempting anywhere between 1-3 50+ a year. Last year it went up to 9 attempts, I'm guessing because he gets to play a minimum of 9 games indoors. But less than 3 attempts per year on average tells me there's not a whole lot of faith he can make it from distance unless he's in ideal conditions.dead_poet wrote:He has a weak leg? I guess I never thought that. What's interesting is that his average kickoff length is in the top-10 (.4 off supposed big legged Zuerlein) yet the Vikings had a good number returned. Is it a hang time thing maybe?
https://www.footballdb.com/stats/stats. ... sort=koavg
His 130 points were 10th in the league.
His career long is 57. That's adequate.
If there's a guy in the draft you like as an UDFA or 7th-rounder, sure. But I thought Kai did well, particularly after moving his PATs to the right hash (did he miss any after that?). An upgrade would be nice but I'll take a repeat 2017 from Kai (with a few fewer missed PATs). He was pretty consistent and clutch at times.
I mean I dont think his leg is the strongest that's for sure but I would say it's average. The PATs do worry me. But I listed every free agent kicker out there that has played meaningful games in the last few years and what I listed are our current options. None are promising. Maybe Janikowski if he could prove he's healthy but it's also a risk. Our best bet would be to draft one or sign an UDFA for competition. Outside of that, I would say he's our best option right now no doubt given whats out there.S197 wrote:That was certainly a clutch kick. My worry is his weak leg is such a liability, as is his penchant to miss PATs. He kicks in a dome so he's probably good out to 55 yards but I feel as though an NFL kicker should be able to at least attempt at 60+. I don't know that we would even try a FG @ 60 yards. Also, the Vikings ranked really low in touchbacks, which is also largely due to his weaker than average leg.Pondering Her Percy wrote:Another thing with Forbath. At least he made some FGs when the game was on the line unlike Walsh. Let’s not forget that he hit a 53 yarder with 1:40 left in the saints game to put us ahead. He misses that and there is no Minneapolis miracle. That was a play that not many talked about. That essentially won us that game. To hit a 50+ yarder when the game was on the line, in the playoffs, under that kind of pressure, etc is no easy task whatsoever.
I'd have to think there are better options. I'm hopeful for at least some competition in camp.