Jets claimed K Kaare Vedvik on waivers from Minnesota, per source. Jets tried trading for him with Baltimore; now get him for no draft comp.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 1, 2019

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The Jets have claimed Kaare Vedvik, meaning the practice squad won’t be an option for the latest Vikings kicker failure. Don’t pass go. Don’t collect $200. The Vikings might as well head straight to the TCO Press Room and take their beating now. There’s no point in trying to fight the media, either. Don’t send hostile Mike Zimmer to the podium. That would be the wrong thing to do. Put you tail between your legs and face the media yourself, Rick Spielman. Bring your apologetic tone. Bring the humility train. This is no time to stand prideful.

You can’t go around talking about how important late round picks are, like you have for your entire Vikings tenure, and then shrug off the 5th-rounder you threw into the trash when you brought Vedvik in and then cut him 2 weeks later. That’s not the way this works.

Bailey and Wile better be their best selves this season. If Bailey hits a couple of game winning kicks and Wile is putting punts into the coffin all season, nobody will care about the biggest preseason kicking failure in NFL history…. well, almost.

Update via Eric Strack | Minnesota Sports Fan

ORIGINAL STORY: 8/31 

The #Vikings informed kicker/punter Kaare Vedvik they’re waiving him, per source. Vedvik – acquired three weeks ago for a fifth-round pick – could be back on the practice squad. But they’ll roll with Dan Bailey as kicker and Matt Wile as punter.

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) August 31, 2019

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Well, it’s official and no longer even surprising, given all of the hints being dropped by Mike Zimmer and those in the media all week. Kaare Vedvik has been waived by the Minnesota Vikings. It’s  almost unbelievable given the organization just gave up a 5th round pick for him a couple of weeks ago… but then again, we are talking about kickers and the Minnesota Vikings in the same breaking news. 

Go ahead and talk about how 5th round picks aren’t that big of a deal or that this is what pushed Bailey and Wile to become better but those are just excuses for more poor management at the kicker position from a franchise who is usually known for being smarter than other franchises…

But all we can do is look the other way now and hope kicks go through uprights so we can start talking about real football and not foots just hitting them.

Eric Strack | Minnesota Sports Fan

Kirk Cousins finished the half 3-for-13 with 35 yards. The offense averaged 1.6 yards per pass, allowed two sacks and finished 1-for-6 on third down. The Cardinals lead 9-7 at the half. #Vikings https://t.co/gFKVDDGLYJ

— Vikings Corner (@VikingsCorner) August 24, 2019

“It was a really poor performance offensively” are Mike Zimmer’s exact words, as I just heard them spoken on the FOX simulcast on my TV. It looked like Mike Zimmer might send Cousins back out there for the beginning of the second half because he had his helmet on when kickoff took place but Sean Mannion is the guy who trotted out onto the field afterward.

That means no redemption drive for Kirk Cousins and now we get to talk about that disgusting first half for the next two weeks until the Vikings host Atlanta in Week 1 of the regular season…

Oh yeah, this also happened. It’s only a 5th-rounder, right?

Kaare Vedvik’s first FGA with the @Vikings pic.twitter.com/N9IZo7omXe

— Tony Lombardi (@RSRLombardi) August 24, 2019

I’m just going to go to sleep now and hope I wake up to a new Saturday morning where we can just start this whole thing over again…

Eric Strack | Minnesota Sports Fan