This must be a joke article; the guy was missing kicks left and right-- ok, just left-- before the "big miss". It's been going on his entire career, even dating back to college where he was streaky.

The fact is, the guy has poor fundamentals-- it has nothing to do with confidence. If I had a dollar for every time I've heard "Ooh, he really needs to make this next kick to get his confidence back!" (the latest time being just this past game!) I'd be rich. It's getting totally ridiculous at this point.

So ridiculous in fact that I can just imagine if this keeps up-- he'll have been in the league for fifteen years, missing huge kicks at monumental moments, and people will still be saying "Gee, we've had him for fifteen years and he's struggled, but by golly all he needs to do is get his confidence back!"

When is it time to admit that he's just not a very good kicker? If Vikings go on to miss a Super Bowl berth because of this guy, when they've had all of this time to address the position...