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EAGAN Danielle Hunter Jersey , Minn. (AP) — With a roster built for the Super Bowl, the Minnesota Vikings were in no position to practice patience with a struggling kicker.Rather than hoping Daniel Carlson could refocus after missing all three of his field goal attempts in the tie game at Green Bay, the Vikings waived the rookie on Monday and punted on the fifth-round draft pick they used on him five months ago.Two of Carlson’s misses came in overtime on Sunday, forcing the Vikings to settle for a 29-29 draw with the rival Packers. When asked by a reporter how the decision was reached, coach Mike Zimmer said, “Did you see the game?”Carlson missed from 48 yards in the second quarter and 49 yards in the extra period, before his 35-yard try on the game’s final play also went wide right.“Yeah, it was pretty easy,” Zimmer said.The Vikings didn’t immediately add a replacement for Carlson, but Zimmer confirmed that free agent Dan Bailey was making his way to Minnesota for a physical exam. That made it all but certain the Vikings will sign Bailey, the second-most accurate field goal kicker in NFL history. The 30-year-old was released by the Dallas Cowboys right before the regular season began in a cost-saving move following his injury-influenced regression in 2017.Bailey hurt his groin in the sixth game of the season at San Francisco and missed the next four weeks. Upon his return http://www.thevikingslockerroom.com/authentic-trevor-siemian-jersey , he missed five of 13 field goal attempts and also had the first two failed extra points of his seven-year NFL career. With a field goal rate greater than 88 percent, Bailey is behind only Baltimore’s Justin Tucker for the best percentage in league history.Carlson was awarded the job when the Vikings let Kai Forbath go on Aug. 20, and Carlson pulled two field-goal tries wide left in an exhibition game four days later. In the season opener against the 49ers on Sept. 9, Carlson converted his only field goal attempt, from 48 yards, plus three extra points.Then came the debacle at Lambeau Field , after which Carlson acknowledged he’d lost some faith in his ability upon lining up for his last try.“It’s disappointing for me personally. The team fought so hard. We expect to win that, and I expect to make those kicks to win the game for the team,” Carlson said. “That last one was probably more just confidence after missing twice early. That is frustrating. That shorter one I should never miss like that.”Since Zimmer took the job in 2014, the Vikings have had plenty of these problems. Blair Walsh never fully recovered from his 27-yard miss in the subzero cold of the playoff game against the Seattle Seahawks after the 2015 season.Walsh was let go midway through the 2016 season in favor of Forbath, whose biggest trouble was extra points. Forbath performed relatively well in 2017 as the Vikings advanced to the NFC championship game Womens George Iloka Jersey , but general manager Rick Spielman sought an upgrade with Carlson, who left Auburn as the all-time leading scorer in Southeastern Conference history.Carlson sent 9 of 10 kickoffs for touchbacks, and the other one was a squib returned for 8 yards to Green Bay’s 31. But all the leg strength in the world won’t make up for any setbacks on the mental side of this pressure-packed job.“That’s life. I don’t know. It’s hard to figure out,” Zimmer said. “You think you’ve got a guy for a while, and then he goes out and misses three in a big game. But things happen I guess.”The Vikings traded two sixth-round picks to the New York Jets for the opportunity to move up in the fifth round for Carlson.“That’s water off a duck’s back,” Zimmer said. “We’ll get some more sixth-rounders next year. I’m not worried about that.”The Vikings signed wide receiver Aldrick Robinson, a seventh-year veteran who was most recently with San Francisco and played with quarterback Kirk Cousins in Washington in 2012 and 2013.“He really liked him. He’s a fast guy,” Zimmer said. We’re less than 48 hours away from kickoff at U.S. Bank Stadium for the 2018 regular season finale between the Chicago Bears and your Minnesota Vikings, which means that both teams have put out their final regular season injury lists. There are some pretty significant names on both sides that will be sitting out on Sunday afternoon, so let’s take a look at those here. As always, we start with the visiting team.Chicago Bears injury report vs Minnesota VikingsPlayerPositionInjuryWednesdayThursdayFridaySunday StatusPlayerPositionInjuryWednesdayThursdayFridaySunday StatusThere aren’t many names on the injury report for the Bears Dalvin Cook Jersey , and they haven’t officially ruled anyone “out” for Sunday, but there are a couple of big ones. Eddie Jackson has been an absolute terror for Chicago in the secondary, including nabbing the pick-six that ultimately provided the difference the first time these two teams met. Wide receiver Allen Robinson could ultimately prove to be a significant loss for the Bears as well. Neither of them practiced all week, and it sounds like neither of them will be out there for Chicago on Sunday.Now, we move on to the home team.Minnesota Vikings injury report vs Chicago BearsPlayerPositionInjuryWednesdayThursdayFridaySunday StatusPlayerPositionInjuryWednesdayThursdayFridaySunday StatusThe Vikings played without Anthony Barr the last time they met the Bears, and this time they’ll be without his UCLA counterpart as Eric Kendricks will miss his second straight game with a hamstring injury. I would expect that Eric Wilson will get the start in Kendricks’ place as he did last week against Detroit and play the majority of the snaps.The Vikings’ only fullback, C.J. Ham, will miss this one with an elbow injury. I’m not entirely sure how the Vikings will handle not having a fullback, although I would expect to maybe see David Morgan move around a bit more in situations where they would generally use one. He’s going to be needed against Khalil Mack as well, so Morgan is going to have a pretty full plate on Sunday afternoon.We went over the injury to Marcus Sherels a bit yesterday, and with Chad Beebe out again as well http://www.thevikingslockerroom.com/authentic-pat-elflein-jersey , it would appear that the pride of Concordia College, Brandon Zylstra, is going to be your punt returner on Sunday. If necessary, Adam Thielen could fill that spot as well, but he’s probably more of an emergency option.There are your final injury reports of the regular season, ladies and gentlemen. We will keep bringing you more on this one as we get closer to kickoff.