Notable Former Viking Hits IR for Giants
Adam Schefter tweeted Friday, “Giants kicker Greg Joseph is out Sunday vs. the Commanders due to an oblique injury, leaving practice squad kicker Jude McAtamney as the next kicker up. In Week 2 vs. Washington, Giants kicker Graham Gano hurt his hamstring on the opening kick and the team didn’t have a kicker the rest of the game.”
New York placed Joseph on IR soon after the Schefter tweet, marking two Giants kickers to the naughty list this season.
The Giants lost to the Washington Commanders on Sunday 27-22 while little-known kicker Jude McAtameney held down kicking duties. McAatamney nailed a field goal and extra points with no misses.
 makes a field goal against the Seattle Seahawks during the second quarter at Lumen Field. Mandatory Credit: Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images.</p>
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<p>Joseph will miss at least the next three games on IR. </p>
<p>When the 2024 offseason arrived, Minnesota had a choice between another year of Joseph, hoping his struggles with “ordinary” field goals and extra points would stabilize. In the end, general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah said “no” to Joseph and onboarded Reichard from the draft.</p>
<p>The injured specialist played for Minnesota from 2021 to 2023, securing the kicker job longer than most amid the last decade of Vikings football. Joseph racked up five game-winning field goals in 2022 — you read that right: <em>five</em> — a chief component in actionizing the Vikings’ NFL-record-setting 11-0 record in games decided by one score or less that season. Minnesota’s kicker won five football games for the team notoriously snakebitten by kicker-related tomfoolery.</p>
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Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his daily YouTube Channel, VikesNow. The show features guests, analysis, and opinion on all things related to the purple team, with 4-7 episodes per week. His Vikings obsession dates back to 1996. Listed guilty pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ Basset Hounds, and The Doors (the band). He follows the NBA as closely as the NFL.
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