Desperate Vikings trade fifth-round pick for kicker Kaare Vedvik

The Minnesota Vikings are really having a tough time finding a consistent kicker, and in their desperation they traded a fifth-round pick to the Baltimore Ravens for Kaare Vedvik, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

Trade: Ravens are sending kicker Kaare Vedvik to Minnesota in exchange for a 2020 5th-round draft pick, per league source. Vikings could wind up using Vedvik as their kicker and punter.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 11, 2019

This comes on the heels of Dan Bailey struggling during practice.

Dan Bailey, who went 3-6 today on FGs with 2 misses coming when Austin Cutting was snapping, spent the last two periods of practice on a side field kicking 40ish yard field goals by himself.

— Courtney Cronin (@CourtneyRCronin) August 7, 2019

It’s important to realize that the Vikings gave up a fifth-round pick during the 2018 NFL Draft selecting Daniel Carlson as well. Remember, Carlson was cut in September of last year after a rough game, and was replaced by Bailey.

Also, it’s worth noting that the Vikings gave up quite a bit more in a trade with Baltimore for Vedvik than teams normally would relinquish for a kicker.

It’s not often a team trades a fifth-round pick for a kicker, as the Vikings are doing today for former Ravens’ kicker Kaare Vedvik. Here’s a look back at other trades for kickers: pic.twitter.com/rGgejNmopQ

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 11, 2019

So, it’s pretty clear that Minnesota has a big problem evaluating talent at this key position, and is pulling out all the stops to attempt remedying it.