MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Vikings released kicker Dan Bailey on Tuesday, the team announced.
Bailey, 33, was at risk of becoming a salary-cap casualty this offseason after the Vikings signed kicker Greg Joseph off the Tampa Bay Buccaneers practice squad in February. With $1.8 of Bailey's $2.7 million 2021 base salary set to become guaranteed on March 19, the Vikings released the kicker to yield $1.7 million in salary-cap savings.
In a tweet issued by Bailey's agent, Jordan Woy, the Vikings "wanted to keep Dan Bailey, we were unable to agree to a renegotiated contract. They did not want to pay his current contract so he will be a free agent as of today."
Bailey's struggles down the stretch of the season were well documented. He missed three kicks against Jacksonville in Week 13 and went 0-for-4 the next week in Tampa Bay. He missed three more kicks in Weeks 16 and 17.
The veteran kicker, who signed with Minnesota entering Week 3 of the 2019 season, was statistically the worst in the NFL last season with the worst extra-point percentage and the second-to-last field goal percentage.
The Vikings' guaranteed $35,000 of Joseph's $780,000 base salary when he was signed to a one-year deal last month.
Genuinely bummed about Bailey but not surprised. He had an extremely bad tenure here and it's just depressing to see how far he's fallen, like Blair Walsh pre-2015.
Hopefully we retain Greg Joseph and see where this goes.
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Vikings released kicker Dan Bailey on Tuesday, the team announced.
Bailey, 33, was at risk of becoming a salary-cap casualty this offseason after the Vikings signed kicker Greg Joseph off the Tampa Bay Buccaneers practice squad in February. With $1.8 of Bailey's $2.7 million 2021 base salary set to become guaranteed on March 19, the Vikings released the kicker to yield $1.7 million in salary-cap savings.
In a tweet issued by Bailey's agent, Jordan Woy, the Vikings "wanted to keep Dan Bailey, we were unable to agree to a renegotiated contract. They did not want to pay his current contract so he will be a free agent as of today."
Bailey's struggles down the stretch of the season were well documented. He missed three kicks against Jacksonville in Week 13 and went 0-for-4 the next week in Tampa Bay. He missed three more kicks in Weeks 16 and 17.
The veteran kicker, who signed with Minnesota entering Week 3 of the 2019 season, was statistically the worst in the NFL last season with the worst extra-point percentage and the second-to-last field goal percentage.
The Vikings' guaranteed $35,000 of Joseph's $780,000 base salary when he was signed to a one-year deal last month.
Genuinely bummed about Bailey but not surprised. He had an extremely bad tenure here and it's just depressing to see how far he's fallen, like Blair Walsh pre-2015.
Hopefully we retain Greg Joseph and see where this goes.
Bailey had a good year last year but sucked this year, it is time to let him go, I think Vikings are going to draft a kicker and complete with Joseph to win the starting job
