Kluwe

vike daddy · Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 66825

The Vikings, on the Tuesday off-day for players, often conduct tryouts for players and today they worked out a free agent punter, Brian Stahovich, a former San Diego State punter who was with the Colts during the preseason. Vikings punter Chris Kluwe had a rough game in Thursday's loss to Tampa Bay, but it is unlikely the Vikings have any intention of making a move.

http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings/blogs/176519121.html

Stahovich was signed by the Colts in April as an undrafted free agent. He did not have any punts with Indianapolis. He is a rookie from San Diego State, where he averaged 42.9 yards per punt.

Vikings punter Chris Kluwe is averaging 43.8 yards on 37 punts this season.

http://www.twincities.com/vikings/ci_21891350/minnesota-vikings-try-out-punter-brian-stahovich

a little motivation to inspire Kluwe regaining his focus, perhaps...?
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SteelKing728 · Joined: 23 Aug 2008 Posts: 11011 Location: Pittsburgh

I think Kluwe and this team knows we need him to step up.

Allthough we'd all rather not see the punter at all during gameday, given his situation, he needs to make a play when called upon.

Realistically, I think its too early to cut our ties with him.
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milanb · Joined: 04 Jan 2008 Posts: 5225 Location: Ottawa, Ontario

This does sound like a shot across the bow.

Leslie Frazier is one of those coaches who will never criticize a player publicly. He'll just quietly replace the guy when the opportunity presents itself.

I believe that Kluwe, Kevin Williams and Antoine Winfield are the only players left over from the Mike Tice era.
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disaacs · Joined: 13 Dec 2005 Posts: 20094 Location: Brownbackistan

It's typical for a team, when a punter has a bad game, to bring in someone just to scare him a little bit. I don't take it very seriously. It's one of those moments where it's just to put Kluwe on notice that we need you to do better.

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Worm Guts · Joined: 22 Jan 2006 Posts: 562

I like Kluwe, but he's 27th in the league in punting. It seems like he could be upgraded.

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Frank Costello · Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 11:42 am Post subject:

I think Kluwe has gotten a little complacent here. This could spark a fire under his arse and getting him playing better.
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PrplChilPill · Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 7831 Location: SLP, MN

Punting stats are goofy. Since Frazier punts inside the other teams territory a lot, how do we judge distance? I am not saying he is great, but a ton of stuff goes into gross and net yards outside of the punters control.
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