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A year ago, was plugging along as a steady presence on the , finishing the season Alex Stalock Jersey with the most made field goals in the (34). Now he's been released from Minnesota, with the team dumping the long-time kicker on Tuesday.We have released K Blair Walsh. Minnesota Vikings (@Vikings) In between that time came a brutal mi sed field goal in the playoffs, to the in one of the coldest playoff games in Matt Dumba Jersey NFL history. Walsh almost certainly was affected by the mi s: he's been horribly inaccurate this season. Walsh was 15 of 19 on extra points (78.9 percent) before being released, and just 12 of 16 on field goals (75 percent) for the year.The number of mi ses aren't any different from last year, when Walsh mi sed four extra points and five field goals, but we're just over halfway through the season and clearly the Vikings felt they couldn't trust him at this stage. They tried out six Zach Parise Jersey kickers last week and now are moving on from Walsh. Fans of the team responded on social media to the release in absolutely savage fashion. Many made jokes. When he went to exit the building, he mi sed the door wide left Jared Spurgeon Jersey Crispin Havener (@CrispinKKCO) he will be "mi sed" Murph (@ThatMurph) Some put up "Madden NFL 17" video game screenshots. Somebody (@TheRealQty) And some just remembered the horrific kick in last year's playoffs. Laces out Leah Ke sel (@leahflame) Walsh is by all accounts a very nice person, so it's a shame to see him attacked like this on a really tough day. But it' Minnesota Wild Jersey s the life of a kicker magnified -- fans are unrelenting and the NFL will chew up and spit out even the most talented kickers.