Blair Walsh: Minnesota Vikings release struggling Kicker

The Minnesota Vikings released embattled kicker Blair Walsh on Tuesday.

Walsh missed his fourth extra point of the season in Sunday's 26-20 loss to the Washington Redskins. The 26-year-old had already been under the gun by the Vikings, who worked out six kickers last Tuesday after Walsh misfired on an extra-point attempt and had a field goal blocked in a 22-16 overtime loss to the Detroit Lions on Nov. 6.

Walsh's struggles have followed since he missed wildly on a 27-yard game-winning attempt with 22 seconds remaining in a playoff loss to Seattle in January.

Minnesota Vikings kicker Blair Walsh. Photo by Marilyn Indahl/UPI

Walsh has made 133 of 158 field-goal attempts in parts of five seasons since being selected with a sixth-round pick of the 2012 draft.