Vikings swapping out punters, adding Britton Colquitt

Posted by Charean Williams on September 1, 2019, 5:30 PM EDT
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Kaare Vedvik didn’t work out for the Vikings, and neither did Matt Wile apparently.

The Vikings are swapping out punters, signing Britton Colquitt, the Star Tribune reports.

The Browns released Colquitt over the weekend, and he was headed toward a deal with the Bills until the Vikings called, per the newspaper. Colquitt was on the 2015 Broncos team coached by Gary Kubiak, who now is the Vikings’ assistant head coach.

Colquitt, 34, spent the past three seasons in Cleveland. His 45.4-yard average ranked 12th in the NFL last season, though his 38.2-yard net was 30th in the league.

Colquitt also can serve as the holder for kicker Dan Bailey. Wile and receiver Chad Beebe earned turns in the preseason.

The Vikings cut kicker/punter Vedvik over the weekend, with hopes of returning him to the practice squad. But the Jets claimed Vedvik off waivers.

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  4. 2016: Jeff Locke
    2017: Ryan Quigley
    2018: Matt Wile
    2019: Britton Colquitt

    Not one of these guys is significantly better than another. Just pick one and be done with it!

  8. @Skolirish…I’m sure you’ll be watching every game….the punter decision doesn’t make or break a real fan’s interest….

  9. green and yellows, focus on the ridiculous. It’s a punter! All these packer trolls will be called out later down the road because of their inane chatter. Their response, “I never said that” lol

  10. Skolirish says:
    September 1, 2019 at 6:07 pm
    Done done done with this team

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@&

    See ya……. don’t let the Gjallarhorn hit you on your way out.

  15. The Curse of Chris Kluwe continues. Honestly though, Im sure this was a Kubiak influenced decision as this guy played on the Broncos during the Super Bowl era.

  16. packertruth says:
    September 1, 2019 at 6:10 pm
    The punters are the deck chairs. The organization, adrift.
    ————————————

    Try winning more than 1 division game and a road game not against the Jets. Oh and not lose to Josh Rosen at home. Unless you would like to have a real conversation about what an organization adrift actually looks like.

  17. Find me a worse handling of a special teams unit in NFL history. This is beyond the worst management and coaching i have ever seen. And when zimmer is fired and Kubiak takes over, i promise you the viking faithful will fall head over heals in love with Kubiak because of “all his championships” when the reality is kubiak will not last for more than 1 season because of his health. And then they will start over, AGAIN.

    Once the vikings brought Kubiak in, it signaled the end of the Zimmer era. I said it when it happened, and it only continues to tilt towards Kubiak. Please don’t ever let Rick Spielman near an NFL team again. ‘hey i have a good idea! i’ll bring in another former head coach and make him an assistant! no no no, zimmer will love looking over his shoulder all season.’

  18. flviking says:
    September 1, 2019 at 6:24 pm
    Skolirish says:
    September 1, 2019 at 6:07 pm
    Done done done with this team

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@&

    See ya……. don’t let the Gjallarhorn hit you on your way out.

    ______________________________

    you couldn’t be missing the point more. the vikings continue to mismanage this team year in and year out. quarterback, offensive line, and now every aspect of special teams. burning draft picks for kickers you cut after 4 field goal attempts. this is not “just a punter” issue. this is a systemic problem in this franchise. if the packers did even 1/10 the mismanagement, you’d be having a field day.

    cutting zylstra. cutting sloter. they were clearly talented players but the stubborn mule in mike zimmer probably didn’t like the way they looked at him one afternoon so he cut them. but let’s keep treadwell for 3 seasons and waste snaps that could have gone to guys like zylstra. isn’t it a wonder that zylstra got picked up by norv turner instead of treadwell?

  19. I am faithful to this team, but the recent Special Teams quagmire seems so ridiculous. I thought WIle did a good job and was young and improving. I thought Bailey was looking okay last year, once he settled in. I didn’t understand the trade of a 5th Rd pick for a guy who they never even had in for a tryout. That blew up, and now they sign an old Punter. What does the team really gain?? Maybe .67 yds in net yardage average?? Stunningly weird, but I can only hope it works out in the long run. Must be heavily influenced by some aspect of who holds best for FG attempts or some other details. I can’t say we are entering the season with a ton of momentum or confidence, though.

  20. Good grief, man! The Minnesota ‘fan’ is SO freaking fickle…. ”OMG! Speilman changed punters again; we’re DOOMED”!
    Can’t you whine about something a little more significant? Or, just welcome the guy to the fold… “He’s SO OLD! He’s 34”!
    Seriously?!? He’s a PUNTER. He could be 40 & it wouldn’t significantly alter his ability to kick a football… ‘old’ is really a relative term here… My God, the Vikings have had some REALLY OLD GUYS do their kicking for them…ANCIENT, compared to Colquitt. Settle down; it’ll be just fine! SKOL!

  23. They clearly were looking to get rid of Wile because they weren’t happy with his holding or something about the way he punts wasn’t up to snuff. I don’t have the expertise to evaluate that. My question is why they didn’t invite another punter to training camp if they were so dissatisfied with Wile?

    I will say this: They cut Jeff Locke and he’s out of the league now. They cut Ryan Quigley and he’s out of the league now. I doubt Matt Wile will ever punt in the league again. Vedvik was a terrible punter the two weeks he was here. So maybe they’re good at knowing when to cut a punter, but they aren’t good at knowing which new punter to sign.

  25. i’ve watched every viking game since week 1 in chicago, 1991. if you’re crying over a punter, you haven’t been a fan long enough to even know what real pain is.

  26. Vikings drop an average punter who isn’t a great holder and pick up someone better and yet all we see are doom-and-gloomers “the sky is falling, the sky is falling”. Relax people…it’s a punter for God’s sake. And to ‘skolirish’…if cutting a lousy punter makes you ‘done, done, done with this team’, then you were never really a fan to begin with.

  29. Rob Brzezinski is a Magician says:
    September 1, 2019 at 8:37 pm
    …………..So maybe they’re good at knowing when to cut a punter, but they aren’t good at knowing which new punter to sign.
    Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

    They’re apparently not very good at taking the position seriously. They painted themselves into an act of desperation four days before the season officially opens.

  30. After training camp and preseason, Spielman realized that the Vikings aren’t very good.

    The punter is going to be one of the most active people on this roster. He better be good.

  31. Sounds like they dumped Wile because they didn’t like how he was holding for placekicks, which is odd considering Chad Beebe had been sharing that responsibility with Wile. I’m starting to miss Mike Priefer.

    All of this nonsense of the past three weeks will be quickly forgotten if they win.

  32. All of this nonsense of the past three weeks will be quickly forgotten if they win.

    +++++

    And if they lose, you can all just trot out the “at least they were trying to do something, no one could have foreseen that completely messing with the entire specialist staff could have negative repercussions.”

    Now I see why you imagine the Vikings a world-class organization….nobody gets held accountable for the failures.

  33. Stop sweating the punter. If this season tail spins because of this move, then it means the season was never going to be good. Oh, and ignore Packer fans (as always). They’re just here to take their minds off another sub .500 season from their injury prone QB.

  35. I like his interview with the local media today, almost 10 minutes for a punter 🙂
    Very outgoing & upbeat guy with a lot of personality, plus good football experience.

  36. The reasoning is three fold. He became available and was a better option than Wile & previously was on Kubiak’s SB winning team and is an excellent place holder according to Kubes. The latter being the main reason in my opinion.

  38. Yep,

    That’s exactly it.

    fwippel says:
    September 2, 2019 at 10:33 am
    Sounds like they dumped Wile because they didn’t like how he was holding for placekicks, which is odd considering Chad Beebe had been sharing that responsibility with Wile. I’m starting to miss Mike Priefer.

    All of this nonsense of the past three weeks will be quickly forgotten if they win.

  40. Skolirish says:
    September 2, 2019 at 3:35 pm
    ackattack, read the entire thread and realize its just not the punter. wake up

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

    Below is your entire thread everyone responded to..

    Skolirish says:
    September 1, 2019 at 6:07 pm
    Done done done with this team

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