Kaare Vedvik shows off big leg, but Vikings don't know yet if he's a kicker or punter
Kaare Vedvik
“It's probably difficult for a rookie, I would think,'' Zimmer said of Vedvik, who technically was a rookie in 2018, when he spent the season on Baltimore's non-football injury list because of injuries sustained in an assault. “You've got a rookie snapper, and then ...
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