Vikings Sign Longwell

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The Minnesota Vikings lured kicker Ryan Longwell away from their division rival, signing the former Green Bay Packer to a contract Saturday.

Longwell has been the Packers’ primary kicker since 2000, when he totaled a career-best 131 points and went 33-for-38 on his field goals — including 20 makes from 40 yards and longer. In 2005, the nine-year veteran posted career lows in several categories, making only 74% of his field goals (20-for-27) and finished with 90 points. He went 6-for-10 between 30 and 39 yards and 3-for-5 between 40 and 49 yards.

In Minnesota, Longwell is best known for twice giving Green Bay victories on game-ending field goals during the 2004 season.



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[keith]

Farewell, Longwell...and other vets. Can't blame him for going or the Packers for letting him. He didn't kick so well last season. Hope it doesn't hurt them too much - especially in division games.

Walker can walk, on the other hand. I don't care to watch players on the home team with attitudes.

Hope we draft and trade as well as we did when we picked up Favre.

Regards,
Keith

p.s.: Even with attribution, not a good idea to copy entire articles verbatim from other media sites.