MINNEAPOLIS -- The Vikings worked out multiple kickers Tuesday but are now planning to stick with Blair Walsh, a league source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
Walsh, 26, missed an extra point and had a 46-yard field goal blocked in the Vikings' overtime loss to the Lions on Sunday, ushering in a fresh round of unrest after he went three games without a missed kick. Walsh has now missed more extra points (three) than any other kicker in the league this season, and his 75 percent success rate on field goals is tied for 25th in the league.
It's been a tough calendar year for Walsh.
His playoffs miss against the Seattle Seahawks cost the Vikings a chance to beat the two-time NFC champions in the wild-card round.
He missed an extra point and two field goals in the Vikings' season-opening win this year, missed another extra point against the Panthers in Week 3 -- which led coach Mike Zimmer to admit he went for two points later in the game because he was worried about the kicker -- and missed another field goal in Week 4 against the Giants.
On Monday, after Walsh's two misses, Zimmer said the Vikings were bringing in a group of kickers for tryouts. Those that came in Tuesday were Randy Bullock, Travis Coons, Kai Forbath, Zach Hocker, Marshall Koehn and Aldrick Rosas.
When asked why the team decided to try other options, Zimmer said, "You haven't been watching all year?"
Later, the coach added, "At some point in time, you have belief and confidence in guys because you know what they've done in the past. You know what they've done. We've missed three extra points this year, we've missed several field goals. The way our games are being played, they're probably going to come down to a lot of close games, I hope so at least, anyway. We have to look at all avenues as far as what gives us the best opportunity to win football games."
Walsh, who won widespread praise for the way he'd handled his miss against the Seahawks, made it clear Sunday that he'd grown tired of questions about his missed kicks.
"It's not that I'm frustrated with you. It's just, you guys have got to understand, what do you want the answer to be?" Walsh said. "I want to be there for my team. Of course I want to make it. But come on. You guys ask the same questions every week: 'Did you make it?' 'Why didn't it go in?' I mean, if I had the answer right away, I'd tell you. I'm confident in what I'm doing. I know that I'm going to be fine. But it's tough right now."
Information from ESPN's Field Yates was used in this report.