The Facts: Walsh will begin working out with his teammates in a few weeks for the first time since his missed 27-yard field goal at the end of the team's NFC wild-card loss to the Seahawks ushered in the Vikings' offseason. HC Mike Zimmer said last week that he isn't necessarily worried about restoring Walsh's confidence after the miss, and in January, Walsh didn't sound like he was worried about the missed field goal affecting him in the future.

Diehards Line: Still, it didn't sound as though Zimmer wanted to test that theory when the kicker gets back on the field this spring. "You're always only as good as your last kick, right?" Zimmer said. "So we want to make sure that a lot of his kicks are good kicks now. ..." As ESPN.com's Ben Goessling reminded readers, Walsh spent part of training camp last year in a funk that stretched into the preseason, and the Vikings will look to avoid a similar situation this year as they also seek to move on. Walsh handled himself well after the miss in January, and he figures to be asked about it again as the Vikings get back to work for the 2016 season. The best way for those questions to disappear is for Walsh to find some success early in 2016, and Zimmer sounded last week as though he's keenly interested in making sure that happens.