Dan Bailey became the Vikings' next kicker on Tuesday.
The Vikings made the signing of the former Cowboys kicker official and in a corresponding roster move, waived second-year receiver Stacy Coley.
The Vikings brought Bailey for a visit and a physical on Monday. His deal is worth $2 million for one season, according to a league source. He had multiyear offers for double the money the Vikings offered, the source said, but turned those down to kick in Minnesota, believing it was the right spot.
Bailey, who was released by the Cowboys on Sept. 1 in a salary cap move, was the second-most accurate kicker in NFL history during his seven seasons in Dallas, when he made 88.2 percent of his field goal attempts.
He will replace Daniel Carlson, whom the Vikings released on Monday after the rookie missed three field goals in a 29-29 tie with the Packers on Sunday. The Vikings selected Carlson with the 167th pick in the draft in April, making him the highest-drafted kicker in team history, but let him go after just two games, in what coach Mike Zimmer said Monday was a fairly easy decision.
Carlson had beat out Kai Forbath in the preseason, becoming the Vikings' third kicker in Zimmer's five seasons as head coach. Now, Bailey will be the fourth.
"That's life," Zimmer said Monday. "I don't know. It's hard to figure out. You think you got a guy for a while, and then he goes out and misses three in a big game. But things happen I guess."
Coley was a seventh-round draft pick out of Miami in 2017. Bothered periodically by injuries during his tenure, he played in six games. Still in need of a reliable No. 3 receiver with Laquon Treadwell struggling and dropping a key pass that led to an interception against Green Bay, the Vikings signed former San Francisco receiver Aldrick Robinson on Monday.
