Physics Professor Breaks Down Ryan Wright’s 73-yard punt – Vikings.com

Coller wrote another factor that Gay points out is the human component.

“The most talented kicker will be the one who can get his leg moving the fastest in a kinesiological way, but it’s talent, it’s heart, it’s the desire to win, there’s a great human component to it,” Gay said.

All in all, Gay said it was an impressive punt by Wright.

“That’s a heck of a punt,” he said. “I’d love to have a good side view so you could measure the speed and altitude and really characterize the trajectory. It’s a very complicated problem.”

Pro Football Network ranks top offensive lines

There are several driving factors to the Vikings success so far this season, including the solid play of their offensive line.

Dallas Robinson of Pro Football Network recently ranked the top offensive line groups in the NFL. Robinson listed the Vikings at No. 12, sandwiched between Green Bay and Denver.

Robinson wrote:

Credit to first-year Vikings Offensive Line Coach Chris Kuper, who’s gotten the best performance out of a Minnesota line in years. Christian Darrisaw and Brian O’Neill look like a long-term tackle pairing, and while right guard Ed Ingram is giving up too much pressure, growing pains are expected for rookies.

Robinson placed Minnesota’s next opponent, the Arizona Cardinals, at No. 20.

The Cardinals have struggled without center Rodney Hudson and left guard Justin Pugh in recent weeks. Pugh is out for the season after tearing his ACL, but Hudson should return at some point. Arizona’s line will need an injection of youth during the offseason.