Punter Britton Colquitt is coming off a good 2019, but his initial games in 2020 didn’t reflect that.
Colquitt told the Star Tribune he “honestly had the best year of my career” after a career-high 42.6 net yards on a career-low 62 punts in the 2019 regular season. The Star Tribune rated his season performance a four on a five-point scale.
Vikings special teams coordinator Marwan Maalouf recently talked with reporters about Colquitts’ early 2020 performance. He said Colquitt has gotten better since the initial 2020 games, and now he’s back to his normal self.
“After that first game, I think we got him back to what he does best,” Maalouf said, via the Vikings. “I think he tried to do a little bit too much earlier this season, the first and second game, but I think he’s got his tempo back, and he’s been effective in a positive way, the last two games, especially. And I think we can just build on that.”
On paper, it looks like the Seahawks offense is going to be a very tough matchup for the Vikings defense. Minnesota will need to thrive in other phases of the game in order to compete. Colquitt probably couldn’t win the game for the Vikings, but he could certainly help them pull off an upset.