Las Vegas Raiders kicker Daniel Carlson made three field goals in Saturday's preseason game against the Minnesota Vikings, including one from 56 yards out.
After what was somewhat of a "down" year for the former All-Pro kicker, Carlson came out and proved why he's been considered one of the league's top kickers in recent years in Saturday's 24-23 preseason loss to the Minnesota Vikings.
Carlson drilled three field goals -- one from 31 yards out, one from 56 and one from 23. He also notched two extra points. For his performance, Carlson was named Pro Football Focus' top kicker of Week 1 of the preseason by PFF's Gordon McGuiness. While Carlson excelled from the field goal aspect, he had his first chance to become familiar with what kicking in this new league-wide kickoff format will look like in a live-game atmosphere.
"I think just figuring out indoors -- obviously, went away -- but just, it's a little bit of a feel thing," Carlson said after the game. "Not as much as kick it far and high anymore. So, just pregame, it was going a little long, and the first kickoff went one deep, and they just let it hit. So, just kind of one those, 'All right, I'm going to take a little off this. I'm going to try to do a little lower.
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