Blair Walsh is still in the NFL record book. He just won’t be adding to his mark.

Entering Monday’s game in East Rutherford, N.J., the second-year Vikings kicker was 12 for 12 in his career on field-goal attempts from 50 yards or more. That’s an NFL record for most consecutive makes from that distance.

But Walsh, who has been bothered by a sore left hamstring, missed a 53-yard attempt in the 23-7 loss to the New York Giants, ending the streak.

“It’s something that was nice to have,” Walsh said Wednesday. “But my mentality is that records are always meant to be broken. So you just move on and try to make the next one.”

Walsh pulled his hamstring two weeks ago in practice in what he called a “freak thing.” But he said the injury wasn’t the reason for the miss against the Giants.

“I needed to hit it a little better,” Walsh said. “I didn’t play the wind well enough there. I didn’t strike it as cleanly as I wanted to. It was accurate. It was dead center. I was just short on it. … It was well within my range. I should have made it.”

Walsh hasn’t kicked off in either of Minnesota’s past two games, with punter Jeff Locke doing the duties. Walsh isn’t sure who will kick off Sunday at home against the Green Bay Packers, but he said his health is improving.

“It’s getting better,” Walsh said. “I’m progressing each and every week. I just got to continue to treat it and be smart about it.”

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