NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Blair Walsh Project is in dire need of a reboot.

Four field goals typically account for a successful game but Walsh’s contradictory performance Sunday in the Vikings’ 25-16 victory over the Tennessee Titans raises questions about his reliability following his untimely playoff miss against Seattle.

Walsh converted kicks of 50, 33, 45 and 30 yards. He also badly missed his first attempt of the season, wide left from 37 yards just as he was against the Seahawks from 27 yards out — a kick that would have won the NFC wild-card game.

Walsh followed his first miss of 2016 by pulling left again a 56-yard attempt at the end of the first half that would have matched his career long of 56 yards. He finally cashed in from 50 to cap Minnesota’s opening drive of the third quarter and followed up from 33 to slash the Titans’ initial 10-0 lead to four. Related Articles Brian Murphy: Vikings’ winning formula built on defense

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However, after linebacker Eric Kendricks returned an interception 77 yards for the go-ahead touchdown late in the third quarter, Walsh missed the point-after attempt. That left a touchdown’s worth of points on the table.

“It’s nice to bounce back with four field goals and we won the game,” he said. “They were important kicks. But, man, you want to take the drama out of it, that’s for sure.”

Not for the short term, anyway.

Coach Mike Zimmer did not throw Walsh under the bus but patience clearly is wearing thin.

“He’s our kicker so there’s no question about that,” Zimmer said. “But he needs to kick better.”

Walsh was asked about the significance of pulling his misses.

“Depends on what type of kick it is. Sometimes you’re rushed,” he said. “You try to slow down. I can say that’s what happened on the first one. Second one I was just trying to kill it because I had to get it there.”

Walsh missed short and left on his first 56-yard attempt, which was negated after the Titans called timeout attempting to ice him. He missed just as badly on the do-over.

“It’s one of those kicks I was into a little wind going that way,” he said. “I know I needed to hit it perfect but I didn’t. If I had to do it over again, I think I can have a better effort. I’m not really worried about that one as much as I am the first.”

Walsh entered the game ranked seventh among active NFL kickers with a success rate of 85.2 percent. He also was 23 for 32 from 50-plus yards.

“Yeah, I was a little pissed off,” Walsh said about the 50-yarder he converted early in the third. “I knew that was well within my range. I’ve been around a while. I think that I can bounce back. I’ve shown that. But I want to make it smooth from the beginning.”

Last January, after surviving the sub-zero cold in the Seahawks loss, Walsh stoically answered questions about his pivotal miss before breaking down in tears at his locker.

He spent several more days and the start of training camp answering more questions, vowing to rebuild his confidence and scrub the bad vibes from his memory.

Sunday’s inconsistency opens the door for renewed doubt.

“A lot of the drama starts with you guys; I’ll leave it at that,” Walsh said, addressing the media. “What I mean about the drama is you want to take the up and downs out of it. You want to have those kicks where it’s dead-center from the beginning rather than fighting through it.

“I’m too good to do that and I know better than to not do that.”

Linebacker Chad Greenway said he cannot claim to know what Walsh is going through mentally but sympathizes with him while reiterating the Vikings’ belief in their kicker.

“We’re going to lean on him a lot this year,” Greenway said. “We’re going to need him to come around and we’re going to stay with him. The way he came back late in the game was huge for him and for the team.”