Jeff Rodgers wasn't one who was thinking about how many field goals the Cardinals were kicking Sunday in Minnesota as opposed to touchdowns.

"I didn't realize it was as many as it was," the special teams coordinator said.

Chad Ryland kicked five, although he had a chance at a sixth that went just wide. It was Ryland's second miss in two games, not ideal but certainly not an issue. Rodgers said Ryland believed he didn't quite kick the ball as clean as usual on the miss, and the coach noted there was "consistency" in Ryland's kicks in both post-bye games that will lead to some tweaks in practice to try to make sure the misses don't happen again.

But there will be misses. And that gets lost sometimes.

"The general expectation league wide -- players, fans, coaches -- is that you are surprised when a ball doesn't go through, whether it it your team or someone else's team, because the guys are so good, because the operations are so good," Rodgers said.

"But there is a defense out there and there is human error with things. There are a lot of things that have to go right, not just the kick, to have it turn into points. When you have good results for a long time, you get spoiled, but you are always trying to be the best you can for the next kick."

Ryland arrived after Matt Prater, 6-for-6 on field goals at the time, hurt his knee. Prater has been on IR ever since (and any opportunity to return continues to shrink with only five games left.) Ryland has made 18 of 21 field goals as a replacement, an excellent 85.7 percent.

That is better than 20 other teams this season. Of course, to Rodgers' point, there are also 11 teams with a better percentage than Ryland's lofty number. It makes sense that people are stunned with any miss anymore.