MINNEAPOLIS — Will Reichard's right foot performed perfectly, again.

Still wearing the soccer cleats that survived a slosh pit at Soldier Field a fortnight ago, Reichard went 5-for-5 Sunday in the Vikings 15-10 victory over Miami at U.S. Bank Stadium.

At the final 2-minute warning, unbeknownst to him until long snapper Andrew DePaola ribbed him afterward, Reichard was shown on the video board and 66,000-plus fans went wild — for their kicker, the player whom teammates have long called a "Stone Cold Killer."

"That's it. I don't know what else to say about him," Harrison Smith shared. "And he didn't have to become that. He walked in the door like that. It's pretty cool to watch. ... I'm telling you, the guy's a killer. I don't know what he does in his off time, but he's got ice in his veins."

"I don't think there's a whole lot more to it. It's not an easy thing to do, but I think it's probably pretty simple for him: 'I'm just going to kick every field goal,' " Smith laughed.

For the second time in Minnesota's 4-0 start, Reichard was responsible for every point. Overall, he has netted 42 points via his right boot, tied with Bills QB Josh Allen and Ravens RB Derrick Henry for the NFL's scoring lead through the league's afternoon games.

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"It feels good," Reichard told reporters in the locker room, barely cracking a smile about his stardom. "I just try to do everything I can to help our team win. That's my goal coming into every game, no matter what that looks like. It's good to be able to go out there and execute."

Smith, the longest-tenured Viking, quipped that Reichard on game day "Looks like he's a defensive player, almost. He's locked in. Just leave him alone, and he's gonna do his thing."

Reichard's thing it seems is being automatic.

It was the 16^th instance of a Vikings kicker drilling five or more field goals in a win, and the first time Reichard has done it (he made five in the loss against Philadelphia last season).

With hits in Week 4 from 47, 50, 33, 41 and 29 yards, Reichard moved to 12-for-12 on the year and has connected on 31 attempts in a row going back to the middle of last season.

It's the longest active streak in the NFL and is tied with Fuad Reveiz from Oct. 10, 1994, to Sept. 17, 1995, for the second-best spree in Vikings history — and it's been crucial in 2026.

"Every time he trots out there, I know we're getting three points," said linebacker Blake Cashman, noting Reichard's nonchalance. "I like to give him a hard time: 'Mr. Automatic, you've got to give us something, like more juice after you punch one through the uprights!' "

Reichard pointing three fingers at his temple suffices, though.

"All the guys loved it, so I just stuck to it," he said of the move he debuted when he was a First-Team All-Pro in 2025 and is a nod to Carmelo Anthony's famous 3-point celebration.

Punter Johnny Hekker is 36, so he's seen his share of kickers, and he said, "Will is special."

"He's one of those guys that's got the mental makeup that makes him elite," added Hekker, who played his second game for injured rookie Brett Thorson. "He's a one-rep-at-a-time guy. He works his butt off during the week on his technique and fundamentals. You put him on the field, and nothing's certain in life, but a Will Reichard field goal is pretty dang close."

As good as Reichard has been, you'd never know it. He's so unperturbed, all the time.

"Even after he makes it, he takes a second to take a deep breath, and then he celebrates. He watches it go through and takes a second, and then he gets hyped up," Hekker said. "Will's a real even-keel, been there, done that kind of guy. Never too up, never too down.

Hekker continued, "And he's a huge weapon for this organization."

Twenty-two-year-old defensive lineman Domonique Orange echoed his older teammates.

"I'm going to be honest, dog. He's a silent killer, bro. He don't speak, he don't talk to nobody. When it's time to kick that ball, he is going to do it," Orange said. "I don't know what's going on in the special teams meetings, but whatever he's doing, keep it up, dog."

Reichard's poise looks natural, but he attributes it to repetition.

"I think that's something that you can learn. I've been doing this for — I've been kicking since I was in second grade, so I've got a lot of reps at it and just trust in it," he explained.

Reichard's confidence in himself is expanding into a teamwide belief.

"We get to a point where we know we can win just off of field goals — we just did it today," Orange said. "Don't get me wrong, we always want to do better from a holistic standpoint — but we got somebody like that, we got the confidence that we can win off three points."

Reichard's impact Sunday reflected separate from the scoreboard, as well. The 25-year-old was a whizz on kickoffs, changing up his spins and placements like a pitcher on the mound.

As a result, Miami muffed its first and last kickoff returns; the latter was recovered by Fins speedy returner Jaylen Wright at the 17 just before the Vikings coverage team tackled him at the 18.

Reichard said Special Teams Coordinator Matt Daniels is studying and implementing ways to exploit the opposing return team, and he probably has 10 different ways he can send the ball down the field that involves different depths, rotations and higher or lower trajectories.

"We're trying to continue to get better at that stuff to try to give our guys an advantage as they're running down," Reichard said. "But just trying to make it hard on the returner to catch the ball going forward. We don't really want to have them catch it going forward. We'd rather have them moving sideways so we can get a better jump, and then also not trying to give their KOR unit a read on where we're going, so they can't scheme up a return as well."

Wright, one of Miami's tailbacks, averaged 37.0 yards per kickoff return entering Week 4, the best mark in the NFL. He finished with a long of 28 Sunday, and an average of 19.4.

It felt like Reichard had about as well-rounded of a kicking performance as possible, and it was a timely assist for a defense that contained Miami, and an offense that got wind behind its sails late in the second half and ended in victory formation for the first time this season.

"It's really hard to win in this league, and so every win feels great," Reichard said.

Awesomely, his red-hot carryover from a year ago has featured the same pair of cleats. Large fans dried them overnight in the Indoor Practice Facility when they returned from Chicago, and he knew they were good to go as soon as he slid them onto his feet in Week 3.

But it's not the shoe that's doing the work. It's Reichard's foot. And the unit at large.

"My left cleat actually ripped on me today, so I guess we'll have to figure that out next week," he said smiling after a mass of reporters left his locker and let him get on his way.

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