Mike is happy. Now we'll be back to Zimmer/Spielman Viking football. The defense will be good to great and the offense will be just okay. Kirk will be making poor decisions, due to the pass rush up the middle, he'll get sacked, fumble the ball and throw interceptions and next year we'll be talking about the need for offensive line improvement and Rick and Zim still won't do anything about it. If they still have a job that is.
Does anyone ever ask Zim and Rick about this regime's complete failure to draft and develop a single quality defensive lineman since Hunter? How about their failure to draft and develop any quality offensive lineman other than O'Neill? The Vikings have invested a fair amount of draft capital on both lines, but the returns have been mostly goose eggs.
Have to say, the most surprising takeaway from this Zimmer meeting is how "depressed" he was... maybe I'm looking too hard at things like needing to be reinvigorated, but if coach really was fizzling because his vaunted reputation/defense was slipping... couldn't that be used as motivation to push elsewhere, like say the offense?! Outscoring the other guys is never a sure-fire victory, but it sure beats depending on a shaky defense. Things should be different this season... fingers crossed.
I'm happy to hear that Zimmer is going to do some things different defensively this year. I hope they include a pass rush, stopping the run and covering pass receivers. That would certainly be different.
Mike is happy. Now we'll be back to Zimmer/Spielman Viking football. The defense will be good to great and the offense will be just okay. Kirk will be making poor decisions, due to the pass rush up the middle, he'll get sacked, fumble the ball and throw interceptions and next year we'll be talking about the need for offensive line improvement and Rick and Zim still won't do anything about it. If they still have a job that is.
Does anyone ever ask Zim and Rick about this regime's complete failure to draft and develop a single quality defensive lineman since Hunter? How about their failure to draft and develop any quality offensive lineman other than O'Neill? The Vikings have invested a fair amount of draft capital on both lines, but the returns have been mostly goose eggs.
Have to say, the most surprising takeaway from this Zimmer meeting is how "depressed" he was... maybe I'm looking too hard at things like needing to be reinvigorated, but if coach really was fizzling because his vaunted reputation/defense was slipping... couldn't that be used as motivation to push elsewhere, like say the offense?! Outscoring the other guys is never a sure-fire victory, but it sure beats depending on a shaky defense. Things should be different this season... fingers crossed.
I'm happy to hear that Zimmer is going to do some things different defensively this year. I hope they include a pass rush, stopping the run and covering pass receivers. That would certainly be different.