While Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer feted both staffs at his New Kentucky Home Thursday afternoon with the Cincinnati delicacy Montgomery Inn ribs, their players cooled down from the last practice before Friday night’s pre-season buffet (7:30- Cincinnati’s Channel 12) at Paul Brown Stadium.
Zimmer and Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis oversaw a brisk one-hour set in shoulder pads Thursday morning on the PBS practice fields and then outlined their Friday plans to the media. Maybe the biggest bomb dropped was by former Bengals tackle Andre Smith, who revealed that Zimmer is “more relaxed,” in Minnesota than Cincinnati.