BOCA RATON, Fla. _ After the Vikings signed former Bengals right tackle Andre Smith and 49ers guard Alex Boone in free agency, head coach Mike Zimmer texted running back Adrian Peterson and quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, “No more excuses.”
During Wednesday’s NFC coaches media breakfast here on the last day of the NFL’s annual owners’ meeting, Zimmer, the Bengals’ former defensive coordinator, continued his offseason onslaught on his offensive line and said he thought it lacked toughness last year even though his club won the NFC North in just his second year on the job.
“Teddy was running for his life half the time and we had a bunch of one-yard runs.