Mike Zimmer doesn’t hold back in discussing the end for him in Minnesota.
This second Cowboys stint suits him. It’s the ideal career rebirth — a much-appreciated resurrection driven in no small part by how miserable Zimmer’s final act in Minnesota played out from the start of the injury-riddled 2020 season to Jan. 10, 2022, when owners Zygi and Mark Wilf delivered the official time of death on the Vikings careers of Zimmer and General Manager Rick Spielman.
Zimmer was crushed. Angry. Sleep-deprived. The rare coaching lifer who had never been fired.
“They asked me if I wanted to address the team,” he says.